------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EUROPAEUM http://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/UK-257.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *********************************************************************************************** * Europaeum *********************************************************************************************** The Europaeum was founded in 1992 as an association of European universities, with a mission to: 1. Promote excellence in academic links in research and teaching collaboration between the Europaeum partners; 2. Act as an open academic network linking the Europaeum partners and other bodies in the pursuit of study; 3. Serve as a resource for the general support and promotion of European studies; 4. Function independently in the search for new ideas; 5. Provide opportunities for the joint pursuit of new pan-European initiatives; 6. Serve as a high level 'think-tank' exploring new ideas and new roles for universities in the new Learning Age; 7. Provide a 'pool of talent' to carry out research and inquiry into problems and questions confronting Europe today and tomorrow; 8. Help train and educate future leaders for a new Europe. The members of the Europaeum are: • University of Oxford • Universiteit Leiden • Universitá di Bologna • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn • Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva • Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne • Univerzita Karlova v Praze • Universidad Complutense, Madrid • Helsingin Yliopisto, Helsinki • Jagiellonian University, Krakow Europaeum programmes include a virtual seminar network, research projects, annual conferences and student summer schools, lectures, joint teaching programmes, staff mobility schemes, and linked scholarship schemes. More information here: http://www.europaeum.org/ [ URL "http://www.europaeum.org/"] .