UACES Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented on occasion to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the development of European Studies as a discipline.

2012 Recipient Emil Kirchner

Emil was presented with his award at the 42nd UACES Annual Conference in Passau, Germany.

'Emil's work as a scholar is sufficient in itself to merit such an award. But Emil has contributed so much more to the development of our discipline and the cause of greater understanding of European issues. It should be remembered that Emil was an important element in setting up such programmes as EU China and EU India. A remarkable lifetime's achievement and also there is still time to do so much more.'

Prof Ian Barnes, University of Lincoln

Further testimonials from Emil's colleagues are available to read in issue 73 of the UACES Newsletter.

Previous Recipients

2011 Wolfgang Wessels

The 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at the 41st UACES annual conference in Cambridge, UK.

Read testimonials from Wolfgang's colleagues in issue 69 of the UACES newsletter.

2010 Michael H Smith

The 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at the 40th Annual Conference in Bruges, Belgium.

Read testimonials from Mike's colleagues in issue 65 of the UACES newsletter.

2009 Beate Kohler Koch

The 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at the 39th UACES Annual Conference in Angers, France.

Read more about Beate's award in issue 62 of the UACES newsletter.

2008 Alan Milward

An award for 'Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary European Studies' was presented to Alan Milward.

Frances Lynch collected the award on behalf of Alan at the 38th UACES Annual Conference in Edinburgh, UK.

Read more about Alan's award in issue 58 of the UACES newsletter.

2007 William Paterson

An award for 'Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary European Studies' was presented to William Paterson. The presentation was made at the 37th UACES Annual Conference in Portsmouth, UK.

2006 Helen Wallace and William Wallace

Helen Wallace and William Wallace were joint recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. They were presented with their awards at the 36th UACES Annual Conference in Limerick, Ireland.

2005 John Pinder

The inaugural UACES Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to John Pinder at the 35th UACES Annual Conference in Zagreb, Croatia.

Special Awards

UACES has, on occasion, presented special awards to practitioners and academics. Find out more.