Eu centers proposal submission guidelines

(4) Visiting EU Scholars
The Center, in cooperation with the deans of the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Germanic Studies, will provide funds and research assistance for two visiting EU scholars from Germany and Sweden to teach courses that will fall within the themes indicated in the “Major Themes” section. Depending on the skill-set of the scholar, they may teach cross-listed courses in one of the professional schools. 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, the Director and Associate Director of the EU Center of Excellence, and the Principal Investigator of the EU Center for Excellence.
Concentrating on scholars from Germany and Sweden will offer UT students and faculty an important perspective of the EU. As the economic powerhouse of the EU, Berlin has become far more critically involved in resolving the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Germany is also emerging as an important political leader in Europe and has come to lead a number of important European initiatives, including the recent effort to create an the EU-Russia Political and Security Committee.
Sweden is also an EU political and economic leader. While it stands outside of the Eurozone, it has been involved in supporting the efforts of the currency bloc to stabilize peripheral European economies. Sweden is also a geopolitical leader, as demonstrated by its spearheading efforts with Poland of the EU Eastern Partnership initiative. Sweden’s leadership efforts in the Baltic region are considerable, and it is one of the most involved EU nations in Eastern/Central Europe. It is also the lead country of the EU Nordic Battle Group, the continent’s most active and coherent Battle Group.