Past Events at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
May 2009
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Saturday, May 2nd – Sunday, May 3rd Israel/Palestine in Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
Date Time Location Saturday, May 2, 2009 8:00AM - 5:00PM Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire PlaceSunday, May 3, 2009 8:00AM - 5:00PM Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Description
Since the December action in Gaza, the Middle East Peace Process had re-emerged as one of the defining challenges to peace and stability in the world. This conference will seek to address many of the major problems that face Israel/Palestine from economic realities to the peace process to international security issues. In addition to the graduate presentations, scholars from all over Canada and the United States will be joining to discuss the current issues that this region faces. In addition to the Dr. Alan Dowty as keynote, Dr. Harold Waller for McGill University, Dr. Constanza Musu from the University of Ottawa, Dr. David Dewitt from York University and Dr. Ed Morgan from the University of Toronto will be featured panelists.
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Friday, May 8th The European Union and State Building: Lessons For And From The Balkans
Date Time Location Friday, May 8, 2009 9:30AM - 6:00PM The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 'Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place + Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
Friday, May 8
9:30 AM
Welcome Remarks
Randall Hansen, Acting Director, Institute of European Studies, University of Toronto
Andrew Gilbert (University of Toronto)10:00 AM -12:00 noon
Panel 1 Exploring the Contradictions of EU State-BuildingFlorian Bieber (University of Kent)
Building Conditional States: The EU as a State-Builder in the Western BalkansDavid Chandler (University of Westminster)
The EU and State-Building in Bosnia-HerzegovinaDiscussant: Kristof Bender (European Stability Initiative)
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Lunch break1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Panel 2 The Power of Categories and the Politics of Classification IKeith Brown (Brown University)
The Politics of Counter-Centralization in the former YugoslaviaAndrew Graan (University of Chicago)
The Politics of Carrots and Sticks: “International Community” Publicity in Post-Conflict MacedoniaDiscussant: Robert Austin (University of Toronto)
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Coffee Break3:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Panel 3 Participatory Paradigms, Political Culture, and State-Society Relations in the EU State-Building EncounterPaula Pickering (College of William and Mary)
Comparing the EU Model of State-Building to Other Models: The Case of Local Democratic Governance in the Western BalkansLarissa Vetters (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
Doing Democracy the Bosnian Way: Mostar’s Local Community Offices as a Site of Circulating Ideologies and Practices of Local Participatory DemocracyDiscussant: Zsuzsa Csergo (Queen’s University)
Saturday, May 9
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Panel 4 The Power of Categories and the Politics of Classification IIJessica Greenberg (Northwestern University)
Serbia versus Transition: The Impact of “Europe” on Serbian Political Practice and DiscourseAndrew Gilbert (University of Toronto)
Foreign Authority, Europeanization, and the Politics of Impartiality in Postwar Bosnia-HerzegovinaDiscussant: Kimberly Coles (University of Redlands)
11:30 AM Concluding Remarks
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Saturday, May 9th The European Union and State Building: Lessons For And From The Balkans
Date Time Location Saturday, May 9, 2009 9:30AM - 2:00PM Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
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Description
A symposium with
Robert Austin. History, University of Toronto
Florian Bieber, Politics and International Relations, University of Kent
Keith Brown, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
David Chandler, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
Zsuzsa Csergo, Political Studies, Queen’s University
Andrew Gilbert, Anthropology, University of Toronto
Jessica Greenberg, Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Paula Pickering, Government, College of William and Mary
Larissa Vetters, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle
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July 2009
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Friday, July 24th – Saturday, July 25th The EU Twenty Years After Unification: The State of the Union
Date Time Location Friday, July 24, 2009 9:00AM - 6:00PM The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 'Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:00AM - 5:00PM The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 'Munk Centre For International Studies - 1 Devonshire Place Registration Full Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
This event is open to the public. Advance registration is required.
Friday, July 24, 2009
9:00 – 9:15 am
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Randall HANSEN9:15 – 9:45 am
Anand MENON
Europe: The State of the Union9:45 – 10:15 am Discussion / Q&A
10:15 – 10:30 am Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 pm PANEL I:
Guy PETERS
The ‘Governance Turn’ in EU Studies Continues to Turn
Emmanuel BRUNET-JAILLY
The Impact of Regional Policies on France12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 – 2:30 pm PANEL II:
Simon GREEN
The Harmonization of Immigration and Asylum Policy in the EU: A Critical View
James HAMPSHIRE
Building Walls and Opening Doors: Rethinking ‘Fortress Europe’ in Light of the EU’s Border Package2:30 – 2:45 pm Coffee break
2:45 – 4:15 pm PANEL III:
Randall HANSEN
Title: TBA
Willem MAAS
Nationality, Citizenship, and Europeanization4:15 – 5:45 pm PANEL IV
Pontus ODMALM
Pro, Anti or Just a Bit Sceptic? Swedish and British Parties’ Attitudes to EU Membership 1991-2006
William PATERSON
Does Germany Still Have a European Vocation?___________________________________
Saturday, July 25, 2009
9:30 – 11:00 am PANEL IV
Anand MENON
Vincent Wright: Viewing the European via the National
Jack HAYWARD
France Traverses the EU Quagmire: Vincent Wright’s Enduring Analysis11:00 – 11:30 am Coffee break
11:30 – 1:00 pm PANEL V
Alison KEMPER
Title: TBA
Burkard EBERLEIN
Regulating Europe: The Evolution of Regulatory Governance in the EU1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch break
2:00 – 3:30 pm PANEL VI
Wyn GRANT
The Future of the CAP: Food Security or Multifunctionality?
David HOWARTH
Title: TBAOliver SCHMIDTKE
In Search of a European Identity: Toward a Genuine Political Community
Ruben ZAIOTTI
Title: TBA
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