A Universidade Nova de Lisboa sedia, nos dias 8 e 9 de maio de 2017, a Conferência Internacional do European Union Liaison Committee of Historians (Groupe de Liaison des Professeurs d'Histoire Contemporaine auprès de la Commission des Communautés Européennes), subordinada ao tema: Origins, implementation and funding of European policies from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht.

O objetivo da conferência é reunir estudiosos que trabalham sobre o financiamento europeu, a partir de uma ampla gama de perspetivas, incluindo abordagens para a compreensão dos atores, das instituições e das políticas. São bem-vidas as propostas no âmbito da pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa, bem como estudos de casos individuais e comparativos (entre países ou regiões).

Os temas podem incluir (mas não estão limitados a): o impacto dos fundos europeus e as ajudas de pré-adesão ao longo do tempo e do espaço; a capacidade de absorção de fundos da UE; a relação custo-benefícios analisada a nível regional, nacional e da UE; como os estados-membros competem por fundos; e no nível dos atores, o papel desempenhado pelas instituições comunitárias, centrais e locais no âmbito do financiamento da UE, bem como a coordenação inter-institucional e / ou parcerias público-privadas no âmbito deste escopo, e as experiências dos beneficiários.

As pessoas interessadas ​​na apresentação de novas pesquisas no evento são convidadas a enviar uma proposta até ao dia 15 de setembro de 2016.

As propostas podem ser apresentadas em Inglês ou Francês, as línguas de trabalho da conferência.

Após a conferência e o processo de revisão por pares, os trabalhos selecionados serão publicados em um número temático da Journal of European Integration History, em 2017.

Conferência Internacional
Origins, implementation and funding of European policies from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht
8-9 maio 2017
Lisboa, Portugal

Organização | Alice Cunha, Instituto de História Contemporânea – Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Comissão Científica | Maria Fernanda Rollo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa); Antonio Varsori (Università de Padova); Jan van der Harst (University of Groningen); Charles Barthel (Archives Nationales, Luxembourg); Gérard Bossuat (Université de Cergy-Pontoise); Elena Calandri (Università de Padova); Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford); Michel Dumoulin (Université Catholique de Louvain); Michael Gehler (Universität Hildesheim); Fernando Guirao (Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Johnny Laursen (University of Aarhus); Wilfried Loth (Universität Duisburg-Essen); N. Piers Ludlow (London School of Economics); Kiran Klaus Patel (Maastricht University); Nicolae Păun (Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai); Sylvain Schirmann (Université de Strasbourg III Robert Schuman)

Datas importantes:

• Prazo de apresentação de resumos: 15 de setembro de 2016
• Notificação de aceitação dos resumos: 30 de setembro de 2016
• Data limite de submissão de trabalhos completos: 31 de março de 2017

Mais informações:
http://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/pt/scientific-meetings/call-for-papers/item/40519-confer%C3%AAncia-internacional-origins-implementation-and-funding-of-european-policies-from-the-schuman-plan-to-maastricht

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LIAISON COMMITTEE OF HISTORIANS
(GROUPE DE LIAISON DES PROFESSEURS D'HISTOIRE CONTEMPORAINE AUPRÈS DE LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES)
IN COOPERATION WITH THE NEW UNIVERSITY OF LISBON
 

Origins, implementation and funding of European policies from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht

8-9 May 2017

Lisboa, Portugal
 

Local organizer | Alice Cunha, Instituto de História Contemporânea – Universidade Nova de Lisboa
 

Scientific Committee | Maria Fernanda Rollo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa); Antonio Varsori (Università de Padova); Jan van der Harst (University of Groningen); Charles Barthel (Archives Nationales, Luxembourg); Gérard Bossuat (Université de Cergy-Pontoise); Elena Calandri (Università de Padova); Anne Deighton (Wolfson College, Oxford); Michel Dumoulin (Université Catholique de Louvain); Michael Gehler (Universität Hildesheim); Fernando Guirao (Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Johnny Laursen (University of Aarhus); Wilfried Loth (Universität Duisburg-Essen); N. Piers Ludlow (London School of Economics); Kiran Klaus Patel (Maastricht University); Nicolae Păun (Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai); Sylvain Schirmann (Université de Strasbourg III Robert Schuman)
 

European Union funding has grown in parallel with European integration itself, not only in numbers but also in its conception, and has supported a broad range of projects and programmes covering different areas, such as agriculture, employment and regional development.

The Treaty of Rome itself highlights the need to consolidate economic unity among the Member States, which led to the creation of the first two Structural Funds – European Social Fund, broadly designed to prevent unemployment and to promote integration into the labour market; and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund for rural development and the improvement of agricultural structures.

Following the first enlargement round, a third one is created – the European Regional Development Fund –, which introduced, for the first time, the notion of redistribution between richer and poorer regions of the Community; and with the third enlargement round the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes are introduced. To this extent, each enlargement round has potentiated adaptations in European funding and its history has been intertwined with Member Statesʼs membership.

In 1987, the Single European Act creates the Economic and Social Cohesion, designed to help the least well-off countries rise to the challenge of the Single Market, and the Maastricht Treaty makes cohesion a priority objective of the European Union. So, along the history of European integration that European funding has evolved in its rules, procedures and priorities, and has included various stakeholders. Do names change, but the policy remains? To what extent, at what cost and with which results?

Historiography on European integration has dealt with a number of research topics, but has neglected so far the multiple diversity of the European Economic Community/European Union (EU) funding. Bearing that in mind, this conference will focus on EU funding broadly in an historical perspective, not neglecting pre-accession aid to candidate countries. It aims to analyse the conception, changes, distribution, management and outcomes of European funds from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht.

Research topics may include, but are not limited to, the impact of European funds and pre-accession aid over time and space; the EU fundsʼ absorption capacity; cost-benefitʼs analyses at the regional, national and EU level; how member-states compete for funds; and at the actorsʼ level, the role played by community, central and local institutions within the framework of EU funding, as well as the inter-institutional coordination and/or public-private partnerships under this scope, and the experiences of the beneficiaries.

The purpose of the Origins, implementation and funding of European policies from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht conference is to gather scholars working on European funding, from a wide range of perspectives, including approaches to understanding actors, institutions and policies. Quantitative and qualitative research, as well as single case studies and cross-country/regions comparative work, are welcome.
 

Scholars interested in presenting new research at the conference are requested to send a proposal that must include:

- Name of Applicant
- Affiliation
- Title of Paper
- Abstract (no more than 500 words)
- Short CV (no more than 250 words)
 

Proposals must be sent in a single email message in word format to alice.cunha@fcsh.unl.pt, by September 15, 2016.
 

Proposals can be submitted in English or French, the working languages of the conference.
 

After the conference and the peer-review process, selected papers will be published in a thematic issue of the Journal of European Integration History, in 2017.
 

Important dates:

- Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2016
- Abstract acceptance notification: September 30, 2016
- Full paper submission deadline: March 31, 2017
 

More information here.