This WWW site was created by Prof. Kathrin Zippel, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University. The website is work in progress and any comments & suggestions for further links/contents are very welcome. k.zippel@neu.edu
Special thanks to the Educational Technology Fund from the Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences (Spring 2003) and the Instructional Development Fund
of the Provost Office (2003-2004) which provided funding necessary to develop
and maintain this site.
Many thanks to Suzy Ascher in the Educational Technology Center for her invaluable
consultation and help during the whole process. Lisa Mirabile designed the
first webpage, including the interactive map and timeline. Seth Merriam designed
this revised version. Colleen Quinn assisted in updating the webpage. Thanks
to Paul Saucier (Sociology & Anthropology Dept.) and Gered Dunne (Political
Science Dept.) who have provided help with editing of its content and Dirk
Ahlgrim (Ideo) for having a final scrutinizing look.
Thanks also to my students of the senior seminar The European Union: Social and Political Dimensions. They nominated me for the second annual Award for Effective or Innovative Use of Technology of the Center for Innovative Course Design and the Educational Technology Center, Northeastern University. I was awarded the "Thinking out of the Box" award in this contest in March 2005.
Information about the Sources for Images and Contents
The Timeline of the European integration process is adapted from the European Commission Delegation in the United States. http://www.eurunion.org/
The content from the map is adopted from the CIA World Facts Book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
If not otherwise noted the images (including flags, maps, and photographs) on these pages are from the Central Audiovisual Library of the European Commission. http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/mediatheque/photo/select/drapeaux25_en.htm
The papers on the "Future of the EU" were presented at 'The European
Convention: A Midterm Report.' A Conference at the Minda de Gunzburg Center
for European Studies Harvard University. January 31, 2003.