The Institute for Transatlantic, European

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The Institute for Transatlantic, European
American Studies (ITEAS)

• Seeing the World in Context

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What is ITEAS?

• ITEAS a new centre of excellence built from the
  individual strengths of University of Dundees
  established American Studies, and Centre for
  European Studies and Transatlatic programmes.
• ITEAS aims to influence and engage with
  policy-makers

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A bit of background

• The School of American Studies started 32 years
  ago with an aim of developing interdisciplinary
  study. It was founded with grant donations from
  partners such as BP
• Began with 12 students
• Grown to 250 students and 20 members of staff
• The only programme in Scotland to offer both
  Single and Joint Honours undergraduate degrees

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• Contemporary European Studies (CES) followed in
  1979 and has gone from strength to strength
  incorporating trips to continental Europe as well
  as supporting the European Documentation Centre,
  which is an archival source for postgraduate and
  undergraduate student research. CES offers a
  wide range of studies encompassing History,
  English, Geography, Politics, Philosophy,
  Economics, Education, Law and Planning, as well
  as language studies.

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• Transatlantic Studies
• A new undergraduate initiative to widen the scope
  of study and bridging CES and American Studies
  together by looking principally at contemporary
  issues affecting Europe, America and the
  Circumatlantic world.
• The first result is the offering of the
  interdisciplinary first-year course The Changing
  World Order since 1945

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Beyond the Classroom

• In addition to Undergraduate teaching and
  Postgraduate research we are intimately involved
  with the community (local and beyond)
• Specialist speakers for TV, Radio, and other
  media events
• Regular speakers to professional, business,
  social groups such as the American Consulate, the
  DAR, Institute for Contemporary Scotland,
  International Business Womens groups, and a host
  of societies

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• We go into schools, academies, and colleges to
  give talks both to student classes as well as
  teachers training days.
• American issues of Ethnicity and Civil Rights
• Issues in Contemporary Europe
• International Politics
• The American Civil War
• Many course topics offered in Highers and
  Advanced Highers
• We contribute to the Academic, Professional, and
  Social life of Scotland and beyond

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ITEAS Its Time has come!

• World Quote on why ITEAS necessary
• UN Blair/Bush/post 9/11 type quote
• WHY SCOTLAND? UNIQUENESS OF SCOTLAND DUNDEE?

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The Institute is up and running

• Seed funding provided by the Faculty of Arts
  Social Sciences and Universitys investment fund
• We now want to engage with business and
  policy-making partners

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ITEAS Structure

• First Patron Lord George Robertson intending
  to build a core of influential patrons
• Director Professor Alan Dobson
• 3 Associate Directors
• Some 30 members of staff from contributing
  departments

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Main Activities of ITEAS

• Undergraduate programmes
• Interdisciplinary teaching
• servicing some 500 students
• Interfaculty contributions
• Inter-institutional ventures
• Collaborations with Baylor University in Texas,
  Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and St.
  Bonaventure in New York
• Student/Faculty Exchanges as well as a vibrant
  intellectual life in Dundee
• We have just signed agreements with 30 campuses
  in New York as well as Universities in North
  Carolina, South Carolina, and New Hampshire,
  greatly expanding our partnerships.
• Extensive links through Erasmus with universities
  in many countries in continental Europe,
  especially France, Germany, and Spain.

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• Postgraduate Taught and Research Programmes
• MSc in Transatlantic Studies
• MSc in Politics and Policies in Contemporary
  Europe
• MSc in American Studies
• MPhil by Research in interdisciplinary fields
• PhD by Research in interdisciplinary fields

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ITEAS

• Centre for collaborative research exploring the
  most urgent issues focussing on
• Environmental issues
• USA and European comparative labour markets
• Population and Migration
• Security issues
• Comparative literature and culture
• The changing constitution of the EU
• Will access of Fulbright, Marshall, and Jean
  Monnet scholars

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Forthcoming events

• Annual lectures, lecture series by visiting
  scholars, and annual conferences
• Academic year begins with a Distinguished
  Lecturer in November
• Successful track record hosting conferences for
  the Transatlantic Studies Association, with
  funding from NATO, the American Embassy, and
  Baylor University, and the Scottish Association
  for the Study of America, with funding provided
  by NCR, Motorola, Curtis Fine Papers, US
  Consulate, Galgon Industries, and even the Old
  Course Hotel.
• Successfully hosted conferences on a variety of
  European issues, with funding from the EU and
  research councils

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• Publications We host
• Journal of Transatlantic Studies
• Professor Alan Dobson is the Editor
• Perspectives on European Politics and Society
  Journal of Intra-European Dialogue
• Edited by Dr. Cameron Ross

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Two Major Events per annum

• Annual Distinguished Scholar Lecture
• Held in November
• Godfrey Hodgson, distinguished journalist and
  scholar was our first speaker on the topic of
  Anti-Europeanism in America and Anti-Americanism
  in Europe
• Lectures will alternate between Transatlantic,
  European and American specialists from both the
  academic world and the public world

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ITEAS

• Annual Conference for the Transatlantic Studies
  Association
• Held in July
• Co-sponsored by hosting university
• Located at different worldwide venues
• Select papers viewed towards publication

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Relationship Building

• Create a network of business and policy-making
  advisers to provide
• Guidance and input from business, government, and
  educational institutions
• Partners to share our vision

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Relationship Building

• Financial Support Needed for
• Annual Lecture with Distinguished Scholars
  International Leaders
• Lecturer and Research appointments
• Visiting Scholars facilities
• Larger interdisciplinary research projects
• Infrastructure for undergraduate and postgraduate
  students

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• We believe that ITEAS represents a new breed and
  a new opportunity for Scottish Higher education .
  . . An Institution committed to SERVICE to
  serving its students, its community, and its
  world
• Together we will make it happen!