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Activities
If you wish to be informed on a regular basis of
the various activities organised by the Institute for European Studies,
please send your e-mail address to :
Institute for European Studies
Up-coming meetings:
* 27-28 September 2007 –
The Foundations of a Cosmopolitan Legal Education
in Europe and in North America. This International
Colloquium, organised with the financial support of the Institute for European Studies
(Université de Montréal – McGill University), the Faculty of Law
at McGill University and the International Opportunities Fund (Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), will be held at the
Faculty of Law, McGill University, 3660 Peel Street. Read the programme. Please confirm your
attendance by sending an electronic message to Professor Daniel Jutras at daniel.jutras@mcgill.ca.
* 18 October 2007 – The Social
Democratic Welfare State: Transcending the Big Trade off between Equality
and Efficiency. Lecture by John D. Stephens, University
of North Carolina, EU Center of Excellence. It will be held from
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Université de Montréal (3744 Jean-Brillant Street - Room
525-6). Organised in partnership with the Canada Research Chair in
Citizenship and Governance and the CPDS.
* 22-24 November 2007 –
Democracy, Law and Intimacy: Toward a Moral
History of Postwar Europe.
Read
the programme. Workshop organised by
the Canada Research Chair in German and European Studies and the Canadian
Centre for German and European Studies (Université de Montréal-York
University) in collaboration
with the Institute for European Studies/EU Center of Excellence
(McGill-Université de Montréal), the German Academic Exchange Service, the Centre d'études et de
recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal and the Department of
History, University of Calgary. This workshop will be held at the
Université de Montréal, 3744
Jean-Brillant Street (room 525-6). It will
start at 3:00 p.m. on the 22nd and end at 1:30 p.m. on the 24th.
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November 2007 –
Vers une nouvelle donne européenne ? La politique étrangère et européenne
de la France et de la
Grande Bretagne à l’ère de Sarkozy et de Brown. Lecture by Frédéric Charillon, Director of the Centre d’Études
en Sciences Sociales de la Défense, Ministère de la Défense
(Paris). It will be held at
UQAM (room A-1715 - Pavillon Hubert-Aquin) from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Organised by the CEPES with the support of the IES. For more information
please contact letourneau.charles@uqam.ca
* 30 November 2007 –
Courts and Social Policy in the European Union and Canada. Workshop with : Lisa
Contant, University of Denver; Dagmar Soennecken, York University; Daniel Keleman,
Rutgers University; and James Kelly, Concordia University. It will be held
at the Université de Montréal (3744
Jean-Brillant St. – room 580-31) from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Read the
programme. There are no registration fees but registration is
compulsory. To register send an e-mail to iee-montreal@hotmail.com
* 3 Decembre 2007 –
Cold War Law Legal Entrepreneurs and
the Emergence of a European Legal Field.
Lecture
by Antonin Cohen, Université de Picardie Jules-Verne. It will be held from
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at McGill
University (Leacock
building, room 429). Organised in collaboration with the Department of
Political Science at McGill University as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union.
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December 2007 –
Un traité constitutionnel modifié? Les défis de la Conférence intergouvernementale de
2007. Round table with : Antonin Cohen,
Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, Faculté de Droit et de Science
politique; Romain Pasquier, Institut d’études politiques (Rennes);
and George Ross, Brandeis University. It will be held from
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Université de Montréal (3744, Jean-Brillant St. – Room 180). The round table will be
followed by a wine and cheese. Please register by sending an e-mail to c.de.sainte.marie-villemer@umontreal.ca
Organised by the Institute for European Studies with the support of the
Consulat général de France
à Québec.
* 6 December 2007 –
A Composite Democracy. Accountability and Legitimacy
in EU
Multilevel Governance. Lecture by Arthur Benz, Holder of the Chair in
Political science at the University
of Hagen and visiting Diefenbaker
scholar at the EU Centre of Excellence at Carleton University.
The talk will take place at the Université de Montréal from noon to 2:00
p.m. (more info to come). Activity organised by the Institute for European
studies, EU Centre of Excellence and by the Canada Research Chair in
European and Germane studies.
* 7
December 2007 –
L’identité européenne post-communiste: le cas de la Roumanie. Lecture by Cristian Prada, Conseiller présidentiel et
représentant personnel du Président roumain à la francophonie. It will be held from 4:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. at the Université de Montréal (3744 Jean-Brillant St. – room
525-6). Organised by the Jean-Monnet Chair in European Integration and the
Consulate general of Romania
in Montreal.
* 14 December 2007 –
Which economic bases for a democratic political Europe? Lecture by Bruno
Théret, Université Dauphine
(Paris). This activity will be held at the Université de Montréal (3150 Jean-Brillant Street
– Room C4145) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Organised with the support
of the Consulat général de France
à Québec.
* 22 January 2008 –
Western European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Lecture by Hanspeter
Kriesi, Institut d’études politique of Zürich. More info to come.
Past meetings:
Briefings
Briefings 2006-2007
La politique européenne de la Bavière
et du Québec. Lectures by Jörg
Vogel, sous-ministre adjoint, Politique européenne et Relations
internationales à la Chancellerie de l'État de Bavière and by Benoît-Jean
Bernard, Directeur général de la Direction Europe,
Afrique et Moyen-Orient, Ministère des relations internationales du Québec.
This event was
held on September 20th 2007. Organised in collaboration with the
Représentation de la Bavière in Québec and the Ministère des relations
internationales of Québec.
Briefings 2005-2006
* How to understand
the European Union in 2006? Lecture by
H.E. Jeremy Kinsman, Ambassador of Canada to the
European Union organised by the IES in collaboration with the Political
Science Department at McGill on January 11th 2006.
* L’adhésion
de la Turquie à l’UE : la position de la Commission européenne. Lecture
by H.E Eric Hayes, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European
Commission in Canada.
Organised by the IES on 14 November 2005.
Briefings 2004-2005
* New Realities,
Ancient Culture: The Changing Face of Turkey’s
Orientation Towards Europe.
Lecture by H.E. Yves Brodeur, Ambassador of Canada to Turkey. Organised by Professor
Barbara Haskel and Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill
University) as part of a Series on
Europe and the European Union supported by
the IES. This event was held on 3 November
2005.
* Impacts of Cyprus Accession to the EU on
the Turkish Cypriots.
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Public
lecture by Emine Erk, Lawyer and former Turkish Cypriot Coordinator of the
Technical Committees on the laws attached to the Annan Plan. This event
organised by the Université de Montréal-McGill University Institute for
European Studies with the support of the Turkish Embassy in Canada
was held on 23 September 2005.
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* What’s going
on in Montreal concerning Europe
and the European Union? Briefing organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES. This event was held on 16 September 2005.
* Échange avec
S.E. J. Kinsman (Ambassadeur du Canada auprès de l'Union européenne)
sur le thème: "L'union européenne et les relations
transatlantiques" This activity was held on 15 September 2005.
* The European
Constitution. Briefing by H. E. Eric Hayes, Ambassador
and Head of the European Commission Delegation in Canada. It was held on April
7th 2005. Read the text.
* The case law of
the European Court of Human Rights: International Law or European Public
Law? Lecture by Luzius Wildhaber, President of the
European Court of Human Rights. This lecture organised by the Jean-Monnet
Chair of McGill University in collaboration with the IES was held on April
7th 2005.
* Cyprus in the EU: Prospects for unification, Peace with Turkey and regional stability.
Public lecture by H. E. Euripides Evriviades, Ambassador of Cyprus
to the United-States and High-Commissioner of Cyprus
to Canada.
Organised by the Institute for European Studies in collaboration with the
Honorary Consulate General of Cyprus in Montreal and the Embassy of Cyprus in the
United-States on March 11th 2005. Organised as part as the ‘McGill
Series on Europe and the European
Union’ created by Professor Barbara Haskel.
* L'avenir de
l'Europe passe-t- il par le démantèlement de l'État providence? Lecture
by Jacques Mistral, Financial Advisor to the French Embassy in Washington
organised on 23 February 2005 by the Institute for European Studies in
partnership with the Department of political science of l’Université
de Montréal and the CPDS (Centre d'études des politiques et du
développement social).
* Les relations
transatlantiques se conjuguent-elles au passé? Lecture
by Marie Bernard-Meunier, member of the CÉRIUM Board of directors,
ex-ambassadeur du Canada in Germany,
Researcher at the Germane Institute for Security and International Affairs.
This activity organised by the CERIUM in partnership with the GERSI, the
CEPEA and the IES was held on December 14, 2004.
* Turkey and the European Union.
Lecture by H. E Aydemir Erman, Turkey’s
Ambassador to Canada.
This lecture was held on 19 November 2004 and was part of a Series on
Europe and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University
and supported in part by the IES.
* Séance d’information sur la SPEQUE (Simulation du Parlement européen Canada Québec Europe), le 17
novembre 2004. Pour plus d’information sur la SPEQUE : http://www.specque.qc.ca/
* What's going on
in Montreal concerning Europe
and the European Union? Briefing organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union. It was held on 24 September 2004.
Briefings 2003-2004
* Constitutional Democracy and Civil Rights after 9/11: Is Collective
Security the Enemy of Individual Freedom?
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Lecture by Jutta Limbach,
President of the
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Goethe Institute and former President
of the Constitutional Court of Germany, held on 10 November 2003. This
activity organised by the IES with the Goethe Institute, the Jean-Monnet
Chair and the Faculty of Law of McGill University is part of a Series on
the 40th anniversary of the signature of the Elysée Treaty.
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* The Role of the Judge in a Country in Transition. Lecture by Radmila Dicici, Judge of the District
Court of Belgrade, organised by the IES in collaboration with the Faculty
of Law of McGill University and the International Commission of Jurists. It
took place on 14 October 2003.
* What's going on
in Montreal concerning Europe
and the European Union? This activity was
part of a Series on Europe and the European Union organised by the
Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University
and supported in part by the IES. It was held on 12 September 2003.
Briefings 2002-2003
* Wales, a unique case of devolution. Meeting with Matthew Quinn, Director of Policy for
the Welsh Assembly Government. This event was held on 12 December 2002 at
the Faculty of law of McGill
University. It was
organised by the IES in partnership with the ministère des Relations
internationales of Québec.
Briefings 2001-2002
* Remarks on the Current European Scene. By S.E. Danièle Smadja.
* Global Economic Governance and European Integration. By Anna Diamantopoulou.
* The European Union between Enlargement, Institutional Reforms and
Constitutional Debates: An Austrian View. By Ernst Sucharipa.
* Beyond the Water's Edge: European Comparaisons. To consult the programme, click here.
* The European Union's Social Agenda. By Stefaan Hermans. To read the Communication from the Commission, click here
* Citoyenneté
nationale, citoyenneté européenne: points de convergence et de divergence. By Isabelle Petit.
* The Euro. Event organised
by the Chambre de Commerce belge et luxembourgeoise au Canada.
For more information on the
2001-2002 briefings, click here.
Briefings 2000-2001
* What's going on in Montreal
concerning Europe and the European Union? By Barbara Haskel.
* Meeting with Laurette Glasgow and Ms. Carla Gilders from the
Canadian Mission
to the European Union.
* Meeting with the Press, Information and Cultural Affairs Counsellors
of several European Missions in Ottawa.
* The Union's Enlargement:Views
from Central Europe and the European
Communities. To read the
programme, click here.
For more information on the 2000-2001 briefings, click here.
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Colloquium
* A European Union in the making: An interdisciplinary
approach / Regards croisés sur l’Union européenne qui se fait.
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International colloquium organised on the 5th and 6th of October by :
the McGill University-Université de Montréal Institute for European
Studies, the Jean-Monnet Chaire in Law of Economic International
Integration (McGill), the Jean-Monnet Chaire in European Integration
(Université de Montréal), the Centre d’études et de recherches
internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM) and the
Institut québécois des hautes études internationales (Laval).
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- Read the programme
- Read the abstracts
- Watch the lectures
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With the support of the European Commission,
the Université de Montréal, McGill University, the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade and the Consulat général de France à
Québec.
* The
citizen’s right to a clean environment
International colloquium organised by the
Université de Montréal-McGill University Consortium for European Studies
(29-30 September 2005). For more information, please visit the Chaire Jean-Monnet
website.
* Multiple Diversities: The
European Experiences
This Annual
colloquium was organised by the Consortium for European Studies composed of
the Université de Montréal-McGill University Institute for European
Studies, the Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration (Université de
Montréal) and the Jean Monnet Chair in Law of International Economic
Integration (McGill
University).
* Read the programme
* Read the abstracts.
This event was supported by:
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The Ministère des Affaires étrangères of France
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The Ministères des relations internationales du
Québec
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The European
Commission
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The Centre d’études et de recherches
internationales de l’Université de Montréal
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The Research
Chair of Canada on Citizenship and Governance (Université de Montréal)
* A
Constitution for Europe? An Overview of
the European Convention
This Annual
colloquium was organised on 26 September 2003 by the Institute for European
Studies. It was sponsored in part by the French Republic, the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Goethe Institute (as part of the 40th anniversary
of the signature of the Traité de l’Elysée) as well as by the ministère des Relations internationales
of Québec.
- Read the
programme
- To
read the abstracts
* Unity
and Diversity: European and Canadian Debates.
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The IES' Second annual Colloquium was held on
27-28 September 2002 at the HEC.
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* Read the programme
* Read the textes
This event was supported by:
- The European Commission
- Le Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec
- Le Ministère des Affaires étrangères de la République
française
- La Chaire de recherche du Canada en Citoyenneté et
gouvernance
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* The
European Union: One Market, One Social Model?
The IES' First annual Colloquium was
held on September 28-29 2001
in Montreal.
* Read the program
* Read the abstracts
This event was supported by:
- The Department of Foreign Affair
and International Trade Canada
- The Department of Canadian
Heritage
- Le Ministère des Relations
internationales du Québec
- The Delegation of the European
Commission in Canada
- The Ambassy of Belgium in Ottawa
- Le Ministère des Affaires
étrangères de la République française
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Lectures
Lectures 2007-2008
* The EU and US competition control of
cooperative agreements among airlines. Lecture by Emilie
Baronnat, M.L candidate, McGill
University. This event
was held on September 20th 2007.
Lectures 2006-2007
* Democratic Deficits in Europe: National or supranational? Lecture by Philippe
Schmitter, European University Institute (Florence). Organised on
May 16th 2007 as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES.
* European Public Law: the protection
of Human Rights under the ECHR and European Union Law. Lecture by Luzius Wildhaber, former president of the Human European Court of
Justice. Organised on March 21st 2007 by the McGill University Faculty of
Law in collaboration with the IES
* The European Neighbourhood Policy
and the Former Soviet Union: Testing Soft
Power. Lecture
by Charles Pentland, Queen’s
University. Organised on March 14th 2007 as part of the
Series on Europe and the European Union
supported by IES.
* Democratization in Postcommunist Europe: Illiberal Regimes and the Leverage on
International Actors. Lecture by Milada Anna Vachudova, University
of North Carolina.
Organised on February 12th and February 13th 2007 as part of the
Series on Europe and the European Union
supported by IES.
* Suing for Europe:
The Rise of Adversarial Legalism. Lecture by R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University.
Organised on February 7th 2007 as part of the Series
on Europe and the European Union supported
by IES.
* Built to Last? On the Durability of
EU Federalism. Lecture by R.
Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers
University. Organised
on February 6th 2007 as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES.
* European Middle
East Policy: A Collective Policy or a Policy of
‘Converging Parallels’? Lecture by Costanza Musu, Richmond
University (Londres) organised by
the IES as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES.
* The European Social Model: Does it
exist? Lecture by Prof. Bo Rothstein, Göteborg University
(Sweden)
organised by the IES on December 5th 2006.
* The Failures of Pluralist Democracy
in the European Union.
Lecture by Craig Parsons, University of Oregon, Eugene organised on
December 1st 2006 as part of the Series on Europe and the
European Union supported by IES.
* L'Europe, la Turquie et le
Moyen-Orient. Lecture
by Kemal Kirisci, University of Bosphore organised on November 23rd 2006
as part of the Series on Europe and the
European Union supported by IES (in collaboration with Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit
international des migrations).
* What type of socio-economic model
for tomorrow’s EU?
Lecture by Maria Joao Rodrigues, Special adviser to the
European Commission (Lisbonne Agenda), Professor at the University of
Lisbonne and at the Institute of European Studies (Université Libre de
Bruxelles), organised by the IES on November 21st 2006. Maria
Rodrigues’ CV. Read the text
of the lecture
* New Governance and European
Employment Policies. Lecture by
Ralf Rogowksi, University of Warwick, organised on
November 7th 2006 as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES (in collaboration with the CPDS).
* The European Union Social Model:
Past and Future. Lecture by
Ralf Rogowksi, University of Warwick, organised on November 6th 2006 as part
of the Series on Europe and the European
Union supported by IES (in collaboration with the Sociology Department).
Lectures 2005-2006
* Decommodification and Activation in
Social Democratic Policy: Resolving the Paradox. Lecture by Dr. John D. Stephens, University
of North Carolina organised
on October 20th 2006 as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES (in collaboration with MISC
and the Sociology Department).
* Dynamiques des régimes d'emploi et de protection sociale
dans l'Union européenne. Lecture by Arnaud Lechevalier, Marc Bloch
Center, Berlin organised on
16th of October 2006 as part of the Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by IES (in collaboration with the CPDS).
* The EU after
the French and Dutch votes against adoption of the Constitution for Europe. Lecture by
Jeremy Kinsman, Ambassador of Canada in office 1992-2006 Moscow, Rome, London et Brussels organised on
4 October 2006.
* La notion de
patrimoine constitutionnel européen. Lecture by Professor Dominique Rousseau,
Université de Montpellier and Institut universitaire de France organised on
4 October 2006.
* La Suisse et
l’Union européenne : à la croisée des chemins. Lecture by Professor René Schwok, Institut
européen de l’Université de Genève organised on 4 October 2006 as
part of the Series on Europe and the European Union.
* The internal
security concept of the European Union and its implications for the
construction of an “area of freedom, security and justice”. Lecture
by Jörg Monar (Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg) organised on May
15th 2006 by the Chaire de recherche du Canada en migrations
internationales and the CÉRIUM in collaboration with the Institute for
European Studies and the Chaire Jean Monnet en Intégration européenne.
* Flexibility and
Security in Europe: The debate on
‘flexicurity’ as a strategy for a new European Social Model.
Lecture by Prof. Per Kongshoj Madsen, University of Aalborg (Denmark).
Organised on April 7th 2006 by Professor Barbara Haskel and
Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* National
Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism – The State of Denmark.
Lecture by Prof. Per Kongshoj Madsen, University of Aalborg
(Danmark). Organised on April 5th 2006 by the IES in partnership with the
Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal.
* Single Markets:
Economic Integration in Europe and the United-States.
Lecture by Prof. Michelle Egan, American
University held on
March 24th 2006. Organised by Professor Barbara Haskel and Professor Brian
Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* L'élargissement de l'Union européenne: enjeux et défis. Lecture by Maurice Guyader,
Professor at the Sorbonne and member of the European Commission (DG
Enlargement) held on March 17th 2006. Organised by the IES and the
Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal.
* The EU Regional Policy and Multi-Level Governance. Lecture by Ingeborg Toemmel, Jean-Monnet
Professor, Osnabruck University (Germany)
held on March 16th 2006. Organised by Professor Barbara Haskel and
Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* Negotiating
Privacy: EU-US Conflicts About Personal Data.
Lecture by Prof. Dorothee Heisenberg, Johns
Hopkins University’s
School of Advanced International Studies.
Organised on March 10th 2006 by Professor Barbara Haskel and
Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* The European Approach to Military Innovation:
Risks and Opportunities of the Technology gap. Lecture by Andrea Locatelli, Visiting Scholar, Centre for
European Studies, Carleton
University.
Organised on March 3rd 2006 by Professor Barbara Haskel and
Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* The Politics of
Antitrust and Merger Review in the European Union: Institutional Change
from Messina
to 2004. Lecture by Prof. Tim Buthe, Duke University.
Organised on February 10th 2006 by Professor Barbara Haskel and
Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University) as part of a Series on Europe and the European Union supported by the IES.
* What is sui
generis about the European Union? Compliance in Federal States,
International Organisations and the European Union.
Lecture by Will Phelan, Middlebury
College. Organised on
18 November 2005 as part of a Series on Europe
and the European Union supported by the IES.
* Institutional
Emulation in the EU and NATO Enlargements. Lecture by Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young
University. Organised
by Professor Barbara Haskel and Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill University)
as part of a Series on Europe and the
European Union supported by the IES. This event took place on 4 November 2005.
Lectures 2004-2005
* Understanding
Social Democracy. Lecture by Sheri Berman, Barnard College,
Columbia University. Organised by Professor
Barbara Haskel and Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill
University) as part of a Series on
Europe and the European Union supported by
the IES. This event was held on 28 October
2005.
* Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy
and Germany
and the Puzzle of Federalism. Lecture by Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University. This event organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel and Professor Brian Rathbun (McGill
University) as part of a Series on
Europe and the European Union supported by
the IES was held on 21 October 2005.
* Les politiques
européennes en matière d’immigration irrégulière. Lecture by Claude-Valentin
Marie, Director of the Groupe d’études et de lutte contre
les discriminations (Geld).
This lecture organised by the Observatoire international sur le racisme et
les discriminations, the Institut d'études internationales de Montréal
(IEIM) and the Institute for European was held on April 28th 2005. I
twas supported by the Consulat général de France à Québec.
* Repenser la
stratégie de Lisbonne sous la
Présidence Luxembourgeoise. Round table with Philippe
Pochet, Director of the Observatoire social européen (Brussels) and Jane Jenson, Director of
the Université de Montréal-McGill University Institute for European
Studies. This
activity was organised as part as the Institute’s ‘UE
Presidencies Series’ on April 22nd 2005.
* The UE-Ukraine
relations: the role of the new member states.
Lecture by Alexandre Duleba, Director of the Research Center
of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association. This Conference organised by the
IES in partnership with the Embassy of the Slovak
Republic in Canada and the Department of
political science of l’Université de Montréal was held on April 8th
2005.
* Sovereignty for
Sovereignty’s Sake: Monetary Union,
Defense Cooperation, and Integration Theory? Lecture
by Prof. Brian Rathbun, Université McGill. Organised as part
of the McGill Series on Europe and the
European Union on 4 March 2005
* Soft Power
Politics: The European Union Concept of Fighting Terrorism.
Lecture by Franz Kernic, Research follow at the
Centre for European and Russian Studies, Carleton University.
Organised as part of the McGill Series on Europe
and the European Union on 4 February 2005.
* Is the EU a
Catalyst for Pension Reforms? Lecture by
Prof. Patrick Marier, Concordia University.
Organised as part of the McGill Series on Europe
and the European Union on 11 February 2005.
* La gouvernance
territoriale : les grandes tendances en Europe aujourd’hui. Lecture
by Prof. John Loughlin, School of European Studies, Cardiff University,
organised by the Chaire de recherche du Canada en Études québécoise et
canadienne (UQAM) and by the Institute for European Studies. It was held on
January 26th 2005.
* The protection
of fundamental freedoms in the European Union: The search for political
legitimacy through law. Lecture by Michael
Bothe, Professor at the University
of Frankfurt and Director of the
Peace Studies Institute organised by the Faculty of law of McGill University
and sponsored by the Institute for European Studies, InterAmicus, and the
Canadian Friends for Alliance
israélite universelle. It was held on 17 January 2005.
* Constructing a
Supranational Space for a Women's Agenda: The Process of Czech
Accession to the EU. Lecture by Dr. Aliza Krizkova. This
lecture was held on 12 November 2004 and was part of a Series on Europe and
the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill
University and
supported in part by the IES.
* Unveiling Sahin:
The European Court
Decision on Islamic Headscarf. Lecture by
Jeremy Gunn, Professor at the Faculty of Law of Emory
University (Atlanta). This activity was held on 10
November 2004 and was organised by the IES and the McGill Jean Monnet Chair
in Law of International Economic Integration.
* Sahin dévoilée:
la décision de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme à propos du foulard
islamique. Lecture by Jeremy
Gunn, Professor at the Faculty of Law of Emory
University (Atlanta). This activity organised by the
IES and the Université de Montréal’s Department of Political Science
was held at the Université de Montréal on 10 November 2004.
* The Route to
Europe: People Smuggling from the Middle East and Asia.
Lecture by Dr. David ROMANO, DND Post-Doctoral Fellow and Senior Research
Fellow, ICAMES, McGill
University. This
lecture was held on 5 November 2004 and was part of a Series on Europe and
the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill
University and supported
in part by the IES.
Lectures 2003-2004
* Multi-Level
Governance -- Implicitly? Holland's
Health Care Reforms and Europe Union
Aspirations and Regulations. Lecture by Theodore Marmor Professor at Yale University,
Fulbright Scholar
at the Chair in American Political and Economic Studies (Université de
Montréal) and Thomas O. Enders Fellow
at McGill University and the Université de
Montréal in 2004-2005. This lecture was held on 29 October 2004
and was part of a Series on Europe and the European Union organised by the
Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University
and supported in part by the IES.
* Integration and Ideology: The Case of the European Union.
Lecture by Professor Kjell Goldmann, University of Stockholm.
This lecture was held on 22 October 2004 and was part of a Series on Europe
and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill
University and
supported in part by the IES.
* Le système
institutionnel de l'Union européenne à l'heure constitutionnelle. Lecture by Marie-Françoise Labouz,
Jean-Monnet Professor at the Université de
Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. It was organised by the IES in collaboration with the Département de
science politique of the Université de Montréal on 29 September 2004.
* Le projet de
constitution européenne : les conséquences d’une non
ratification.
Lecture by Marie-Françoise Labouz, Jean-Monnet Professor at the
Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. I twas organised by the IES and the McGill Jean
Monnet Chair in Law of International Economic Integration on 29 September
2004.
* The EU’s Draft Constitutional Treat: Is the EU Moving Towards
a More Federal Union? Lecture
by Prof. Finn Laursen of the University
of Southern Denmark.
It was organised by the IES and the Centre for European Studies of Carlton
University on 17 March.
* The European Union: Democratic Legitimacy in a regional State? Lecture
by Dr. Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor, Boston University.
This lecture was held on 13 February 2004 and was part of a Series on
Europe and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University
and supported in part by the IES.
* A Tale of Two Different Models of Economic Integration: The EU and
NAFTA. Lecture by Jan Winter, Faculty of Law, Amsterdam University
and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University.
This activity was held on 23 January 2004 et was part of a Series
on Europe and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University
and supported in part by the IES.
* The transformation of corporate governance in France and Germany: between European
integration and national models. Lecture by Dr.
Michel Goyer (University of London) held on 9 January 2004 as part
of a Series on Europe and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill University and supported
in part by the IES.
* As Europe gets larger will it
disappear? Lecture by Jeffrey Kopstein, University of Toronto,
held on 7 November 2003 as part of a Series on Europe and the European
Union organised by Professor Barbara Haskel
of McGill University and supported in part by
the IES.
* Building Democracy in Strange Places: The Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan
and Chechnya
in the Light of Recent Elections. Lecture by
Thomas Goltz, Reporter and author of Azerbaijan Diary and Chechnya
Diary, organised on 24 October 2003 as part of a Series on Europe and
the European Union programmed by Professor Barbara Haskel of McGill
University and
supported in part by the IES.
* Philanthropie et
capital social. Le don dans les pays de l'Union européenne. Lecture by Denis Sibony, Ph.D. Candidate at the
Department of Political Science (Université de Montréal), organised as part
of the "IES' Brown Bags Series for Graduate Students and young
Researchers", on 22 October 2003.
* The Emerging European Defense Identity and US Unipolarism: Competing
Superpowers or Division of Labor Among Hegemon? Lecture
by Éric Remacle of the Université Libre de Bruxelles held at McGill University on 3 October 2003. This
activity was part of a Series on Europe
and the European Union organised by the Professor Barbara Haskel and supported in part by the IES.
* Reluctant, Skeptical, or Clever? Scandinavia
and the European Union. Lecture by Eric
Einhorn, University of Massachustts held at McGill University
on 19 September 2003. This activity was part of a Series on Europe and the European Union organised by the
Professor Barbara Haskel and supported in part
by the IES.
* Le soutien à
domicile des personnes âgées fragilisées : un labyrinthe relationnel
complexe. Lecture by Béatrice
Launay, Research Assistant at the GRASP, Université de Montréal. This
activity was part of the "IES' Brown Bags Series for Graduate Students
and young Researchers". It was held on 9 September 2003.
Lectures 2002-2003
* Vers une
Constitution européenne : où en sommes-nous? Lecture by Jean-Pierre Puissochet, Judge at the
Court of Justice of the European Communities. This lecture organised by the
Société québécoise de droit international in collaboration with the IES was
held at the Faculty of law of McGill
University on 27 May
2003.
* Le Canada et les
relations transatlantiques : une optique triangulaire. Lecture by His Excellency Jeremey Kinsman,
Ambassador of Canada
to the European Union. This lecture was organised by the IES and the Groupe
d'étude, de recherche, et de formation internationales of ENAP and with the
support of the ministère des Affaires étrangères of France.
It was held on May 8th 2003, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the ENAP.
* L'Union
européenne et ses États membres : un rapport problématique? Lecture by Francesca Astengo,
Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, McGill
University. This
activity was part of the "IES' Brown Bags Series for Graduate Students
and young Researchers". It was held on 10 April 2003 at the Université
de Montréal.
* An Integrating Europe: Facing Old
and New Dilemmas. Lecture by Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Professor, Department of Political
Science, University
of Pittsburg. This
event took place on Friday April 4, 2003 at McGill University.
This Lecture was part of the "Lectures in McGill Series"
organised by Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science,
McGill University, with the support of the IES.
* Biotechnology, Life Science, and Policy Networks in the European
Union. Lecture by Dr. Eric
Montpetit, Université de Montréal. This event took place on Friday March
14, 2003 at the Department of Political Science of McGill University, 855
Sherbrooke West (Room 424). This Lecture was part of the "Lectures in
McGill Series" organised by Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of
Political Science, McGill University, with the support of the IES.
* Making Public Health Policy in the European Union. Lecture by Dr. Trygve Ugland, Research
Associate, McGill University-Université de Montréal Institute for European
Studies. This event took place on Friday March 7, 2003 at McGill University.
This Lecture was part of the "Lectures in McGill Series"
organised by Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science,
McGill University, with the support of the IES.
* L'Union
européenne et l'accord de Cotonou : libéralisation et instrumentalisation
des droits de l'Homme. Lecture by Martin Gallié, Ph.D
candidate, Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal. This activity was part of the "IES' Brown
Bags Series for Graduate Students and young Researchers". It was held
on February 27th 2003 at the Université de Montréal.
* Les
biotechnologies et les réseaux de politiques publiques dans le contexte
européen. Lecture by Dr.
Éric Montpetit, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal.
This activity organised by the IES in collaboration with the Department of
Political Science of the Université de Montréal was held on February 18
2003 at the Université de Montréal.
* Creating a Euro-community Identity: The Commission's Efforts in
Education (1955-1995). Lecture by Dr.
Isabelle Petit, Executive Director, McGill University-Université de
Montréal Institute for European Studies. This event took place on February
14, 2003 at McGill
University. This
Lecture wass part of the "Lectures in McGill Series" organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science, McGill
University, with the support of the IES.
* Les fédérations
européennes de partis et l'élargissement. Lecture by Dr.
Jean-Michel De Waele, Université Libre de Bruxelles. This activity organised by the IES took place on
February 13, 2003 at the Université de Montréal.
* Euros et
Européens : l'intégration monétaire et le modèle social européen. Lecture by Dr. George Ross, Director of the Centre
for German and European Studies at Brandeis University.
This activity organised by the IES was held on November 27th 2002 at the
Université de Montréal.
* The Challenges of European Union Accession for Post-Communist Europe. Lecture by Professor David Cameron, Departement of Political
Science, Yale
University. This
Lecture was part of the "Lectures in McGill Series" organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science, McGill University,
with the support of the Université de Montréal-McGill University Institute
for European Studies. It was held on 15 November 2002 at McGill University.
* Private Governance and E-Commerce: The UE and the US. Lecture by Professor Maria Green Cowles, Department
of Political Science, American
University. This
Lecture was part of the "Lectures in McGill Series" organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science, McGill
University, with the support of the Université de Montréal-McGill University
Institute for European Studies. It was held on 8 November 2002 at McGill
University.
* Protection
sociale et fédéralisme : l'Europe dans le miroir de l'Amérique du Nord. Lecture by Dr. Bruno Théret, Research Director at
the CNRS, IRIS, Université Paris Dauphine.
This event organised by the IES and the Department of Political Science
(Université de Montréal) was held on November 7th 2002 at the Université de
Montréal. It was organised to launch Bruno Théret's new book.
* L'Union
européenne et les régions à compétences législatives. Lecture by Dr. Laura Huici, Department de Dret i
Economia Internacionals, Universitat de Barcelona. This event organised by
the IES was held on November 6th 2002 at the Université de Montréal.
* Trade Policy and Political Legitimacy in the European Union. Lecture by Doctor Sophie Meunier, Research
Associate, Princeton
University. This
Lecture was part of the "Lectures in McGill Series" organised by
Professor Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science, McGill
University, with the support of the Université de Montréal-McGill
University Institute for European Studies. It was held on 25 October 2002
at McGill University.
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Lectures 2001-2002
* Marianne et Michel
: le couple franco-allemand en santé ou en crise? By Robert Picht.
* Europe after the Cold War - A Scandinavian View. By Anders Hellner.
* Multi-Level Governance: A View from the Garbage can. By Guy Peters.
* Convergence
européenne et diversités nationales: une nouvelle voie vers l'intégration
socio-économique par la Méthode Ouverte de Coordination? By Mario Telò.
*What's going on about Europe and the European Union in Montreal? By Barbara Haskel.
* Recent Developments in European Union-Turkey Relations. By S. E. Zergun Koruturk.
* Engaging with Europe: How U.K. Civil Servants Learn about
the European Union. By Adam
Steinhouse.
* Le grand débat and the candidate countries: the case of the Czech Republic. By Lenka Rovna.
* La Grande-Bretagne entre le
Commonwealth et l'Europe. Une approche lexicométrique des discours royaux
de Noël en Grande-Bretagne. By Leïla Ben M'Charek.
* Combating the Proliferation and Misuse of Small Arms and Light
Weapons: EU Leadership from a Canadian Perspective. By Peggy Mason.
* La citoyenneté
européenne et les identités nationales. By Andy Grossman.
* Does Europe Matter? Européanisation
et réformes des politiques sociales des pays de l'Union europénne. By Bruno Palier.
* Member States and International Organizations:
Institutionalizing Intergovernmentalism in the EuropeanUnion. By Anand
Menon.
* Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of
International Rule of Law in Europe. By Karen Alter.
* La France, bon
élève du néo-libéralisme? Une comparaison France / États-Unis. By Gérard
Duménil.
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Lectures 2000-2001
* Les institutions
européennes et l'Europe de la Défense après Nice. By Mario Dehove.
* The Euro: Does it work? By Stefan Collignon.
* La lutte contre
l'impunité des criminels contre l'humanité. By Robert Badinter.
* The European Union after Nice: What Governance Model? By Jan Winter.
* L'émergence de
nouvelles normes en matière de télécommunication en Europe. By Paul Nihoul.
* L'avenir de
l'intégration européenne : communauté de valeurs, communautés
d'intérêts. By Bronislaw
Geremek.
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Round Tables
Round Tables 2006-2007
* 50 years of European Integration:
Let’s Celebrate! Organised on March
27th 2007 as part as the 50th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome and the
German Presidency. Keynote speaker: Dr. Klaus Hänsch, Former President of the European Parliament. Round
table with: Dr. Marta Cartabia, Professor, Milan-Bicocca University; Mr.
Andreas Kiefer, Director, European Affairs, Land of Salzbourg; and Mr.
Christos Sirros, Délégué général du Québec in Brussels. Supported by the
German Consulate General in Montreal
the ministère des Relations internationales du Québec and the Institut
italien de la culture.
Round Tables 2005-2006
* The Challenges of Reform in Canada and the European Union. Round
table with Mel Cappe, President,
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), Former Canadian High
Commissioner to London, Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Government of
Canada; Loukas Tsoukalis, Jean Monnet Professor of European Organization,
University of Athens Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission; and Patrick
Leblond, Professeur, Service de l'enseignement des affaires
internationales, HEC Montréal. Organised on
June 7th 2006 by the European Commission and the Research Chair of Canada
in citizenship and Governance as part of the Cycle de rencontres Canada
et Union européenne: consolider le partenariat.
* Sociology of the
European Union. Round table chaired by Isabelle Petit,
Université de Montréal-McGill University Institute for European Studies,
with: Adrian Favell, UCLA; Virginie Guiraudon, Institut universitaire
européen/Université de Lille; Niilo Kauppi, Université de Strasbourg/
University of Helsinki; Juan Diez Medrano, University of Barcelona/Cornell
University; Frédéric Mérand, Université de Montréal; and Ettore
Recchi, University of Florence. Held on April 21st
2006.
Round Tables 2004-2005
* Bringing
religion back in: Religious courts in the European Union and in Canada?
Round table organised on October 18th 2005 by the Université de
Montréal-McGill University Institute for European Studies, the Goethe-Institute
of Montreal and the Center for European Studies of Carleton University with
the support of the Consulat général de France à Québec. Read the programme.
* A European Constitution:
What Future? / Une Constitution pour l’Europe: quel avenir? Round
table with: Prof. Monica Claes, Maastricht University; Prof. Jo Shaw,
Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh; and Dr. Francesca Astengo,
CÉRIUM, Université de Montréal. Organised by the IES and the Chaire
Jean-Monnet on 26 September 2005.
* Renewing
Federal-Provincial Co-operation in Canada: What can be learned
from the EU open method of coordination? Round table
organised by the Jean Monnet Chair In Law of International Economic
Integration in partnership with the Institute for European Studies on 11
February 2005. Read the
programme. Read the abstracts.
* Corporate Social
Responsibility: Voluntary or Mandatory? Round table
with: Lynn Patterson, Senior Advisor on Corporate Responsibility
Communications for the RBC Financial Group; Armand de Mestral,
Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration and
Co-Director, Institute for European Studies (McGill - Université de
Montréal); Osman Aboubakr, Lawyer with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt; and
Michael Kerr, Research Fellow, CISDL. Organised by the Center for
International Sustainable Development Law in partnership with the Institute
for European Studies on 9 February 2005.
* The European
Security and Defence Policy: What’s New? Round table with: Eric Remacle, Institut
d’études européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Frédéric
Mérand, Université de Montréal. Organised by
the Institute for European Studies on January 31st 2005.
* Trans-regional relations: The European and North-American contexts. Round
table organised on 24 November 2004 by IES with the support of the Consulate
General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Montréal. This activity was as part of the
IES ‘Presidency Series’. Read the programme.
Round Tables 2003-2004
* After Enlargement: Perspectives and Challenges. Roundtable
organised on 5 May 2004 as part of the IES ‘Presidency Series’
to celebrate the arrival of the ten new member states in the European
Union. Read the programme.
Listen to ‘Canada
en direct’ (RCI). Read H.E Eric
Hayes’ interview to Le
Devoir.
Round Tables 2002-2003
* Canada between The United-States and the European Union.
Roundtable organized by the IES and the Jean Monnet Chaire in
International Economic Integration Law on 13 February 2004. Read the programme.
* From One Presidency to Another: Setting a European Agenda. Round
table organised by the IES on 23 January 2004.
* After Cancun – WTO Law from
Developing Country, European and Sustainable Development Perspectives. Round Table organised by the CISDL and the IES on
22 October 2003.
* Shaping an Integrated Europe:
Members of the European Parliament debate with Canadians. It was held on 27 May 2003. Read the programme
* The European Union and Canada working towards a new
form of bilateral trade agreement: How can this best be achieved? This event organised with the support of the Ministère
des Affaires étrangères of France was held on 13 March
2003. Read the programme.
* Precaution in International and European Law. Round table organised by the IES and the Center
for International Sustainable Development of McGill This activity was held
on 7 February 2003. Read the programme.
* EU "Open Skies" Decision: Implications for International
aviation. This Round
table was organised by the IES in partnership with the McGill University
Institute of Air & Space Law on 31 January 2003. Read the
programme.
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Round Tables 2001-2002
* EU Enlargement: The Future of Europe
and Trans-Atlantic Relations. Read the programme.
* L'intégration
des petites économies aux grands ensembles régionaux : une comparaison
Euromed-ZLEA. With Henri
Régnault and Geneviève Lessard.
* Labour Mobility in the European Union and North
America. Read the programme.
Round Tables 2000-2001
* European Union's Enlargement to the East: A Hungarian Perspective. Round Table organised in collaboration with the
Chaire en relations ethniques of the Université de Montréal and supported
by the General Consulate of the Republic
of Hungary in
Montreal. It took place on 28 November 2000.
Seminars
Seminar 2006-2007
* Interest intermediation and gender.
Courts and social policy in the European Union and in Canada. Seminar organised
on July 9th 2007. With : Katrin Zippel, Northeastern University;
Alexendra Dobrowolsky, Saint-Mary’s University; Éléonore Lépinard,
École normale supérieure Cachan; and Richard Devlin, Dalhousie University.
Read the programme.
* L’Union
européenne dans le monde: les nouvelles approches théoriques à
l’épreuve du terrain. Seminar organised on May 23rd 2007 by the CERI, the CERIUM and the
IES. With : Martial
Foucault, Université de Montréal; Bastien Irondelle, CERI; Frédéric Mérand,
Université de Montréal; Nicolas Jabko, CERI; Cornelia Woll, CERI; Patrick
Leblond, HEC; et Antje Wiener, Bath University.
Seminars ante-2006
* L'intégration
des petites économies aux grands ensembles économiques régionaux. Les
Accords Euromed et la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques. This seminar organised by Henri Régnault,
Université de Pau, and Christian Deblock, Department of Political Science,
UQAM, with the support of the IES was on October 25th 2002.
* The Role of Higher Education in the XXIst Century: Forming
Technicians or Citizens? This seminar of
the 7th Conférence de Montréal - Un Libre-échange pour les Amériques:
Enjeux et perspectives took place on April 20, 2001. Read the programme.
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Workshops
* Réinventer
l’enseignement du droit? L’harmonisation
du droit européen et l’approche trans-systémique. Workshop organised on
September 8th 2006 by the Faculty of Law of McGill University with the
support of the Institute for European studies (Université de Montréal-McGill
University) and the International Opportunities Fund (Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada). Read the programme.
* How to live with
growing diversity in the European Union and in Canada? / Comment vivre avec
une diversité grandissantes dans l’Union européenne et au Canada?
Workshop organised on September 5th 2006 by the IES, the
Goethe-Institute and the Center for European Studies of Carleton University
as part of the European Commission’s Public Diplomacy Programme. Read
the programme.
* Europe in All Its Multiplicities III. Workshop for graduate
students organised by the IES. This
workshop was held on 3 May 2006. Read the programme.
*Transnationalisation
of solidarities and Women Movements. Workshop
organised on April 27-28 2006 by the Department of Political Science of
Université de Montréal in collaboration with the IES, the Canada Research
Chair in Citizenship and Governance and the CPDS. Read the programme.
* Europe in All Its Multiplicities II. Workshop for
graduate students organised by the IES. This workshop was held on 18 Mars 2005. Read the
programme.
* Europe in all its multiplicities I.
Workshop for graduate students organised by the IES. This workshop was held on 26 March 2004. Read the programme.
* Taking Stock of the European Union. Workshop
organized by Prof. Barbara Haskel with the support of the IES. It was held
on 16 March 2004. Read the programme.
* Health Care Systems in Canada and the European Union:
Between Integration and Heterogeneity. Round Table organised by the McGill Institute for the Study of
Canada with the support of the IES (Read
the programme). It was held on 3 October 2003.
* Gouverner à
plusieurs? Les voies de l'union sociale en Europe et au Canada. Workshop
organised by the Institute for European Studies and the Centre de recherche sur les politiques
et le développement social. It was
held on April 25 2003. Read the programme.
* Citizenship on Trial: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Political
Socialization of Adolescents. Read the programme.
* Fédéralisme et
constitutionnalisme dans les contextes canadien et européen. Workshop with Richard Bellamy, Véronique
Munoz-Dardé and Wayne Norman.
* A Region in Flux. From Europe to
the European Union. Workshop with
the 2001 recipients of the IEE's Scholarship for Research Trips in Europe. To read the programme, click here.
* Cooperation with Africa: Comparing
European and Canadian Positions. To read the programme, click here. To read the textes, Click here
* Challenges to European Governance - A Workshop to inaugurate the Université de Montréal-McGill
University Institute for European Studies - Université de Montréal and McGill University - Monday October 2, 2000.
Read the programme.
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