Arts Faculty News

The Monash European and EU Centre is pleased to announce its 2009 Annual Essay Competition in European and EU Studies.

Up to three prizes of $500 will be awarded.

The competition is open to all students at Monash University. Honours and postgraduate students in the faculties of Arts, Law, and Business and Economics are particularly encouraged to apply.

Essays should focus on recent developments in Europe and the European Union and should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length.

The essays will be assessed by a panel of judges selected by the Monash European and EU Centre. Winning essays will be considered for publication in the Monash European and EU Centre’s new electronic working papers series or in a suitable academic journal or book.

To enter, please send an electronic version of your essay together with your name, faculty, address, email and level of study to: patricia.arnold@general.monash.edu.au

Closing date: Thursday 12 November 2009

Winners will be notified by mail.

This initiative is funded by the Monash European and EU Centre.

Further information: Amanda Crichton, amanda.crichton@general.monash.edu.au

Professor Pascaline Winand, Director of the Monash European and EU Centre, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and International Relations.

The Jean Monnet Programme was established by the European Commission in 1990 to promote ‘excellence in teaching, research and reflection on European integration’ in universities around the world. Jean Monnet Chairs are awarded to academics teaching European integration studies.

Linnea Andersson, an honours student with the Monash European and EU Centre, is a winner of the CERC Jean Monnet thesis prize.

Monash European and EU Centre

European Commission: The Jean Monnet Programme for understanding European integration