Eamonn Butler McIntosh

Living in Budapest in 2002-03 helped me to accept who I really was. The bars, the friends I made, the clubs, the drag, the baths, the freedom! I can’t tell you how heart warming it is to see the city rise up and be seen. Orbán is wrong - the protesters represent true humanity! Keep flying that flag!

So, I don’t post on social media much these days, but I’m currently at Philly airport waiting for a flight back to Scotland after a ‘bijou’ but very thoughtful and engaging @ces-europe.bsky.social conference. My thanks to everyone who attended and made it such a success! Thank you!

Online Conference Day – June 16th (via Zoom)!

Due to travel and funding constraints raised by our members, we’re adding a special Online Day to this year’s conference!

Save the date: June 16th

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/31st-inter...

Let’s connect across borders!

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If your paper was accepted to the conference and you are unable to join us in person, we have options for presenting in a hybrid format. Please email us at events@ces-europe.org.

Absolutely. Next year we will take the Conference to Dublin. Hope to see you there. The call will go live over the summer. Keep an eye out for it.

Hi @martinschroeder.bsky.social. We are obviously sorry to hear you will not join us in person. We do understand & respect this decision. However, if you still wish to participate then please reach out to the office as there is a hybrid option for paper givers as an alternative to travelling

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Applications are now open for our Access to Higher Education Programme!

Part-time and flexible, it’s a route into degrees including Nursing, Education, Law, Arts, Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering.

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Early-Bird Registration Deadline is fast approaching! Make sure to register before April 10th in order to get the discounted rates. You can register here ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a!

Don't miss the upcoming event "Whose democracy? Europe in the Shadow of Trump II and Far-Right Movements and potential counter-strategies" co-organized by the CES Radicalism and Violence Research Network on April 3rd 2025 from 4-5pm CET. Register here: dezim.limequery.com/988169?lang=de

Youth mobility is not freedom of movement - UK in a changing Europe Kirsty Warner examines the reluctance from the UK to accept an EU youth mobility scheme and the impact this may have on UK-EU relations.

🙅‍♀️ ‘The UK’s reluctance to engage in a UK-EU youth mobility scheme is not purely a policy decision but a political framing born out of fear that appearing to engage with the EU could undermine hard-won ‘Brexit red lines’

Kirsty Warner on the EU youth mobility scheme👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/youth-mobili...

The Christmas Amaryllis has finally bloomed and it looks spectacular

Hungary bans LGBT Pride marches sparking protests The move from Orban's conservative government is the latest in a crackdown on the LGBT community.

Well this has finally happened. Shameful! Pride at its core is a celebration of identity and a protest against discrimination. Banning pride won’t make queer go away! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Do reconsider - CES is committed to offering a brave space for its members, new and old, to engage in genuine debate of the state of the world today. It is a truly international organisation and stands above the politics of any one country. Come for the conference and those networks of importance!

The world is rather chaotic just now! But the CES annual conference is a steady constant. It offers a safe space for genuine critical debate, engagement with new research, champions connection & strengthening transatlantic ties! Do join us & keep this beacon of academic excellence shining bright!

The Race and Racism in Europe Research Network is looking for new members! Visit councilforeuropeanstudies.org/membership/r... for more

These travel grants are of huge importance! Do use them.

The CES is proudly sponsoring the Seminar "Contested Solidarities" organized by ESA RN 25 on Social Movements; ECPR Standing Group on Participation and Mobilization; CES RN on Social Movements; Shattuck Center for Human Rights at CEU & Department of Public Policy, CEU

APSA European Politics and Society is delighted to announce calls are open for the following awards:
- Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award; Best Book Award; Best Paper Award; Best Article Award. Visit connect.apsanet.org/s21/awards/ for more information.

Guess its time to jump ship

Hello Paul. Good to hear you will join us in Philadelphia. Your works sounds really interesting and would be good to connect.