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 ...

Students at Canadian post-secondary institutions are invited to submit a written or recorded story about the European Union or Canada-EU relations for a chance to win a trip to Europe and meet the largest permanent press corps in Brussels, the city at the heart of the EU's decision-making machinery. Canadian students are invited to submit a composition on a current issue facing the European Union or EU-Canada relations by Friday, January 28, 2011. Compositions should be in the form of a piece that could be published or broadcast in the Canadian media. The winners will be invited on a one-week study ...

EUCE York and its partners at the Critical Research Lab in Law & Society at Osgoode Hall Law School are please to announce that they will host a syllabus design workshop for students currently enrolled in a Graduate Program at Law Schools, Political Science or Social Science Departments as well as early career instructors and senior faculty. This one-day workshop is intended to foster the development of syllabi for undergraduate and graduate courses between 9 and 12 teaching weeks and related to European Law and Governance and European Studies. Limited funding is available for workshop participants from outside the Greater ...

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 ...