Undergraduate Research Symposium - Europe: East and West

Conference venue: University of Pittsburgh, USA
Period: April 11, 2014
Deadline for submitting abstracts: January 27, 2014
Deadline for submitting full papers: March 19, 2014

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event since 2002 designed to provide undergraduate students, from the University of Pittsburgh and other colleges and universities, with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. The event is open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper from a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or other countries of the former Soviet Union. The Symposium is held on the University of Pittsburgh-Oakland campus.

After the initial submission of papers, selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics.  The participants then give 10- to 15-minute presentations based on their research to a panel of faculty and graduate students. The presentations are open to the public.

The symposium welcomes research papers with a social science, humanities, or business perspective focusing on the study of Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or other countries of the former Soviet Union.

Applications must be submitted by January 27, 2014 (tentative). You are required to submit an application form with a 250-300 word abstract and a draft of your entire paper. For instructions on how to write an effective abstract, see our guide to Writing Abstracts. Please note that if you are selected to participate in the Symposium, you will have an opportunity to revise the text of your paper prior to the event.
  
Please email gbpeirce@pitt.edu for more information.

Ms. Gina Peirce
University of Pittsburgh
tel.: +1 (412) 648-2290
fax: +1 (412) 648-7002
e-mail: gbpeirce@pitt.edu