EU Studies Diploma Programmes (EU-DPs)

***Attention EU-DPs Students***
1) 2012 Spring Registration Add/Drop/Change:
Check here for information.
Deadline: Tuesday, 15 May -- CLOSED

2) Please check your email for information regarding your EU-DPs status. If you did not receive an email, please contact the EUIJ-Kyushu Secretariat at
eudp@euij-kyushu.com

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2011 Fall Semester News

The EU-DPs has recognized a Paper of Excellence from amongst 2011 Fall Semeser research papers!

Twenty undergraduate and two graduate EU-DPs students were awarded the Diploma in EU Studies in the fall semester. Congratulations to them all!

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Interested in learning about EU-DPs? Read more here!

Research Funds & Scholarships

EU Studies Research Fund:
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS is now CLOSED

Watch for more opportunities for financial support for
research and study abroad!

Residential Summer Course
Read about the first annual
RSC held in Aso!

Symposia Series 2012-2013

21 May
Economic Analysis of M&A Laws in France and in The United States
Georges A. Cavalier (Associate Professor of Law, University of Lyon)

24 May
Three Ways in which the EU May Enhance Stability in Asia
Dr. Kjell Engelbrekt (Swedish National Defence College) and Dr. Ting Wai (Hong Kong Baptist University)

25 May
Defining the responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the multi-level governance of digital rights: the ambiguous role of the EU Court of Justice
Professor Antonia Bakardjieva Engelbrekt
(Faculty of Law, Stockholm University)

1 June
The Europeanization of Contract Law and its Significance for Asia
Jürgen Basedow (Director, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor at the University of Hamburg)

14 June
Japan and the EU
Hideaki Kuramitsu (Director, European Policy Division, European Affairs Bureau, MOFA)

EU Circle Off-Meeting
26 May
This event is for students in Fukuoka. This will povide a great chance for European and Japanese students to get together, make friends, and learn about each other's cultures.
Read more here!

EUIJ-Kyushu Extension Lecture Series
"Knowing the EU and Europe"
15 June - 20 July (Six lectures on Fridays)
All lectures are conducted in Japanese.
Read more here! (Japanese only)

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Introduction of Scholarship for studying in Germany
28 April
The Humboldt Foundation and DAAD will organize a meeting in Tokyo for young professors and Ph.D. students who intend to do research in Germany. More information at http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/

EU Film Days in Fukuoka
13 June - 19 June
EU Film Days brings the best of European cinema to audiences in Japan.
For details, please visit http://www.eufilmdays.jp/en

EU Circle Blog
Join the online conversation.

Of Interest:
Professor Machiko Hachiya, Director of the EUIJ-Kyushu, participated in a roundtable discussion entitled, "Le Japon: un an après Fukushima," organized jointly by the Sciences Po Bordeaux and a local daily journal, Le Sud Ouest, on 8 March 2012 in Bordeaux, France.

Kyushu University Faculty of Economics Professor, Mr. Kenji IWATA, presented a lecture on the euro and the EU economic crisis at the Tosu Study Group of Management on 19 January.