Willem Maas, a CCGES Faculty Affiliate and Co-Director of the European Union Centre of Excellence Project housed at CCGES,  will be hosting a one-day conference entitled “Multilevel Citizenship” at York’s Glendon Campus on Friday, October 29th. This event will be funded by both the European Commission through the EUCE York and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).

Citizenship in contemporary societies has come to be defined as a relatively homogeneous legal and political status within the context of a state. While undeniably important, the focus on (nation-)state citizenship obscures important developments at both sub- and suprastate levels. For example, the rise of citizenship of the European Union has raised expectations that other regional integration efforts may also result in meaningful supranational rights. At the same time many states, particularly federal states, face demands for special local rights. And the comparative history of citizenship and its political evolution provides rich examples of multilevel citizenship in theory and practice. The aim of this conference is to stimulate debate on the concept of multilevel citizenship, focusing on its contemporary relevance and its implications for the future of citizenship. Participants will be asked to revise their contributions for publication.

Multilevel Citizenship – Conference Program

Multilevel Citizenship Participants List

For more information on the conference, please contact Prof. Maas at maas@yorku.ca

Dr. Antje Barabasch

Together with York’s Faculty of Education, CCGES is pleased to host a talk by Dr. Antje Barabasch (Education, Otto- von-Guericke University, Magdeburg) on Thursday, November 25th from noon to 1:30 pm in 749 York Research Tower building #95 on the map found here).

The work of the teacher has been affected by post-socialist transformations in the former German Democratic Republic  (GDR) that brought significant organizational and curricular changes to the educational system. The author investigated these changes in the general school system and examined how East German teachers of two generations cope with them and think about educational reform. (CONTINUE READING)

Together with the CITY Institute, CCGES is pleased to present a talk by Mr. Tino Petzold, an M.A. candidate in Geography from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 from 11 am to noon in room 764 York Research Tower. Title of this talk is “Rescaling Europe through Law – The European Project in the 1960s and 1970s”.

Tino is generally interested in Marxist theories of law in relation to concepts of space. His bachelor thesis dealt with the role of law in the expulsion of the homeless from public spaces in Frankfurt am Main during the 1990s. His current research draws attention to the rescaling of law to supranational forms. Examples are the implementation of a European legal form in the course of the project of a European Union and recent attempts to establish a global legal form in order to govern  “climate change”.

All are welcome to attend.

Location: 764 York Research Tower
Time: 11 am to noon

Dr. Ulfried Reichardt

CCGES and the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies present a talk by Prof. Ulfried Reichardt (Chair of American Studies, University of Mannheim) on Thursday, November 18th from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in 749 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here).

“The talk takes as its starting point the question of how we can think with regard to global interconnectedness and which categories might be useful in this context. It suggests that, in a global context, it is necessary to shift one’s perspective several times in order to accommodate different positions. To investigate the ways in which cultural preconceptions frame our concepts, I will discuss different conceptions of diversity and of multiculturalism, mainly in Canada and the United States but in Europe as well.  (CONTINUE READING)

CCGES, in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business at the Schulich School of Business presents this one-day workshop, generously funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), on Monday, October 25th. The idea behind this event is to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds (management and political science in particular) to identify novel, promising approaches to the interaction of business and governments in addressing key environmental challenges such as climate change. A group of Schulich faculty will be joined by prominent guest speakers from the University of California, Berkeley, George-Washington University, Yale University, and University of Toronto for an intensive day of scholarly reflection and exchange.

for more information please contact Prof. Burkard Eberlein at beberlein@schulich.yorku.ca