Council for European Studies

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Council for European Studies

Abbreviation	CES
Formation	1970
Type	Non-profit (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3)
Purpose	Education, Publications
Headquarters	Columbia University, New York, NY
Key people	Karen Anderson, chair Nicole Shea, director
Website	http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org

The Council for European Studies (CES), based at Columbia University, is an academic organization for the study of Europe. It offers scholarships and research grants, publications, and an annual conference.

The Council for European Studies was founded in 1970 with a grant from the Ford Foundation. First located at the University of Pittsburgh and later moved to Columbia University, its current institutional host, CES was originally formed as a limited consortium of Western European studies programs at eight major U.S. universities: University of California Berkeley, Columbia University, Harvard, Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and Yale. However, it ceased to be a consortium of eight in 1972, when twenty other universities were invited to become institutional members.

Since that time, its institutional membership has grown substantially. Its institutional members currently include over 100 universities, colleges, and institutes around the world. Moreover, although membership was once restricted to institutions, CES has opened its membership rolls to individuals and now counts about 1,200 individuals as organization members. Membership provides access to the full range of CES fellowship and award competitions, publications, research resources, and professional development opportunities.

The Council for European Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

CES sponsors a variety of fellowship and award competitions for graduate students and scholars of European Studies, which are available exclusively to individual CES members, as well as students, faculty, and researchers affiliated with CES member institutions.

• Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships^[1]
• Alliance-CES Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships^[2]
• Harriman-CES Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships^[3]
• SAE-CES Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships^[4]
• European Studies First Book Award^[5]
• European Studies First Article Prizes^[6]
• Conference Travel Grants^[7]

The Council for European Studies hosts an annual conference.^[8]

CES is a leading publisher of research on Europe. The organization's publications include:

• EuropeNow^[9]
• Perspectives on Europe^[10]
• Reviews & Critical Commentary (CritCom)^[11]
• European Studies Newsletter^[12]

• CES Resource Guide^[13]

The following research networks are currently supported by the Council for European Studies:

• Business in Politics and Society
• Critical European Studies
• European Culture
• European Integration and the Global Political Economy – New Directions
• Gender and Sexuality
• Health & Wellbeing
• Historical Study of States and Regimes
• Immigration
• Law
• Political Economy and Welfare
• Political Parties, Party Systems and Elections
• Race and Racism in Europe
• Radicalism and Violence
• Social Movements
• Territorial Politics and Federalism
• Transnational Memory and Identity in Europe

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• Reviews and Critical Commentary