CERES faculty member Prof. Cassandra Hartblay has published an original ethnographic stage play, I Was Never Alone or Oporniki, which is based on fieldwork conducted in Russia with adults with disabilities. The core of the work is the script of the play itself,...
September 17, 2019
December 18, 2018
by Jonah Gadsby, BA European Studies Readmission agreements are an important tool used by the EU to influence the legal framework of migration in third countries and externalise the Union’s migration policy. This paper will be based on the question: how...
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December 18, 2018
by Josh Gold, BA (Hons), European Studies & Peace and Conflict Studies On September 22, 2015, the European Union (EU) implemented an asylum relocation scheme, which was to help ease the burden of mass migration of refugees suffered by countries...
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November 20, 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 30 JANUARY 2019 We are pleased to announce “Power Transitions in Europe and Eurasia,” the 2019 CERES Graduate Student Conference hosted by the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the Munk School of...
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October 23, 2018
On 16 October, CERES hosted Dr. Ian Cooper from the Brexit Institute at Dublin City University. His lecture focused on the complex nature of preparing for and implementing the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union after the June 2016...
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Canada has joined the club of states embroiled with irregular migration. But our challenges are not unique, and we have two decades of European misadventures with irregular migration to guide our response. Unfortunately, Canadian politicians are following a well-rehearsed script in which...
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400 per day? Advocate questions reliability of summer border-crossing predictions after figures fall short Global Migration Lab Associate Director Craig Damian Smith comments on cross-border migration in this piece from The Hill Times.
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August 23, 2018
We are pleased to make available the syllabi for our upcoming courses on the European Union: EUR498H1 Fall 2018: The European Union (Background and Institutions) EUR498H1 Spring 2019: The European Union and the Politics of Migration The syllabi for both...
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CERES Director Prof. Randall Hansen comments in this article from NBC News on the struggle of Turkish migrants to Germany to assimilate and establish an identity in their new home.
Read full articleJuly 27, 2018
“Aquarius Ordeal Highlights Hardening Views on Migrants in Europe” The approach taken by Italy’s new populist government raises questions about how rescue ships can continue saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea. Global Migration Lab Associate Director Craig Damian Smith discusses...
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A ‘safe country’ dilemma for Canada Understanding the recent wave of migrants crossing into Canada requires an explanation of the Safe Third Country Agreement. Global Migration Lab Associate Director Craig Damian Smith provides background and analysis in this piece from Open...
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Germany: Students want to connect what they learn in the classroom to work-related, career contexts, and employers are increasingly demanding graduates...
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Freiburg: The Canadian Year in Freiburg: Discover Europe in Germany Study for a year at the University of Freiburg under the guidance...
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Bolzano: Between the months of May and July 2015, Cara interned for the Institute for Minority Rights at the European Academy...
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Berlin, Germany: 2010 marked the 200th anniversary of the Humboldt-Universität. As one of eleven German universities, the Humboldt-Universität was chosen “University of...
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Tartu, Estonia: UT is Estonia's leading centre of research and training. It preserves the culture of the Estonian people and spearheads the...
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Brussels, Belgium: The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom...
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