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European Union Centre of Excellence

Conferences and Workshops

As part of its activities, the European Union Centre of Excellence at York University organizes a number of academic conferences looking at aspects of the political, economic and cultural life of the European Union and its member states. The following is a list of conferences which have taken place or will occur under the Centre’s auspices.

“The Future of EU Citizenship” – October 18-20, 2012 – Convened by Prof. Willem Maas

“Sixty Years of European Governance” – September 13-14, 2012 – Convened by Prof. Willem Maas

“Exploring the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Between Canada and the E.U.” – February 29, 2012 – Convened by Prof. Peer Zumbansen

“European Union: Instances of Cooperation and Discord/Union Européenne: entre coopération et désaccord”March 2, 2012 – EUCE Graduate Student Conference

“Transnational Private Regulatory Governance: Regimes, Dialogue, Constitutionalization”March 1-2, 2012 – Convened by Prof. Peer Zumbansen

“Free Movement and Discrimination: The European Union in Comparative Perspective” – November 28, 2011 – Convened by Prof. Willem Maas

EUCE York EU Law Workshop: “Securitization in Germany and the EU – Legal and Policy Implications for Canada”December 2-3, 2011 – Convened by Prof. Dagmar Soennecken

“Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne” – October 21-22, 2011 – Convened by Prof. Ian Roberge

“Centre and Periphery in a Federated Structure: Canada and the EU” – September 24-25, 2011 – Convened by Profs. Burkard Eberlein and Roger Keil

“Making Multi-level Public Management Work” – June 16-17, 2011 – Convened by Prof. Ian Roberge

“Adversarial Legalism à l’Européen” – April 28/29, 2011 – Convened by Prof. Dagmar Soennecken

“The Maturing of the Multicultural Experiment: European Challenges Coming to Canada?” – March 7, 2011 – Convened by EUCE York Research Fellows Hannah Biesterfeld (Master’s Candidate, Political Science, York), Karina Pogosyan (MPIA candidate, Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, York) and Sibylle Schaffhauser (Master’s Candidate, North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin)

“Europe in Troubled Waters/L’Europe en eaux troubles” – March 11/12, 2011 – Graduate Student Conference

“Multilevel Citizenship” – October 29, 2010 – Convened by Prof. Willem Maas

“Ever Closer Union?/Union sans cesse étroite?” – March 11/12, 2010 – Graduate Student Conference