CCGES and the European Union Centre of Excellence project at York  are pleased present the inaugural EUCE York Law Workshop from December 2-3, 2011. This event takes place under the title “Securitization in Germany and the EU – Legal and Policy Implications for Canada” and is being convened by Prof. Dagmar Soennecken (School of Public Policy and Administration / Social Sciences).

Among the questions, this workshop will consider are:

• How have states balanced the goal of collective security with that of upholding individual rights?
• What factors have shaped the different policy choices in North America vs. Europe?
• What role have courts and international human rights norms played in these insecure times?

Securitization, argue many scholars, has also adversely affected the way in which advanced industrialized states make immigration and asylum policy, in particular with respect to deportation and detentions. At the same time that humanitarian protection and liberal immigration policies are under threat, human smuggling and trafficking is on the rise, reflecting a contradiction between the tough restrictionist rhetoric and the reality on the ground. This Workshop will focus on matters related to law and security in the EU, and will necessarily intersect with criminal law enforcement and human rights constraints.

EUCE Law Workshop – FINAL PROGRAM

Participant Bios – EUCE Securitization Workshop

The workshop is co-sponsored by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and York’s Nathanson Centre for Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security. The workshop will be held at Glendon College, York’s bilingual downtown campus.

Main organizer: Prof. Dagmar Soennecken, dsoennec@yorku.ca

European Union Centre of Excellence, York University (John Paul Kleiner, Coordinator): euce@yorku.ca

Prof. Christoph Hönnige

The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies is pleased to present a lecture by Christoph Hönnige, a professor of German politics at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen on Monday, December 5th from 10 am to noon in the Fireside Room/petit salon, Room 303, York Hall, Glendon Campus (building #6 on the map found here).

Prof. Hönnige studied at the University of Konstanz between 1995 and 2001 and has a degree in Verwaltungswissenschaften (Public Administration). He received his PhD from the University of Potsdam in 2006. Before being appointed in Göttingen he was Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) for German and Comparative Politics at the University of Kaiserslautern (2007-2011).

His research focuses on three aspects:

- Constitutional courts in comparative perspective and the Bundesverfassungsgericht
- Parliaments and administrative reforms
- Comparative Policy Agendas

All are welcome and light refreshments will be served.

Date: Monday, December 5th
Time: 10 am – noon
Location: Fireside Room (303), York Hall, Glendon College (2775 Bayview Avenue)

Prof. Dirk Matten

CCGES Faculty Affiliate Dirk Matten (Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Schulich School of Business, York University) has an op-ed piece in today’s Globe and Mail which argues that, despite the present turmoil, the euro is here to stay. To read his piece, click on:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/never-mind-the-drama-the-euros-here-to-stay/article2246696/

CCGES is pleased to present a free screening of the Czech film Kolya on Thursday, November 17th from 2-4 pm in room 749 York Research Tower.

Kolya (1996) centres on the strong relationship between an old bachelor concert cellist and his “step son”, a small Russian boy named Kolya. The film received the 1997 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film

All are welcome!

Mr. Michal Matlak, Wroclaw University, Poland

CCGES together with the European Union Centre of Excellence at York 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 the European Regions (Strasbourg, France) and his talk will be based on his first book “Poland in Europe, Europe in Poland” which examines the results of the rapid europeanization of Poland through ten interviews with European politicians and intellectuals.

This talk is open to all and light refreshments will be served.

Date: November 17, 2011
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: 749 York Research Tower

CCGES organizes the Transatlantic Forum each year to examine an issue of relevance in both Germany and Canada with the aim of fostering contacts between scholars working in Canada’s German studies community. Participants are both senior and junior scholars working at Canadian universities in a variety of disciplines. While the format varies from year to year, at the Forum’s core is always a workshop in which participants present brief papers on an aspect of the year’s theme. These are intended to serve as starting points for discussion and debate. In addition, ample time is built into the proceedings to allow participants to network with the colleagues from across the country.

2011 Transatlantic Forum: Nuclear Energy Policy in Europe and North America (CONTINUE READING)

The Goethe-Institut in collaboration with CCGES is pleased to present a free screening of  ”Under Control” (2011) a documentary film directed by Volker Sattel on Friday, November 11 beginning at 6 pm in Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue). Filmed in several German nuclear power plants over a three-year period, Sattel set out to show what goes on inside the walls of such facilities. After a well-received debut at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2011, the film had its theatrical release in Germany a matter of weeks after the Fukushima disaster and played an important role in the debates around Germany’s decision to scrap nuclear power by 2022.

Volker Sattel will be present at this screening and the film will be followed by a question and answer period with the director.

All are welcome!

Date: November 11, 2011
Time: 6:00-8:30
Location: Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue)