News

May 2018

Description: Universities across Europe are questioning the high margins of commercial publishers like Elsevier. While there are a lot of good arguments for publishing articles in open-access, it may be a difficult choice for an early career scholar to do so. EUI members knowledgeable in these areas would like to share their knowledge and would be interested to hear your thoughts! Bring your panino and join us over lunch next Thursday 31st from 1-2 pm in the Emeroteca!
Date:: 24/05/2018

April 2018

Description: Yesterday evening the winners of the 3-Minute Ph.D. Competition in the Social Sciences were announced by Prof. Dehousse, president of the EUI. The first prize goes to Matilda Louise Greig (Department of History and Civilization) for her video 'War for Sale in the Nineteenth Century: A study of Peninsular War veterans' memoirs'. The EUI recognizes the outstanding presentation of her thesis by financing the publication of an open-access article. The 2nd prize goes to Ileana Dana Nicolau (Department of Political and Social Sciences) and the 3rd prize to Gaël Sánchez Cano (also from the Department of History and Civilization). The competition invited doctoral candidates of the EUI to present their research topic in a short, three minute video to multiple audiences with no background in that specific research area. Watch the movies here.
Date:: 11/04/2018

Description: Universities across Europe increasingly expect academics to know how to teach in Higher Education and to be prepared to teach international audiences. The EUI is organising a Summer School "Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education" open to doctoral and postdoctoral scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The Summer School takes place on the EUI campus in Florence from 4 to 9 July 2018. Applications are now open and will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Date:: 09/04/2018

Description: Please join us on Tuesday 10th April for the award ceremony of the 1st edition of the Three-Minute Ph.D. Competition in the Social Sciences. The three best videos of the competition will be screened during the event. The winner will be announced by Prof. Renaud Dehousse. The ceremony will take place on April 10 at 6:30 pm in Bar Fiasco.
Date:: 04/04/2018

Description: Shortlisted candidates are interviewed by the departmental panels from 9 to 12 April (Ph.D.) and on 16 and 17 April (LL.M.)
Date:: 03/04/2018

December 2017

Description: The EUI has joined Scholars at Risk (SAR), a network of over 400 higher education institutions in 39 countries working to protect threatened scholars, prevent attacks on higher education and promote academic freedom.
Date:: 13/12/2017

November 2017

Description: The EUI is launching its first ever Ph.D. Competition in the Social Sciences and Humanities today. EUI Ph.D. researchers are invited to submit a three-minute video explaining their research in an engaging form to a non-specialized audience. Deadline for submission is 19th January 2018.
Date:: 07/11/2017

Description: The Academic Service is strengthening its activities in the area of 'Career Information and Support', so as to address some core topics identified during the last academic year, as well as to respond to the results of the 'Survey on Career Plans of third-, fourth- and fifth-year Ph.D. researchers' from March 2017. Please find general information and upcoming events related to careers on our new webpage.
Date:: 07/11/2017

September 2017

Description: View and download your complete schedule of introductions and activities
Date:: 04/09/2017

July 2017

Description: A summary of the feedback to the survey 'Career Plans of third-, fourth-, and fifth-year Ph.D. Researchers' is now available.The feedback is an important source of information for planning the activities of the Academic and Professional Development Programme.
Date:: 05/07/2017

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