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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
When: October 10, 2014 Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Paterson Hall Room: History Lounge, PA 433 Cost: Free Email contact: regina_aulinskas@carleton.ca Phone contact: (613) 520-2828 In July 1916 V.I. Lenin and his wife left on their annual holiday in the Swiss Alps. For eight weeks they stayed in the remote Kurhaus Tschudiwiese... More
Friday, September 26, 2014
EURUS Director Achim Hurrelmann was recently featured in an iPolitics article on the appointment of Cecilia Malmström as next EU Trade Commissioner. Hurrelmann discussed how the appointment, which many viewed as a surprise choice, could impact the ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). To learn more... More
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
EURUS Welcome Professor Martin Geiger! Martin Geiger’s research focuses on international migration and mobility from an interdisciplinary perspective. He is also the founding editor of the peer-reviewed ‘Mobility & Politics’ series with Palgrave Macmillan (co-editors: Parvati Raghuram, UK, and William Walters, Carleton University). His... More
Monday, September 8, 2014
When: September 19, 2014 Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Location: Robertson Hall Room: Senate Room. 608 Roberton Hall, 6th floor Cost: Free Email contact: ces@carleton.ca Phone contact: 613-520-2600, ext. 1087 Registration: please register with CES here. The Eurozone financial crisis and its political management are frequently described as a setback... More
Saturday, August 30, 2014
EURUS professor Milana Nikolko and NIPSA professor David Carment, recently published an article on Ukraine featured in The Globe and Mail section, “Global debate”. The article, “As Ukraine ruptures, its president rolls the political dice”, weighs in on recent events in Ukraine including the announced early Ukrainian parliamentary elections... More
Thursday, August 7, 2014
EURUS Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz was recently featured in a CBC article where he discussed the recent sanctions the Government of Canada levied against Russian officials and the banking sector. Russia subsequently curbed agricultural and food imports from Canada. Prof. Dutkiewicz offers his opinion on the sanctions and their impact on negotiations... More
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) is pleased to congratulate and announce that two students, Jason D'Amour and Leigh-Ann Woiden, entered an essay contest hosted by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Canada and won two spots on a fully-paid trip to Azerbaijan! Below are descriptions of the trip from both Jason... More
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
EURUS Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz was recently featured in CBC Radio's "Cross Country Checkup" on July 20 with Rex Murphy (this session guest-hosted by David Gray) and in CBC's television program "News Now" on July 21 with Ian Hanomansing. During the radio-talk session, Prof. Dutkieiwcz comments on the media portrayal surrounding Malaysian Airlines... More
Thursday, July 17, 2014
EURUS Welcomes New Director Achim Hurrelmann! The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies would like to officially welcome and introduce Prof. Achim Hurrelmann, who began his term as the new Director of EURUS on July 1. Prof. Hurrelmann moved over to EURUS from the Department of Political Science, where he is an Associate... More
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
EURR 5106 Fall 2014 Thursday 8:35AM - 11:25AM Instructor: Achim Hurrelmann Poster EURR 5106 How can citizens participate in EU politics? Is there a “democratic deficit” in the EU? Does European integration undermine national democracies? This course examines academic debates on these questions, paying particular attention to the effects of... More
PSCI 3208A Fall 2014 Mondays 8:35 AM – 11:25 AM Instructor: Mikhail Zherebtsov Poster PSCI 3208 This course examines twenty-five years of reform in post-Soviet Russia in the context of rapidly changing global politics. It focuses on important events in Russia’s recent past, explains the country’s failed attempt to accomplish liberal... More
EURR 5201U Fall 2014 Wednesdays 11:30AM – 2:30PM With Professor Therese Jennissen Poster EURR 5201U This course will examine some of the fundamentals of comparative social policy of Canada and the EU. It will also help students develop skills in critical analysis of comparative social policies in Canada and European Union member state. This... More
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