LATEST NEWS & DEADLINES

  • 2024 Summer Institute on Migration and Identity in Europe and Canada (3rd – 14th June).  Classroom sessions for this for-credit course (POLI 3820) take place at Dal and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, which provides an unparalleled learning experience through its exhibits, displays, artifacts and oral history clips.  Specialist instructors from both sides of the Atlantic include academics and curators with extensive knowledge of, and expertise in, the field.  Apply now!
  • Earn credit while studying in Europe with the EU Study Tour (13th-31st May) and optional Internship Programme (June-July) organised through UVic. Partial funding available from JMEUCE.   Contact jmeuce@dal.ca for more details.  Apply by 10th December.                                                                                                           
  • Europe and EUrope – Ukraine and the Identity War with guest speaker Russell Foster, Konrad Adenauer Fellow in Transatlantic Relations, Carleton University, Ottawa & Senior Lecturer in British and International Politics, King's College London.  Wed. 22nd Nov.: 1.00-2.30, Room 1016, Rowe Management Building.  All welcome.  Co-hosted by the JM Chair in Border Control.
  • Gender, Inequality and Intersectionality: The European Union at a Crossroads with Heather MacRae, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University, offered jointly with Dalhousie's Gender and Women's Studies Program. Mon. 6th Nov., 1.00-2.30, Room 1016, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.  All welcome.  For more information: jmeuce@dal.ca.
  • European and Latin American Populisms -- public roundtable with guest speakers Tobias Schminke, CEO and Founder, Europe Elects & Paulo Ravecca, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary’s University.  Wed. 11th October: 1.00 - 2.00 pm. 
  • HYBRID WORKSHOP: open to public! European Union Trade and Economic Relations: Transatlantic and Global Challenges (Fri. 15th September, 9.00-4.30).  With both in-person and Zoom participation, this workshop provided a multidisciplinary exploration into key issues concerning EU trade and economic relations in a time of uncertainty and change.  Check out the programme, speaker profiles and poster.                              
  • France-US Security and Defence Cooperation: Strategic Culture and Cognitive 'Antinomies' (8th Sept.) -- in-person public lecture from David Haglund, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University.  10.30-12.00, Lord Dalhousie Room, Henry Hicks A&A Building, in partnership with the Jean Monnet Chair in Border Control.  All welcome.  Coffee and muffins available.                          
  • Untangling the Climate Change/Migration/Security Nexus (24th-25th Aug.): The JMEUCE ws pleased to partner with the Centre for Security and Sustainable Development and the Jean Monnet Chair in Border Control on an international workshop at Dalhousie University exploring the connections between climate change, security, and migration.  Check the CSSD website for the programme as well as abstracts and speaker biographies.  For more information, please contact the JMEUCE Director, Ruben Zaiotti (.r.zaiotti@dal.ca) who co-organised the event.                      
  • Thank you to the students who submited a paper for this year's JMEUCE Essay Award and congratulations to Noah Hollis for his prize-winning essay on No Integration Without Sovereignty: The Potential for a ‘True’ European Health Union
  • The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: One Year On.  Public forum featuring Raluca Bejan, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Anders Hayden, Dept Political Science, Dalhousie University, Lyubov Zhyznomirska, Dept of Political Science, Saint Mary’s University and Brian Bow (Moderator), CSSD & Dept of Political Science, Dalhousie University.  15th Feb. 11.30-1.00, McMechan Auditorium, Killam Library.
  • Interested in student funding for research in Europe on an EU-relevant topic? Mitacs GRA scholarships of up to $6,000 available for Dal students.  For information, e-mail jmeuce@dal.ca.