External activities of EurPolCom staff, 2003

9 Jan - Julie Firmstone, 'Britain in the Euro?': British newspaper editorial
coverage of the introduction of the euro.' Emily Gray, 'The UK's pro- and anti-euro campaigns'. Papers to be presented at PSA/BSA Media and Politics Group one-day workshop, Loughborough University.

11/12 Jan - Julie Firmstone, Emily Gray, Paul Statham. 5th Project Meeting for EUF5 project EUROPUB.COM, WZB Berlin, Germany.

16/18 Jan - Manlio Cinalli, Paul Statham. 4th Project Meeting for EUF5 project on the Contentious Politics of Unemployment (UNEMPOL), Université Lumière Lyon 2, France.

22 Jan - Julie Firmstone, invited paper at 'Television, Violence and Society' conference, organized by The Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Portugal, in collaboration with the Pro Dignitate Foundation and Cinemateca Nacional (the Portuguese film archives). Catholic University, Lisbon.

12 Feb - Julie Firmstone, 'Britain in the Euro?': British newspaper editorial coverage of the introduction of the euro.' Emily Gray, 'Referendum Democracy? Political contention over the euro in the UK'. Papers to be
presented at a research seminar series on Britain and Europe at the Europe in the World Centre, School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool.

28 Feb/1 Mar - Paul Statham. Keynote speaker at expert workshop on Governance, Enlargement and Media Issues [GEMI], Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence.

11/12 Apr - Paul Statham. 'New Conflicts about Integration and Cultural Diversity in Britain: The Muslim Challenge to Race Relations'. University Association for Contemporary European Studies, Study Group on the Evolving European Migration Law and Policy: Second Meeting, University of Manchester.

25 Apr - Julie Firmstone, Emily Gray. 'Britain, Europe, the Euro and the Media'. Speech at the Student Convention on the Future of Europe, Leeds Civic Hall, organised by the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Leeds. For more information, including how to register for the conference, see the Jean Monnet Centre's website at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/jmce/conf1.htm .

1 May - Paul Statham. 'Minority Group Demands and the Challenge of Islam in European Countries', special invited lecture to Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.

16/17 May - Julie Firmstone, Emily Gray, Paul Statham. 6th Project Meeting for EUF5 project Europub.com, University of Leeds.

6/8 Jun - Manlio Cinalli, Paul Statham. 5th Project Meeting for EUF5 project Unempol, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg, Germany.

18/21 Sep - Julie Firmstone. Chair and discussant of panel on 'Representations of Europe: implications of media coverage of European politics for legitimacy and democracy in the EU' in Section 13: Political Communications and the Media, 2nd ECPR General Conference, Marburg, Germany. Also presenting a paper on 'Framing 'Britain in Europe': a comparative analysis of the British media agenda on Europe' in a panel on 'Comparative Perspectives on Media Framing' in the same section of the conference.

23/26 Sep - Emily Gray. Paper on 'Campaigning Across Borders: Transnational Networks and the UK's Pro- and Anti-EU Campaigns', at 6 th European Sociological Association Conference, 'Viejas Sociedades, Nueva Sociología', Murcia, Spain. Research Stream I: Enlargement of Europe.

7/8 Nov - Paul Statham, Julie Firmstone, Emily Gray. 7th Project Meeting for EUF5 project Europub.com, University of Hohenheim, Germany.

28/30 Nov - Emily Gray. Session chair and paper presenter at Graduate Conference on the European Public Sphere, Europäische Akademie, Berlin Grünewald.

11/12 Dec - Manlio Cinalli, Paul Statham. 6th Project Meeting for EUF5 project Unempol, University of Leeds.