EUCE York is pleased to announce that Dr. Steffen Schneider (TranState Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany) will make the next contribution to the  "EUCE Lectures in EU Law and Governance" on Wednesday, November 3rd from 1:00-2:30 pm in Ross S821. Prof. Schneider's' lecture will be entitled "Good, Bad, or Ugly? International Regimes and Narratives of Democratic Legitimacy in Academic and Public Discourses".

This lecture series aims at furthering interest in European Union Governance and Policy ...

EUCE York Co-Director Willem Maas will be hosting a one-day conference entitled “Multilevel Citizenship” at York’s Glendon Campus on Friday, October 29th, 2010. Citizenship in contemporary societies has come to be defined as a relatively homogeneous legal and political status within the context of a state. While undeniably important, the focus on (nation-)state citizenship obscures important developments at both sub- and suprastate levels. For example, the rise of citizenship of the European Union has raised expectations that other regional integration efforts may also result in meaningful supranational rights. At the same time many ...

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. Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona) entitled "A Democratic Approach to the Legitimacy of International Institutions" on Friday, October 22, 2010. The lecture was presented as part of Nathanson's Legal Philosophy Series and is available in streaming video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfNVqdOvhh8 Prof. Stefan Sciaraffa (McMaster University, Hamilton) acted as a respondent to Prof. Christiano at this talk. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 Time: 2:30-4:30 pm Location: Ross S839

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. Peer Zumbansen (EUCE York/Osgoode Hall Law School) entitled "Legal Pluralism and Legal Universalism in a Global Context" on October 8, 2010. The lecture was presented as part of Nathanson's Legal Philosophy Series and is available in streaming video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdpLFmhrhM Prof. Robert Wai (EUCE York/Osgoode Hall Law School) acted as a respondent to Prof. Zumbansen at this talk. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. Date: October 8, 2010 Time: 2:30-4:30 ...

Prof. Joaquín Roy (Jean Monnet Professor and Director, European Union Center of Excellence, University of Miami) will present a lecture entitled "Latin American Integration and the EU Model" on Wednesday, October 6th from 4:00-5:30 pm in 519 York Research Tower. This lecture is presented as part of the EUROPEAS: EUCE Seminars in European History, Culture and Society, a lecture series ...

The European Union Centre of Excellence at York is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Stelios Staviridis (ARAID Senior Research Fellow at the University of Zaragoza, Spain (Research Unit on Global Governance and the European Union) on Wednesday, October 6 from 12:30-2:00 pm in 764 York Research Tower (building # 95 on map found here). There have been many concepts that have been used to describe, analyze and assess, the EU's international role over the ...

The European Commission is currently undertaking an independent evaluation of the EU Centres initiative, and would like to ask for your assistance in responding to a web based survey. Your opinions on and experiences of the EU Centres/Institutes will provide the Commission with important feedback to assess how the network of EU Centres/Institutes is performing as a whole; and examine what could be changed to improve the initiative in the future. The Commission would be grateful if you could spare 10 minutes to take part in this survey, which forms a major part of the evaluation. Most of the questions ...

EUCE York is pleased to announce that Prof. Marc Amstutz (Professor of Business Law and Legal Theory, LL.M (Harv.), University of Fribourg, Switzerland) will deliver the first lecture in the Centre's new lecture series "EUCE Lectures in EU Law and Governance" on Wednesday, September 15th from 12:30-2:00 pm in 519 York Research Tower. Prof. Amstutz' lecture will be entitled "Legal Reasoning in European Private Law: The Interlegality Conundrum in a Multilevel Governance Private Law System and the New Developments in the Marleasing-Doctrine ...

As of July 1, 2010, Peer Zumbansen, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Transnational Economic Governance and Legal Theory at Osgoode Hall Law School, has assumed the position of Co-Director of the Centre. Co-Director Professor Willem Maas, Jean Monnet Chair at Glendon, is on leave 2010-2012. For more information on Prof. Zumbansen and his academic activities, please visit his webpage at: http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty/peerzumbansen.html.

The European Union Centre of Excellence at York University is pleased to be presenting a talk by Prof. Kees Groenendijk entitled "Pre-Departure Integration Tests in the EU: Supporting Integration or Immigration Control?" The talk will take place on Friday, May 21st from 2:00 to 3:30 pm in room 219 of Glendon Hall (building #16 on the Glendon Campus - map here). All are welcome but attendees are asked to RSVP to Willem Maas at <maas@yorku.ca> Kees GROENENDIJK is emeritus Professor of Sociology of Law at Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, where he directs the Centre for Migration ...