10th JEAN MONNET SUMMER SCHOOL
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
LIMERICK, IRELAND

11-30 June 2007

Outline Programme

N.B All classes will be in room:
SR3006 11-15 June
LG011 16-30 June

N.B Schedule for classes:
0930 - 1030
1100 - 1230
1400 - 1500
1530 - 1630

9th JEAN MONNET SUMMER SCHOOL
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
LIMERICK, IRELAND

"WHERE WILL EUROPE END?"

4-17 June 2006

The Ninth Jean Monnet Summer School will explore the future extent and evolution of the European Union.

Firstly, we consider the territorial dimensions of "Europe": Where exactly does Europe end? Issues of identity, culture, values and religion will be discussed in the context of defining what we mean by the words "Europe" and "European". Is "Europe" a physical space; or is it, as others have suggested, a "state of mind" or "a system of values"? 

Secondly, we evaluate different scenarios for Europe's future. Is the European Constitution dead? Do we need a Constituition? What kind of political system will the EU become in 10 or 20 years? Will it simply become a free trade area? Or should it become a federal state with its own foreign and defence policy? 

Finally, we look beyond the borders of the EU and ask about its role in the world. Are current tensions betwen the US and the EU likely to continue? Is Europe a partner or a protagonist for US hegemony in the 21st century? Is Europe likely to become relatively less important in a multipolar world where new centres of power are emerging in Asia? 

The Jean Monnet Summer School welcomes applications from all over the world and is especially suitable for PhD and MA students, advanced undergraduates, mid-career policy-makers, those whose work concerns the EU, and all those with a deep interest and/or sufficient background knowledge to benefit from, and contribute to, this well-established summer school.

Outline Programme

Sunday 4 June     Participants arrive in Limerick 

Monday 5 June   Registration Introduction Orientation 

Seminars The European 
Constitution: future scenarios,
The role of public opinion in    
European integration 

Tuesday 6 June  Seminars "Enlargement fatigue"
The "democratic deficit" 
Turkey and EU accession

Wednesday 7 June Seminars European identity
European citizenship
EU social policy

Thursday 8 June Seminars Ethnic minorities in Europe: a challenge to integration?
The EU and the Balkans
The EU's New 
Neighbourhood Policy

Friday 9 June Seminars Economic cohesion in the EU-25 
The free movement of workers
The Single Market: problems 
and prospects

Saturday 10 June All-day field trip to Galway City

Sunday 11 June All-day field trip to Cliffs of Moher, the Burren: scenery and history in County Clare)

 
2005 participants with two of the Summer School
organisers, enjoying the day trip to Connemara

Monday 12 June Seminars EU-US relations
The transatlantic agenda
The EU, the US and the Middle       East

Tuesday 13 June Seminars 'European security': its meaning
NATO and its future role
The EU as a 'global actor'

Wednesday 14 June Seminars China and India as       emerging powers

A view of the Shannon from the University's Campus

Thursday 15 June Work in the Library on research         papers 

Friday 16 June     Research papers due1200 
Final Examination 
Award of certificates 
Farewell dinner 

Saturday 17 June Participants depart after breakfast

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Jean Monnet Summer School 2005

The Jean Monnet Summer School on European Integration
Summer 2005
Further information from: Prof E Moxon-Browne 
Centre for European Studies 
University of Limerick 
LIMERICK Ireland 
tel +353 61 202202 fax +353 61 202569

The Jean Monnet Summer School 2005 provides an intensive programme of lectures and seminars plus field trips focussing on contemporary policy issues in European integration with some consideration of the Irish perspective. There will be a special emphasis on the external and internal policies of the EU, as well as the forces of dissent within the EU that pose a threat to its stability and cohesion. 

By drawing students from North America, and Western and Eastern Europe,and elsewhere, it is intended that formal instruction in lectures and seminars will be fruitfully complemented by informal social interaction among students from very diverse backgrounds. Moreover, the 'European' focus of the programme will be linked directly to 'local' exploration of the historical, cultural, economic and social characteristics of Ireland's midwest region. The Summer School makes an ideal component of a longer stay in Ireland or other parts of Europe during the summer of 2005. Students wishing to receive a Certificate confirming their completion of all Summer School requirements, will sit a 2-hour written exam at the end of the Summer School and write a 2,000 word research paper. Students wishing to obtain credit for the Summer School should consult their own university. 

The University of Limerick has a well-established reputation in the field of European Studies, being one of the first universities in Europe to recognise it as a distinct discipline in the early 1970s. The Centre for European Studies has been recognised by the EU as a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since July 1999.

The University campus, in a parkland setting on the banks of the River Shannon, is acknowledged to be Ireland's most beautiful. Limerick City is only 5 kms away and Shannon International Airport is only 35 minutes by car. There are many historical, cultural and sporting amenities in the region including the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Craggaunowen Bronze Age site, the Aran Islands, the Ring of Kerry, and a former home of W B Yeats at Thoor Ballylee. Fishing, golf, riding, watersports and hill-walking are all well catered for.

Summer school students are accommodated in the Student Village complex near the Shannon where single study-bedrooms grouped around shared kitchen and dining areas provide an ideal environment for study, reflection and relaxation. A new Summer School tradition is the informal (and economic) do-it-yourself group cook-in at the end of a busy day! Nearby amenities include a hairdresser, bank, laundrette, shop, sports facilities, and travel agency.

The 2005 Jean Monnet Summer School is entitled 'The New Europe: New Directions In A New Neighbourhood'. Formal lectures will be supplemented by impromptu seminars, debates, and discussion groups. Finally, free time for reading, reflection and relaxation will allow summer school participants to relate the current transformations in Irish society (e.g. the 'Celtic Tiger' phenomenon) to the broader themes of integration and disintegration in Europe.

The Centre for European Studies
University of Limerick
JEAN MONNET SUMMER SCHOOL 2005

“THE NEW EUROPE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD” 

The summer school programme is designed to assess the New Europe one year after the latest enlargement. This assessment will explore the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of the EU 25. At the same time, we look beyond the EU25 at the new neighbourhood in the Balkans, in the Mediterranean, eastern Europe and central Asia.

1800 Arrival at Dromroe Village 
1830 Introduction to the 8th Jean Monnet Summer School (Sports Bar)
1900 Welcome reception (Sports Bar) 

0930-1030 The EU and its “neighbourhood policy” (Moxon-Browne)
1130-1230 EU-25 : a progress report on the single market (Andreosso)
1400-1500 Tour of UL campus (Kelleher and Bertorello) 

 0930-1030 EU-Mediterranean relations: economic aspects (Andreosso)
1100-1200 EU-Tunisia (Holden)
1400-1500 EU-Morocco (Holden)
1600-1700 EU and Turkey:security perspectives (Ustun)

0930-1030 European security (Cottey)
1100-1200 US-EU relations since Iraq (Cottey)
1400-1515 Turkey: EU membership negotiations (Dibek) 

1130-1230 Romania (Stancu-Davidoiu)
1415-1515 EU Middle East Policy (O' Gorman)
1600-1700 Iran and the EU (Moxon-Browne)

1130-1230 Democracy and police reform in Serbia (Ryan)
1400-1500 Open forum 
1530-1630 State-building in Kosovo

0930-1030 Euro-scepticism in the Czech Republic (Mravinac) 
1130-1230 EU social policy: Open Method of Coordination (Kelleher)
1400-1500 The European higher education area : Bologna Process (Moxon-Browne) 

0930-1030 Belarus (Piletsky)
1100-1200 Ukraine (Piletsky)
1400-1500 Trans-Dniester region: a role for the EU? (Naatanen) 
1500-1600 EU-Russia relations: Kaliningrad (Moll)
1630-1730 Engaging with Putin's Russia (Moll) 

0930-1045 South Caucasus region (Piletsky)
1100-1200 Freedom of speech in Russia (Kolpakov)

0930-1030 The new international politics of central Asia (Robinson) 
1130-1200 Cross-border "Euro-regions" in the EU25 (Cannon) 
Afternoon: Work on research projects in the library 

All day: Work on research projects in the library 

Work on research projects in the library 

0900-1700 Work on research projects in the Library
1700 Deadline for research projects

Morning: Revision for examination
1400-1600 Final examination
1900-2100 Farewell Dinner in the Sports Club 

0900 Summer School ends: participants depart after breakfast

Who is the Summer School for?
It is aimed at senior undergraduates and graduates in European Studies; and those whose employment brings them into daily contact with the issues and problems facing the European Union; and anyone else with a serious interest in, and some knowledge of, the current development of European integration.

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