Call for Papers
The Civic Education Project (CEP) invites CEP to submit their paper proposals for a 7th
Baltic Student Conference entitled:
Continuity and Change in the Baltic sea region
7th CEP Baltic Student Conference
March 30 – April 1, 2001
Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference Outline
General Description. The BSC will begin on the evening of 30 March and will end in the
morning of 1 April. 31 March will be devoted to presentations of student papers. All costs
associated with the conference will be paid by the organizers.
Student papers will be grouped into panels. Each panel will have a chair and a discussant
chosen by the conference organizers from the group of lecturers, staff and guests attending the
conference. Following the paper presentations, the chairperson will open the floor to
discussion and questions.
In addition to their presentations, participants will be expected to attend other panels.
Participants. All students of CEP Fellows (both Visiting Lecturers and Eastern Scholars) and
of CEP alumni are eligible to submit applications for the BSC.
Participants will be chosen through a two-stage selection process involving a review by
advising CEP Fellows/alumni and finally the Conference Selection Committee.
Proposals. Proposals should be no more than one single-spaced page. A good proposal should
clearly summarize the paper’s theme, main research question and hypotheses, sources of
evidence, and possible conclusions.
Papers. Papers should be no more than fifteen double-spaced pages. Papers must be typed.
CEP Fellows/alumni should advise and work with participants on the preparation of their
papers. Papers (at least one hard copy) must be submitted upon arrival at the conference.
Students, whose conference papers will be selection for publication, will be asked to provide
an electronic copy of their paper to the conference secretariat.
Presentations. Each participant will be given approximately ten minutes to present his or her
paper. Participants are strongly encouraged to prepare a discussion of their paper and not to
simply read it to the panel and the audience. CEP Fellows/alumni should advise and work
with conference participants on their paper presentations.
Language. The language of the BSC conference will be English and all student participants
are expected to have good command of this language.
Application Process. CEP Fellows/alumni advising students who wish to apply must ensure
that all applications are submitted by email or on computer disk to the conference
secretariat.
A complete conference application includes the following:
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One-page paper proposal
Completed conference application form
Applicant Appraisal completed by student’s CEP Fellow
Deadlines
31 January 2001
Students present conference paper proposals to their tutors – CEP Fellows/alumni in Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, the Kaliningrad district and Poland. CEP students from outside
Poland/Baltics program should send complete applications to Poland/Baltics Country Director
with their tutor’s appraisal.
2 February 2001
Conference paper proposals are reviewed by CEP Fellows/alumni.
3 February 2001
Conference paper proposals are reviewed by the Conference Selection Committee,
participants are selected and invitations are sent out to selected applicants.
19 March 2001
Programme prepared and disseminated to selected participants/CEP VL/ES/guests
March 30 – April 1, 2001
CEP Baltic Student Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania
Secretariat of the Baltic Student Conference
Diana, Law Academy, Vilnius
Giedrius, Kaunas Technology University
Civic Education Project
Baltic Student Conference
Application Form
This form should be fully completed by each student applicant and submitted by
email or on computer disk to the advising CEP Fellow/alumni, together with the
one-page proposal.
Family Name (Surname):
Given Name:
CEP Advisor:
Country:
Paper Title:
Current Address:
Current Telephone/Fax:
Email Address:
The information below will be used only to process the application if the paper
proposal is accepted. It will not be used in determining whether or not the application
will be accepted. This portion of the application must be completed.
Gender:
Male
Female
Date of Birth (day/month/year):
Place of Birth (city, country):
Citizenship:
Passport Number:
Passport Date of issue:
Passport Date of expiration:
Permanent Address (address appearing on your passport):
Civic Education Project Baltic
Student Conference
Applicant Appraisal
This document must be filled out by the advising CEP Fellow/alumni and accompany each
student application for the Student Conference. The purpose of this form is to increase the
information available to the selection committee regarding the relative strength of each student
application. CEP Fellows are kindly asked to provide honest appraisals of the proposals and of the
applicants. This form should be submitted to the in-country selection committee by email or on
computer disk, together with the application form and the proposal.
Name of Student Applicant:
Country:
Name of CEP Fellow:
1. Please assess the overall quality of the paper proposed.
2. Please assess the overall academic ability of the student applicant, especially as this relates to the
student’s ability to write and present a high quality paper.
3. Assess the potential of this student to make a significant and serious contribution to the conference.
4. If you are advising other student applicants, how would you rank this application relative to the
others? PLEASE provide a numerical ranking (e.g., 2nd out of 4).