Graduate conferences
Graduate Conferences hosted by the JMCE provide emerging scholars with a platform to present research, engage with peers, and receive feedback from experienced academics. These conferences serve as a launchpad for new ideas, supporting academic growth and innovation in European studies. With presentations, workshops, and networking sessions, our graduate conferences offer a supportive environment for students and early-career researchers to expand their expertise and build connections. Explore upcoming conferences to connect with the future of European studies research.
Graduate Conference 2025
The MJMCE held its first PhD Conference in the post-COVID era in June 2025. The conference was organised with the help of a committee of PhD volunteers from SoSS (Politics) and SALC (Italian Studies) at UoM. PhD Volunteers were in charge of setting the conference theme – Reimagining Europe – and composed the call.
The conference consisted of a publishing roundtable held with editors of leading journals across the Social Sciences (see poster below) and the roundtable was open to PhD conference participants as well as ERCs and other interested colleagues from all member institutions.
On day 2, we held the workshops featuring 3 panels on “Governing Europe”, “Art, Culture and Politics in Europe” and “Making and Remaking European Identities”. PhD Candidates from member institutions actively participated in the workshop which also attracted participants from abroad.
We also had excellent discussants and are grateful to colleagues from UoM (SoSS, SALC, AMBS), MMU and UoL who took on this task.
ERC 'Brexit & European Responses to Crises' (June 3 - 4, 2020)
Call for papers
Brexit and European Responses to Crises
Early Career Researcher Conference
(The University of Manchester, June 2-3, 2020)
The Manchester JMCE is excited to announce a call for papers for a Early Career Researcher (ECR) conference focusing on ‘Brexit and European Responses to Crises’.
Overview
The aim of the conference is to provide ECRs with a friendly forum to reflect on not only Brexit, but more broadly the changing European environment. The JMCE invites proposals for 12-minute paper presentations from ECRs across European Studies disciplines including Political Science, International Relations, Law, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies. Proposals including, but not limited to, the following will be considered:
- Brexit and the UK’s future relationship with the EU
- The changing institutional architecture of the European Union
- The challenges of economic governance in the Eurozone
- The immigration crisis
- Nationalism
- The environment and climate change
Crucial Deadline for Abstract Submission: If you wish to participate, please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to mjmce.conference.2020@gmail.com by Wednesday 18th of March.
The conference will take place at the University of Manchester. No registration fees. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided. A number of travel grants are available for presenters.
5th JMCE Graduate Conference 2016
The Enduring Reproduction of Crises in Europe: Competition, Competitiveness and Competing Narratives
For more information please click here.
4th JMCE Graduate Conference 2014
Beyond “Core-Periphery”? The European Crisis and the Global Political Economy Graduate Conference.
With the support of the ESRC North West Doctoral Training Centre and The University of Manchester Global Political Economy Cluster.
3rd JMCE Graduate Conference 2013
“After the crisis?”
2nd JMCE Graduate Conference 2012
2nd JMCE Graduate Conference 2012
1st JMCE Graduate Conference 2011
Special JMCE Graduate Conference 2008
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