The second lecture in the series “Whose (De)Fault is it Anyway? - The EU Crisis in Historical and Comparative Perspective” was presented by Prof. Leo Panitch (Political Science, York University) on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Entitled "American Crisis/Global Crisis: Can the empire of globalization contain the spirits it has called up from the deep?", this lecture provides a broad context for understanding the Euro crisis and can be viewed at: http://vimeo.com/35045502 This lecture series is a presentation of EUCE ...

The EUCE York is pleased present the inaugural EUCE York Law Workshop from December 2-3, 2011. This event takes place under the title "Securitization in Germany and the EU - Legal and Policy Implications for Canada" and is being convened by Prof. Dagmar Soennecken (School of Public Policy and Administration / Social Sciences). Among the questions, this workshop will consider are:

• How have states balanced the goal of collective security with that of upholding individual rights?
• What factors have shaped the different policy choices in North America vs. Europe?
• What role have courts and international human rights norms played in these insecure times?

Securitization, argue ...

In response to the biggest economic and financial crisis since the 1930’s, EUCE York has teamed with the Critical Research Laboratory in Law & Society at Osgoode Hall Law School to present a new lecture series entitled “Whose (De)Fault is it Anyway? - The EU Crisis in Historical and Comparative Perspective”. This series will run through the 2011-12 academic year and explore the intimidating dimensions of the crisis from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including financial and ...

The European Union Centre of Excellence at York University is pleased to be presenting a one-day international conference entitled "Free Movement and Discrimination: The European Union in Comparative Perspective" on Monday, November 28, 2011 at York's Glendon campus. This event is being convened by Prof. Willem Maas, a Co-Director of EUCE York, a Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public & International Affairs at York's Glendon campus. About the conference: Democratic states tend to guarantee free movement within their territory to all citizens. Similarly, the European Union guarantees the ...

Together with York's Centre for Refugee Studies, EUCE York is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Martin Geiger, a Visiting Scholar at Carleton's Centre for European Studies, entitled "Managing Migration at the Rim of Europe" on Tuesday, November 29th. This talk will be held in room 519 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here) from 12:30 to 2:00 pm and is presented in the context of ...

EUCE York together with the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies are pleased to co-present a lecture by Mr. Michał Matlak (PhD candidate, Political Science, Wroclaw University, Poland). The lecture will take place in room 749 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here) on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm. Mr. Matlak is the Vice-President of the Youth Regional Network of the Assembly of ...

EUCE York and the York Centre for International and Security Studies were pleased to present a lecture by Dr. John Young, Associate Professor in the War Studies Department at Royal Military College (Kingston ON) on Thursday, October 20th from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in room 626 York Research Tower. The lecture was entitled "EU-NATO Relations in a Post-American World" ...

The Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security at the Osgoode School of Law, York University and a partner of EUCE York presented a lecture by Prof. Neil Walker (University of Edinburgh) entitled "Legal Pluralism and Legal Universalism in a Global Context" on Friday, November 4, 2011. The lecture was presented as part of Nathanson's Legal Philosophy between State and Transnationalism and is available in streaming video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdpLFmhrhM Prof. Peer Zumbansen (EUCE York/Osgoode Hall Law School) acted as a respondent to Prof. Walker at this talk. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. Date: Friday, ...

The European Union Centre of Excellence at York , the Glendon School of Public and Intenational Affairs and the Jean Monnet Chair are pleased to present a public lecture by Dr. Vital Moreira, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Thursday, November 3rd from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in the Senate Chamber of Glendon College (C-Wing, York Hall - building #9 on the map found ...