For the seventh consecutive year, CCGES is offering faculty members from across Canada the opportunity to participate in a two-day seminar on contemporary Germany entitled “Germany in Europe – Europe in Germany.” The seminar has the function of informing scholars of Germany and Europe about the latest developments in the German society, to provide them with analytical and empirical insights, and to offer networking possibilities for the participants.

The seminar will be taught by Centre-affiiated faculty members from Canada and Germany. Date and location are: February 2-3, 2007 (Friday and Saturday) here at our Centre offices at York University.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome and the ongoing debates about the future of the European Union, the 2007 Fortbildungsseminar will discuss Germany’s role in the process of European integration and the Europeanization of German politics and society in historical, present-day and future perspectives.

Prof. Marcus Funck, DAAD Visiting Professor of History at York, is overseeing this year’s seminar. In addition to Prof. Funck, Prof. Markus Reisenleitner from York’s Division of Humanities and Prof. Stefan Gänzle, a DAAD Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, will be taking on the role of session leaders as well.