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Membership Benefits

Joining UACES will bring you into the world's most dynamic and fastest-growing European studies organisation, with access to a vast international and interdisciplinary network of scholars and practitioners and a wide range of conferences, events and study groups.

News, information and networking

Eligibility to be included in the online Directory www.ExpertOnEurope.com
Eligibility to join the UACES Members' Email List which enables members to send and receive messages from other members
The newsletter 'UACES News' is sent to members on a quarterly basis
Access to a wider network for students to complement the activities organised by the UACES Student Forum
Access to a larger world-wide network through the European Community Studies Association (ECSA) network
Access to information on UACES Scholarships and UACES Fellowships
Access to an international network of scholars

Publications and discounts

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Individual members get a 75% off the UACES journal
Contemporary European Studies, discounts (hardbacks reduced to Ł25.00) are offered on the new UACES-Routledge interdisciplinary book series
Wiley-Blackwell UACES Members may subscribe to all books and journals published by Wiley-Blackwell at a 35% discounted rate. Please see offer form for journals - 35% is the new rate just agreed! (NB see above for the JCMS offer).
Anthem Press are offering a 20% discount on selected books for UACES Members
Manchester University Press are offering a 20% discount on selected books for UACES Members
Oxford University Press are offering a 20% discount on selected books for UACES Members

Other discounts are available for members:

'European Voice', a weekly newspaper dedicated to the European Union
'E!Sharp', a bi-monthly magazine on European Affairs
'Eurojargon: Dictionary of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terminology'
European Constitutional Law Review and European Business Organization Law Review
'Journal of European Public Policy'
'Perspectives on European Politics and Society', journal of intra-European dialogue
Selected Publications including series of books from some publishers, and those awarded the UACES Book Prize

Conferences

The Annual Conference is an opportunity to listen to leading speakers in plenary and keynote sessions and also to present papers in research panels. It is a large event, attracting between 200 – 350 people. Recent venues for this major annual event include Budapest (2000), Zagreb (2005), Limerick (2006) and Portsmouth (2007). Future venues include Edinburgh (2008) and Angers, Loire Valley in France (2009).

UACES has a wide range of other conferences and events which members are usually able to attend and participate in at special rates.

Funding Opportunities

Members are able to apply for funding opportunities to support Conferences and other events.

Benefits specific to Individual Members of UACES

Eligibility to be included in the online Directory www.ExpertOnEurope.com
Entitled to a substantial discount when subscribing to the JCMS and to copies of most books in the Contemporary European Studies series
Entitled to apply for funding to support Conferences, Study Groups or Workshops
Eligibility to apply for Scholarships offered by UACES and JCMS
Eligibility for nomination for the Best Book prize

Benefits specific to Student Members of UACES

Offered a full range of activities that provide academic interchange, scholarly networking and career development and training possibilities
Usually entitled to attend UACES conferences at a reduced rate for students
Usually entitled to financial assistance to help with travel costs when travelling to or from a UACES event
Entitled to a substantial discount on copies of most books in the Contemporary European Studies series
Eligibility to be included in the online Directory www.ExpertOnEurope.com
Eligibility to apply for Scholarships offered by UACES and JCMS
Eligibility for nomination for the Best PhD Thesis prize
UACES supports the UACES Student Forum which acts as a wider network for students, with their own email list and online journal.

Benefits specific to Group Members of UACES

Any member of staff (or research student) is welcome to join the UACES email list
'Group’ members will be listed on the UACES website with a hyperlink to their own website
‘Group’ members are eligible to apply for funding to support events
'Group’ members can send up to four delegates to each UACES event at the discounted rate for UACES members
‘Group’ members are entitled to advertise their events on the UACES email list
'Group’ members are entitled to advertise their events in the UACES Newsletter in the ‘Diary of Events’
‘Group’ members are entitled to advertise their events on the UACES website in the ‘Calendar of Events’
‘Group’ members will be added to the UACES mailing list and will receive extra copies of the UACES Newsletter