Council for European Studies (CES)

09/02/2026

The call for proposals for is now open!

The 33rd International Conference of Europeanists will take place at Leiden University in the Netherlands, June 16–18, 2027.

The 2027 CES conference invites scholars from different disciplines to examine the choices shaping Europe today and to explore what it would mean to truly make Europe secure. Contributions using diverse and interdisciplinary lenses are especially welcome. As always, we welcome proposals from across the full range of European Studies.

We invite submissions for individual papers, panels, roundtables, book panels, and mini-symposia from scholars, students, and practitioners working across disciplines.

📅 Submission deadline: October 16, 2026
🔗 Submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/gyApDPMq

We hope to see you in Leiden next June!

02/10/2026

We are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2026 European Studies First Book Award. The winner of the award will be announced in May 2026.

- Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Ukraine's War by Darya Tsymbalyuk (Polity Books, 2025)

- Fair Enough?: Support for Redistribution in the Age of Inequality by Charlotte Cavaille (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023)

- Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation by Mikkel Dack (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023)

- The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies by Isabel Perera (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025)

- Intimate Subjects: Touch & Tangibility in Britain’s Cerebral Age by Simeon Koole (University of Chicago Press, 2024)

- Flexible Authoritarianism: Cultivating Ambition and Loyalty in Russia by Anna Schwenck (Oxford University Press, 2023)

Read more about the shortlisted books here: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-fellowships-awards/announcing-the-shortlist-for-the-european-studies-first-book-award/

02/04/2025

Registration for the 2025 CES conference is now open! Register by April 10, 2025, to receive the early bird discount: https://ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a

11/14/2024

Have you checked out our latest newsletter? Our monthly newsletter keeps you up to date with CES news, European Studies events, and more. Check out this month's newsletter https://icont.ac/50TvB and subscribe today! https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/publications/newsletter

The deadline for submissions has been extended to November 22, 2024. Take this opportunity to be part of the 31st International Conference of Europeanists taking place in Philadelphia, United States on June 25-27, 2025. The conference theme is Legacies and Ruptures: Making Sense of Europe.

11/14/2024

The Council for European Studies is holding an election for 5 new members of its Executive Committee. Each new member will serve on the Executive Committee from January 1, 2025-June 30, 2028.

Meet the candidates here: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/ces-executive-committee-election-2024/

Voting is open to CES members until December 15, 2024.

CES Executive Committee Election 2024 The Council for European Studies is holding an election for 5 new members of its Executive Committee. Each new member will serve on the Executive Committee from January 1, 2025-June 30, 2028. Please cast your vote using this ballot by December 15, 2024. You can....

11/08/2024

Submission Deadline for the 31st International Conference of Europeanists has been extended! Portal will now close at 11:59 pm EST on November 22.

The 2025 Conference of the Council of European Studies falls some eighty years after the end of World War II, and 75 years from the Schuman Plan and the beginnings of European integration. These anniversaries provide a valuable opportunity to consider the legacies of the past that continue to influe...

10/01/2024

The 2025 CES Conference Application portal is now open! We are accepting applications until November 8, 2024. https://ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a

If you have any questions about the submission process, please reach out to us at [email protected].

We hope to see you in Philadelphia!

The 2025 Conference of the Council of European Studies falls some eighty years after the end of World War II, and 75 years from the Schuman Plan and the beginnings of European integration. These anniversaries provide a valuable opportunity to consider the legacies of the past that continue to influe...

09/13/2024

The Council for European Studies invites proposals for the 31st International Conference of Europeanists. The conference will be held at Temple University in Philadelphia June 25-27, 2025 on the theme "Legacies and Ruptures: Making Sense of Europe."

The 2025 Conference of the Council of European Studies falls some eighty years after the end of World War II, and 75 years from the Schuman Plan and the beginnings of European integration. These anniversaries provide a valuable opportunity to consider the legacies of the past that continue to influence the polities, economies and societies of the wider Europe, as well as relations with those outside Europe. But the Conference also comes at a time of rupture in Europe, most obviously seen in the fact of a major inter-state war on its territory, but visible too in the populist backlash that is a challenge to the Europe envisioned in the immediate post-World War II period.

The conference application portal will open on October 1, 2024. Submissions are due on November 8, 2024.

You can read the full call for proposals here: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conferences/upcoming-conferences/