UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies)

🔔 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 – 𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to 8th Feb following a high number of requests. This is a great moment to submit your work and take part in an engaged community.

Explore tracks and submit: www.uaces.org/themedtracks

#uaces2026

56th UACES Annual Conference in Prague, CZ | UACES We are delighted to welcome you to Prague for the 56th UACES Annual Conference 2026.

It's the final 24 hours (ish) to submit for #UACES2026 in Prague

Lots of interesting L&T submissions already, so come and join us!

@uaces.bsky.social @alpsblog.bsky.social

www.uaces.org/prague

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

We are excited to welcome two new members to the UACES Graduate Forum Committee, Ilaria Lorusso as our new Joint Events Officer and Alessio Scopelliti as our new Student & ECR Representative

Please join us in welcoming Ilaria and Alessio!

🚨𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

With the deadline this Sunday 1 February, there are only a few days left to send in your proposal

Submit your paper proposal www.uaces.org/themedtracks

Dates:
Charles University, Prague - 7-9th Sept
Virtual - 18th Sept

Themed Track 16: Open Track (Covering all aspects of contemporary European Studies not covered by our other Themed Tracks)

Convenors: Dr @filizdogan.bsky.social

Read More About Our Themed Tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

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Themed Track 15: Trade Policy Transformations Amidst Global Challenges

Convenors: Dr Maria Garcia, Dr Gesa Kübek and Professor Sangeeta Khorana

Read More About Our Themed Tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

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Themed Track 14: Sectoral Challenges for the Implementation of the Green Agenda in Europe

Convenors: Dr Rosa Fernandez Martin, Blanca Marabini and Dr Valeria Fappani

Read More About Our Themed Tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#uaces2026

Working on industrial policy, AI, green policy, space policy, security, strategic autonomy?
Join us for the 2026 UACES, where we explore these topics in a comparative East-West perspective & account for the diversity of European state preferences!
@eli-gateva.bsky.social @tudzarovska.bsky.social

Themed Track 13: Reimagining the EU as a Global Development Actor in a New Global Order

Convenors: Dr Sebastian Steingass, Maria Santillan O'Shea, Professor Simon Lightfoot, Dr nielskeijzer.bsky.social, Dr Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň and Dr Balazs Szent-Ivanyi

www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#uaces2026

📢 Call for Papers: UACES 56th Annual Conference Virtual Day

The Call for papers is OPEN for our Virtual Day on 18 Sept 2026!

Join us online & be part of our European Studies community from anywhere

Themed Tracks and Submission details: www.uaces.org/themedtracks

Deadline: 1 Feb 2026

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Themed Track 12: Regulatory Governance, Competition, and the Boundaries of European Integration

Convenors: Dr Tom Hashimoto, Dr Dominik Wolski and Professor Maik Huettinger

Read More About Our Themed Tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

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Themed Track 11: Quo Vaditis Critical European Studies—New Approaches and Visions

Convenors: Dr Evans Fanoulis, @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Dr Senka Neuman-Stanivukovic, University of Groningen

Read More About Our Themed Tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#uaces2026 #quovaditis #europeanstudies

Themed Track 10: Migration in Policy and Practice: Intersectionality, Gender, and Global Belonging

Convenors: Dr Raquel Cardoso, Professor Gabriela Mesquita, Dr Malgorzata Kulakowska and Professor ​Magdalena Lesińska​

Read more about our themed tracks: uaces.org/themedtracks...

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Themed Track 9: Learning & Teaching

Convenors: @simonusherwood.bsky.social

Read more about our themed tracks:
www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

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Themed Track 8: Health and the European Union

Convenors: Dr Mary Guy and Dr Charlotte Godziewski (@euhealthgov.bsky.social)

Read more about our themed tracks:
www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

New year, new opportunity to make plans!

Do submit your contributions to our learning and teaching track at @uaces.bsky.social Prague this September

Themed Track 7: Gender & Sexuality

Convenors: UACES Gender and Sexuality Track Committee

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

Join us in Prague at next year’s UACES Conference!

We’re seeking contributions that take us beyond the disciplinary borders of European Studies and are geopolitically accountable to struggles against all forms of coloniality within the EU’s relations with the global souths.

Themed Track 6: European Security

Convenors: Professor @jocelynmawdsley.bsky.social, Dr Laura Chappell and Professor Anna Molnár

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

Join us at UACES Annual Conference in beautiful Prague, 7-9 September 2026. Submit your proposals by 1 February #UACES2026

Theme Track 5: EU Relations with the Global Souths: Repair, Resistance, Reworlding Beyond Coloniality

Convenors: Dr Antonio Salvador M. Alcazar, Rahel W. Sebhatu

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

Theme Track 4: EU Digital Policy in a Changing World

Convenors: Sebastian Heidebrecht, Xuechen Chen and Xinchuchu Gao

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

Theme Track 3: Constructing Europe through Everyday Practice – Rights, Politics and Society

Convenors: @dschiek.bsky.social, Mary Naughton and Katerina Orfanidi

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

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📢 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

We’re inviting motivated members to join the UACES Committee in one of four key roles:
► Secretary
► EDI Officer
► Two Committee Members

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026.

👉 For More Details: lnkd.in/gE53Mk
👉 Become a UACES Member: lnkd.in/eDmuxqn

𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

Theme Track 2: Blurring the Boundaries of Sanctions in Europe and Beyond

Convenors: Raquel Cardoso and António Vaz de Castro

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

📖 Join us tomorrow (Dec 17th) at 3:00 GMT for the launch of 'Economic Aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe' by Dr Rosa Maria Fernandez Martin with discussants Prof Gabriel Siles-Brugge and Michael Nicholson

This is a free to attend event open to all

✅ Register now: shorturl.at/Rn1HY

𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

Theme Track 1: Beyond The East West Divide: EU Strategic Autonomy

Convenors: @juliarone.bsky.social, @eli-gateva.bsky.social and @tudzarovska.bsky.social

Read more about our themed tracks: www.uaces.org/themedtracks...

#UACES2026

Unfortunately it looks like this will be the first @uaces.bsky.social annual conference that I’ll not be attending since 2017…

But you should all go. It’s a fab event and I’ll really miss all the great conversations and meeting friends #UACES2026 🇪🇺

We are running a European Security themed track for #UACES2026 in Prague, and are already looking forward to the no doubt lively discussions! ECRs are especially welcome - this is a really supportive conference. All you need to know is here: uaces.org/themedtracks...

Our themed track "Beyond The East West Divide: EU Strategic Autonomy" is now open for submissions for the 𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟱𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 taking place at Charles University in Prague. For more details and to submit your proposal, please read here: uaces.org/themedtracks...