Eu centers proposal submission guidelines
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Proposal Narrative Form 4.A.3. Activities: Scholars in Residence and Other Visitors. Indicate all visitors (either specific individuals or ‘profiles’) planned during each academic year for the entire 2011-14 grant period, including the timing of their stay and the likely nature and impact of their activities. Where relevant, indicate the means of selecting visitors via a competitive process. Please also specify how these activities will further the program policy objectives and produce the related outcomes set out in section II of the Call for Proposals, and provide measurable criteria for evaluating their implementation. Attach additional page(s) if necessary. European Scholar I and II The Center will work with the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts to invite two European scholars each year—one from Germany (in connection with the distinguished and highly competitive DAAD program housed at UT), the other from Sweden (in connection with UT’s commitment to Swedish studies in the broader context of Europe studies)—to teach one course in one semester. Potential topics would be EU human rights, media, government, foreign policy, defense policy, immigration policy, journalism, law, business, and public health. The selection of visiting professors will be on a competitive basis and overseen by Richard Flores, the Senior Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. All courses are regularly evaluated at UT, but, additionally, our external evaluator, CTL, will also oversee the measurement and evaluation process to help determine the efficacy of these new courses implemented for continuous adaptation and improvement. Fulfillment of Objectives for European Scholars I and II: Objective 1: This program will lead to the development of new courses and increase the number of faculty and students researching the EU. Objective 2: We will encourage the visiting scholars to give talks, thus making their expertise available to the wider public and allowing them to establish contacts with the non-academic community of Texas. Objective 5: The visiting scholar program will allow the Center to become even further embedded in ongoing UT programs by increasing its visibility and value. Lecture Series CES plans to hold three lecture series and co-ordinate on a fourth with the Strauss Center and LBJ. They are as follows: (1) The EU Center of Excellence EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series; (2) The EU Center of Excellence “Europe and Islam Speak” Lecture and Seminar Cultural Exchange Series; (3) The EU Center of Excellence Diplomat Speakers Series; and (4) The EU Center of Excellence Lecture Series in Anthropology. Information, Dissemination and Measurable Criteria aspect for all lectures:
What follows are details regarding the lecture series and relevant target objectives. I. EU Center of Excellence EU-US Distinguished Business and Politics Lecture Series We propose a series of presentations that address contemporary developments in the economies and international relations of the EU and US. The lecture series will bring in a number of speakers to UT. This series will be widely advertised and open to the public as well as our partner educational institutions in Austin and Central Texas. We will work closely with these partners as well as with the Austin’s International Hospitality Council, the Texas Governor Office, The Texas Senate Committee on International Relations and Trade, the Texas House Committee on Border and International Affairs, and the Austin Chamber of Congress to choose the speakers who would most effectively contribute to the policy debate in Texas. We will also contact the Central Texas business community when organizing the series. Our overarching theme for the lecture series will fall under the title of “Shared Prosperity? The Common Economic Interests of the US and the EU.” The term “shared prosperity” comes from a famous FDR quote and was applied specifically to the US and Europe by Averill Herriman, Truman’s commerce secretary, in the context of the Marshall Plan. The phrase is both historically interesting and also something of a challenge to consider whether it still holds true in the present global economy in the context of the EU and EU-US relations. Target Audience: We are targeting 150-200 attendees for the lectures. We have already identified the first year’s speakers and the topics of their talks for the series. They will be:
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