List of past events sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Carleton University (2019-23 funding period):
For upcoming events, see under CES Events.
Conferences and Workshops:
- March 24, 2023: JMCE Symposium: Anti-Genderism in Today’s Europe, Jennifer Evans (Carleton University). Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich), David Paternotte (Université libre de Bruxelles), Andrea Petö (Central European University)
- October 7/October 28/November 19, 2021: JMCE Online Panel Series: Provocation and Challenge: Populism and Neo-Fascism in Transnational Contexts, Panel 1: Jennifer Evans (Carleton University), Swen Steinberg (Carleton University), Katelyn Arac (Queen’s University), David Y. Clement (Carleton University); Panel 2: Danielle Carron (Carleton University), Brandon Rigato (Carleton University), Andrea Pető (Central European University), Jan Grabowski (University of Ottawa), Ov Cristian Norocel (Lund University), Dagmar Ellerbrock (Dresden University); Panel 3: Nancy Jouwe (Framer Framed, Mapping Slavery), Harald Weilnböck (cultures interactive e.V), Maya Roy (YWCA Canada, Block Hate Initiative)
- March 26, 2021: JMCE Online Conference: CETA: Where Are We After More Than Three Years?, Mark Agnew (Canadian Chamber of Commerce), H.E. Ailish Campbell (Ambassador-Designate of Canada to the European Union, Global Affairs Canada), Eleonora Catella (BusinessEurope), Valerie D’Erman (University of Victoria), Robert Finbow (Dalhousie University), H.E. Melita Gabrič (Ambassador-Designate of the European Union to Canada), Geneviève Gougeon (Global Affairs Canada), Nanette Neuwahl (University of Montreal), Ksenia Polonskaya (Carleton University), Michèle Rioux (University of Quebec at Montreal), and Delphine Sallard (Delegation of the European Union to Canada)
Research Lectures and Seminars:
- November 30, 2022: Book Launch: Multilateral Sanctions Revisited, Andrea Charron (University of Winnipeg) and Clara Portela (University of Valencia)
- March 22, 2022: Failing European Orders: Pathological Learning in the Past and Today, Jürgen Neyer (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder)
- September 21, 2021: JMCE Keynote Lecture: The European External Action Service 10 Years On: Shaping the EU as a Global Actor, David O’Sullivan (Former Ambassador of the EU to the United States), co-organized with the EU Delegation to Canada
- September 23, 2020: JMCE Keynote Lecture: Legitimacy Crisis, Democratic Representation and the Future of European Integration, Christina Schneider (University of California, San Diego)
- March 6, 2020: Germany in the European Union: Opportunities and Challenges of the Upcoming German Council Presidency, Franziska Hagedorn (German Embassy to Canada)
- November 25, 2019: Climate Policy in Europe: The Quest for Transformative Change and the Populist Challenge, Alexander Carius (Adelphi Berlin)
- September 30, 2019: Brexit, Canzuk, and the Anglosphere, Srdjan Vucetic (University of Ottawa)
EU Policy Talks:
- June 6, 2023: The European Green Deal: Opportunities and Risks of Net Zero Targets in Practice, Felix Schenuit (German Institute for International Security Affairs)
- February 16, 2023: Finland’s Choice to Apply for NATO Membership, H.E. Roy Eriksson, Ambassador of Finland
- November 3, 2022: Are Sanctions Effective?, Clara Portela (University of Valencia)
- December 7, 2021: Move Slow and Fix Things: The EU Approach to Regulating Artificial Intelligence, Robert Gould (Carleton University)
- June 1, 2021: COVID-19 and European Integration: A European Rescue of the Nation-State?, Scott L. Greer (University of Michigan)
- February 11, 2021: The Rule of Law in Hungary: Will the EU’s New Instruments Make a Difference?, Nanette Neuwahl and Charles Kovac (Université de Montréal)
- November 2, 2020: Common Foreign & Security Policy and NATO After Brexit, Benjamin Zyla (University of Ottawa & Harvard University)
- May 27, 2020: What Does EU Citizenship and Identity Mean Outside of the EU?, Agnieszka Weinar (Carleton University)
- March 3, 2020: Europe in the Digital Age: The Challenge of Cyber Defence, Didier Danet (Military Academy of Saint-Cyr)
- November 28, 2019: What to Expect from the New European Commission, Anca Gurzu (Politico Europe)
Business Roundtable:
- January 27, 2022: Roundtable: EU Digital Governance: Lessons and Consequences for Canada, Mark Agnew (Canadian Chamber of Commerce), Chantal Bernier (Dentons Canada),
Kristina Irion (University of Amsterdam), Martynas Barysas (BusinessEurope), co-organized with the Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, University of Ottawa - May 27, 2021: Roundtable: Is the Time Ripe for an Atlantic Free Trade Area?, with a presentation by Armand de Mestral (McGill University) and comments by Özlem Atikcan (University of Warwick), Marc Bungenberg (Europa-Institut and University of Saarland), Michelle Egan (American University), Ricardo Ramirez (RRH Consultores, S.C.), Sylvie Tabet (Global Affairs Canada), co-organized with the Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, University of Ottawa
- March 9, 2020: Roundtable: The Business of CETA Two Years In, Mark Camilleri (Canada-EU Trade and Investment Association), Greg Eston (Kuriyama Canada), Geneviève Gougeon (Global Affairs Canada), Maud Labat (EU Delegation to Canada), Natacha Mignon (Immetis Legal Services), Don Paauwe (Canuck Dispensing Equipment BV), and Stephen Tapp (Export Development Canada), co-organized with the Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, University of Ottawa
- December 2, 2020: Roundtable: Covid-19’s Impact on Canada-Europe Business, Geneviève Abbott (Executive Director, Catalonia Trade & Investment Office), Delphine Adenot-Owusu (Executive Director, EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada), Claire Citeau (Executive Director, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance), Yvonne Denz (President & CEO, Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce), Marie-France Paquet (Chief Economist, Global Affairs Canada), and Riva Walia (Managing Director, France Canada Chamber of Commerce (Ontario), co-organized with the Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, University of Ottawa
Other Events:
- June 1, 2022: Special Event: Transatlantic Cooperation in an Uncertain World: What’s Next for the Canada-EU Strategic Partnership?, Ailish Campbell (Ambassador of Canada to the European Union). Melita Gabrič (Ambassador of the European Union to Canada), co-organized with the Delegation of the EU to Canada and Global Affairs Canada
- April 14, 2022: Roundtable: Ukraine’s Refugees in Europe – Needs, Policies and Responses, Maciej Duszczyk (University of Warsaw). Masa Kateb (Refugee Advisory Network of Canada), James Milner (Carleton University), Saime Ozcurumez (Bilkent University), Catherine Woollard (European Council on Refugees and Exiles), co-organized with the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University
- February 15, 2022: Roundtable: The EU, NATO, and Russia: The Elusive Quest for a Peaceful European Order, Joan DeBardeleben (Carleton University). Annegret Bendiek (German institute for International and Security Affairs). Luca Ratti (University of Rome III)
- November 24, 2021: Roundtable: The Belarus-Poland-Lithuania Migrant Crisis: Context and Concerns, David Marples (University of Alberta), Piotr Dutkiewicz (Carleton University), Andrea Chandler (Carleton University), J. Paul Goode (Carleton University), Achim Hurrelmann (Carleton University), Joan DeBardeleben (Carleton University)
List of past events sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Carleton University (2016-2019 funding period):
Conferences and policy workshops:
- March 24, 2017: The EU and Canada in a Changing World Order: Addressing Structural Changes in a World in Flux
- March 9, 2018: European Union Trade Policy in the 21st Century
- March 1, 2019: International Emerging Scholars’ Workshop “Migration, Identity and Politics in Europe”
Lecture series and other public events:
- October 26, 2016: The European Union at Crossroads: A Perspective from Germany, Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
- November 17, 2016: The Migrant Crisis and its Impact on the Western Balkan Countries, the EU and NATO, Zoran Jolevski, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Macedonia
- December 1, 2016: Goodbye Britannia? Brexit and Britain’s Approach to International Relations, Tim Oliver, London School of Economics
- March 30, 2017: Romania’s Transition and European Integration: The Curious History of a Kleptocratic Democracy, Andrea Wagner, MacEwan University
- April 19, 2017: European Defense Policy in an Age of Global Uncertainty: A Perspective from Germany, Tobias Lindner, Member of the German Bundestag
- May 24, 2017: The EU’s Global Strategy: Is It Up to the Challenge?, Antonio Missiroli, EU Institute for Security Studies
- September 18, 2017: Scandinavia in International Relations: Norm Entrepreneurs and Reluctant Europeans, Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen
- September 25, 2017: EU Cooperation on Security and Anti-Terrorism, Anders Vistisen, Member of the European Parliament
- November 9, 2017: European Social Democracy: Crisis and Renewal, Rolf Mützenich, Member of the German Bundestag
- November 17, 2017: The Future of Europe, Herman Van Rompuy, President emeritus of the European Council
- February 21, 2018: NATO’s Approach to Hybrid Warfare: Evolving Threats and Lessons for Canada and Europe, Jānis Sārts, Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Riga
- October 2, 2018: Canada and the European Union: Navigating a Dynamic Global Trade Policy Environment, roundtable
- October 17, 2018: The Nine Circles of Brexit: A Guided Tour of Britain’s Path out of the EU, Ian Cooper, Dublin City University
- October 29, 2018: 100th Anniversary of Czechoslovakia: From Partners in a Federation to Partners in the EU, Veronika Ambros, University of Toronto, and Marína Zavacká, Slovak Academy of Sciences
- January 9, 2019: Beyond Brexit: The Future of the European Union, Niels Annen, Minister of State, German Foreign Office
- March 6, 2019: Measuring Immigration Policies and Their Effects in All OECD Countries, Marc Helbling, University of Bamberg
- April 5, 2019: Borders, Data, Privacy: Critical Inquiries into European and Global Border Control, Didier Bigo, King’s College London, and Dr. Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University London
Research seminars:
- October 31, 2016: Europeans Outside Europe: How to Govern a Regional Diaspora?, Agnieszka Weinar, Carleton University/European University Institute
- April 6, 2017: Troubled Neighbourhood: Reassessing Key-Concepts of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, Ilkka Liikanen, University of Eastern Finland
- October 31, 2017, The Formation of the EU Negotiating Strategy at the United Nations: The Case of Human Rights, Ioannis Galariotis, European University Institute
- March 27, 2018: European Defence Policy: Another Case of “Failing Forward” Integration?, Antoine Rayroux, Concordia University
- November 5, 2018: Energy Transition in the European Union: Central and Eastern European Perspectives, Matúš Mišík, Comenius University
- November 26, 2018: Reforming the Eurozone: Analyzing Member-State Preferences, Thomas Lehner, University of Salzburg
- March 13, 2019: Brexit and the Single Market, Michelle Egan, American University
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence events are funded in part by a grant from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport.
