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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dr. Joan DeBardeleben Granted Building Connections Award by Carleton University

The Centre for European Studies (CES) and the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) are pleased to announce that Professor Joan DeBardeleben has been awarded Carleton University’s Building Connections Award 2013. We are very happy for Dr. DeBardeleben as her hard and dedicated work deserves this high recognition. As the... More

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

CETA Policy Briefs

The Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD) has launched a policy brief series on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).  In this special series of policy briefs, CETD collaborators and partners tackle some of the contentious issues in the negotiations, shedding light on what is being demanded on either side and the... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Presentation slides now available: Germany after the Election

This lecture by Professor Achim Hurrelmann interpreted the results of the election, and reflected on its consequences for German and European politics. Can the new German government be expected to make further concessions to resolve the financial crisis? Which tough decisions that have been postponed until after the election will it have to take?... More

Thursday, September 19, 2013

CES Scholars Awarded SSHRC Grants

Professor Achim Hurrelmann, the Associate Director of CES, has been awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada(SSHRC) to support  his research project on “The Eurozone Crisis and the Politicization of European Integration”. The five-year grant is worth a total of $292,300. The project will... More

Friday, September 13, 2013

Associate Director Achim Hurrelmann Discusses European Integration without EU Membership

Associate Director of the Centre for European Studies, Achim Hurrelmann will moderate the conversation between the ambassadors of Norway and Switzerland on September 17th at Carleton University. Norway’s Mona Elizabeth Brøther and Ulrich Lehner of Switzerland will reflect on their relationships with the European Union (EU).  Hurrelmann notes... More

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

CES scholar Ira Wagman awarded Fulbright Research Chair

Ira Wagman, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, will be the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy at the Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication. The position will support Wagman’s research on the use of media within the United... More

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

CES scholar Patrick Leblond discusses Harper’s trip to Europe

Interview: Harper's Trip to Europe CES Scholar Professor Patrick Leblond discusses the Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trip to Europe, including a G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Leblond highlights the concerns to negotiate the Canada-Europe Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) deal before the EU gets side tracked with a similar... More

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Would you like to learn more about Canada-EU relations?

Canada-EU Relations Summer Course EURR 5108: Canada – EU Relations is an engaging 0.5 credit class that takes place in just two weeks; July 22nd – August 2nd. Come prepared to explore theories and practices that lie at the heart of transatlantic relations. Taught by Professor Tamara Kotar, this course explores governance, institutional... More

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Europe Day

On 9 May 2013 Europe will celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. On 9 May 1950, the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman made the first move towards the creation of what we now know as the European Union (EU). Only five years after the Second World War, he proposed the creation... More

Monday, April 29, 2013

Professor Konrad discusses women in business leadership

On April 16th, Professor Alison Konrad explored the status of women in business leadership by comparing the percentage of women on corporate boards in Europe and North America. You can now listen to the podcast of an interview conducted by CES Research Assistant Anca Gurzu or download a copy of the powerpoint presentation. Alison M. Konrad,... More

Thursday, April 18, 2013

CES writes report on EU Climate Policy Presentation

On April 10, 2013 the Centre for European Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung organized an event entitled EU Climate Policies - Insights for Canada.  The event was a lecture by Dr. Oliver Geden and Severin Fischer from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and was followed by a question and answer period. CES has... More

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

French and German Ambassadors address relationship

 Podcast interview with French and German Ambassadors On April 4, 2013, journalist Roger Smith moderated a conversation between the German and French Ambassadors as a part of the European Perspectives Lecture Series. This event was entitled "French-German Relations since the Elysee Treaty,"  and the focus of the conversation was the development... More

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