The second panel in the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies’ Automobility series entitled “The Changing Political Economy of the Global Automobile Industry” and took place  on Monday, January 24th from 4:30-6:30 PM on the 7th floor of the York Research Tower (building #95 on the map here). The panelwas  co-presented with the Schulich School of Business’ International Business Program and was  moderated by Prof. Bernie Wolf, (CCGES Affiliate, Schulich). Panelists include:

• Prof. Greg Chin, Political Science, York University and author of China’s Automotive Modernization: The Party-State and Multinational Corporations
• Scott E. Paradise, VP Marketing and Business Development, Magna International
• Jim Stanford, Economist, Canadian Autoworkers Union – to listen to a streaming file of Mr. Stanford’s presentation, click here. (CONTINUE READING)

Berliner Chic

CCGES and the Office of the Master, Vanier College are pleased to present a book launch for Centre affiliate Susan Ingram‘s new publication Berliner Chic (Intellect Books) on Friday, February 4th from 12:30-2:30 pm in the Senior Common Room of Vanier College (building #56 on the map found here). Described as a locational history of Berlin fashion, this collaboration between Prof. Ingram and Katrina Sark (CCGES Graduate Diploma recipient, 2006) explores the emergence of Berlin as a fashion capital against a backdrop of politics, ideology and war. All are welcome to attend and light refreshments will be served.

For more information on this event, please visit www.ccges.yorku.ca.

Attendees are asked to register in advance at ccges@yorku.ca

Location: Senior Common Room, Vanier College
Time: 12:30-2:30 pm

Helmut Walser Smith, Vanderbilt University

Helmut Walser Smith (Vanderbilt University) and Jim Retallack (University of Toronto) will engage in a  public discussion at York on the topic of “Continuities in German History” on Friday, February 11th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in Vari Hall 1152A (building #30 on the map found here) (CONTINUE READING)

Thanks to the generosity of our partners and a number of private and corporate donors, CCGES is able to offer financial support to students who are registered in its Graduate Diploma program or who have been accepted for formal affiliation with the Centre. Detailed information on this year’s funding opportunities and how to submit to the January 28th, 2011 deadline are found in 2010-11 CCGES Student Funding Call

Should you have questions about any of the programs or how to apply, please contact CCGES Coordinator, John Paul Kleiner at jkleiner@yorku.ca

Dr. Dagmar Soennecken

CCGES Faculty Affiliate Dagmar Soennecken (School of Public Policy and Adminstration) has contributed an article to the winter edition of the Canadian European Union Centres of Excellence Newsletter analyzing both German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent remarks pronouncing multiculturalism “an absolute failure” and the international response to these statments.

“Merkel’s Integration Rhetoric” argues that much of the reaction to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent statement labeling multiculturalism an “absolute failure” has failed to take the specifics of the German context into account, preferring to use the remarks as ammunition in attacks on the shortcomings of multiculturalism in a variety of national settings. In her article, Dr. Soennecken reveals some of the history and domestic politics which motivated Chancellor Merkel’s strong remarks and suggests that removing these statements from context is not especially useful.