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Lecture: Poland in Europe, Europe in Poland, November 17, 2011

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in Events

Mr. Michal Matlak, Wroclaw University, Poland

Mr. Michal Matlak, Wroclaw University, Poland

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 ...

Streaming Audio: EU-NATO Relations in a Post-American World

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in Events

John Young and David Mutimer, Director of York Centre for International and Security Studies

John Young and David Mutimer, Director of York Centre for International and Security Studies

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" ...

Streaming Video: Legal Pluralism and Legal Universalism in a Global Context, November 4, 2011

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in Events

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, ...

Lecture: The European Parliament’s Trade Powers After the Lisbon Treaty, November 3, 2011

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in Events

Dr. Vital Moreira, Chair, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament

Dr. Vital Moreira, Chair, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament

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 ...

Conférence – UE et Kosovo: un regard critique, 20 octobre

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in Events

Le Centre d'excellence sur l'Union Européenne de l'Université York est heureux d'accueillir Dr. Josiane Tercinet, professeure a l'Université de Grenoble en France, du 17 au 21 d’octobre. Elle offrira une présentation publique le jeudi 20 octobre à 15:00 intitulée, "UE et Kosovo: un regard critique", dans la salle du Sénat du Collège Glendon (York Hall, C Wing - carte ici). Josiane Tercinet est professeur à la faculté de droit et responsable du programme de master 2 Recherche en Droit international et Européen à l’université de Grenoble 2. Elle est titulaire d’un diplôme de l’Institut d’Études politiques de Grenoble, d’une License ...

Conference: Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne, 21-22 Octobre 2011

Posted September 21st, 2011 in Events

EUCE York will be hosting the conference "Europe et sécurité après le traité de Lisbonne" on October 21-22, 2011 at York's Glendon Campus. The conference is a meeting of the Association France Canada d'Etudes Stratégiques and is being convened by Prof. Ian Roberge, a faculty member of the Political Science Deparmtent at Glendon.

Draft Program

La salle du Sénat, Collège Glendon

21-22 Octobre, 2011

Vendredi 21 octobre Mots de bienvenue 13 :00-13 :15 – Ian Roberge et Stanislav Kirschbaum, Glendon Mots de bienvenue 13 :15-13 :30 – Peer ...

The Crisis of the Euro: A German View, October 7, 2011

Posted September 19th, 2011 in Events

Mr. Harald Leibrecht, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany

Mr. Harald Leibrecht, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany

The European Union Centre of Excellence and York's Canadian Centre for German and European Studies are pleased to present Mr. Harald Leibrecht a member of the German Parliament and the German government’s Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation on Friday, October 7th from 10-11 am in room 626 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here). Mr. Leibrecht will speak on “The Crisis of the Euro: A ...

Streaming Audio: What Can Muslims in France Tell Us About Multiculturalism in the European Union?, September 28, 2011

Posted September 19th, 2011 in Events

On Wednesday, September 28th, EUCE was pleased to present a lecture by Visiting Scholar Dr. Jennifer Fredette (University of Albany) on the subject "What Can Muslims in France Tell Us About Multiculturalism in the European Union?" as part of the series EUROPEAS: EUCE Seminars in History, Culture and Society.  For those unable to attend this lecture, EUCE makes this available here as a streaming audio file. Jennifer Fredette teaches courses in constitutional law, comparative law, and sociolegal studies at University of Albany (SUNY). Her research addresses law and society themes such as law and ...

Lecture: Enjeux de la diversité en France et aux États-Unis, Thursday, September 29, 2011

Posted September 19th, 2011 in Events

EUCE York is pleased to present a talk by Dr. Jennifer Fredette, a scholar at the University of Albany and a EUCE Visiting Scholar at York from September 26-30, 2011. On Thursday, September 27th, Dr. Fredette will deliver a lecture entitled "Enjeux de la diversité en France et aux États-Unis" in the Senate Chamber, found in C Wing of York Hall on Glendon Campus (building #9 on the map found here) at 10:30 am. This lecture takes place as part of the series EUROPEAS: EUCE Seminars in History, Culture and Society". Jennifer Fredette teaches courses in constitutional law, comparative ...

Conference: Centre and Periphery in a Federated Structure – Canada and the EU, Sept. 24-25, 2011

Posted September 18th, 2011 in Events

Canada and the EU share a distinct experience: As federated/federal political, social, geographic and cultural structures both struggle with questions of territorial integration at the core of their existence. Theoretically and conceptually, we will bring research on rescaling and on multi-level governance into conversation with one another. This research conference will explore this problematique from two (often related) angles:

  1. It will investigate the urban social and spatial marginality as a common phenomenon in Canadian and European cities and will look at dynamics in the institutional policy environment that are set up to produce social cohesion at the peripheries of European and ...