German Studies Canada

John Paul Kleiner , Canadian Centre for German and European Studies

The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies (CCGES) at York University is pleased to announce that it will be home to a "European Union Centre of Excellence" (EUCE) thanks to a grant from the European Commission in Brussels. Recognized for the excellence, breadth and depth of its European Union (EU) studies and scholarly activities, York will receive funding of $480,000 over three years to integrate the University's existing research, teaching, outreach and networking activities on Europe and the European Union (EU), and introduce and facilitate new activities on the EU and EU-Canada relations.

York is recognized as a leader in European studies and has been actively building its concentration in EU studies. Over the past few years, the university has attracted numerous new European-focused faculty appointments across a variety of disciplines, including law, political science, business, public administration and humanities. The hub of this activity has been the CCGES, whose affiliated faculty and staff form a natural constituency and administrative backbone for the activities planned by the new EUCE and whose faculty affiliate, Professor Willem Maas (Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and professor of political science and public & international affairs), will be the Director of the EUCE at York.

For more information, visit www.yorku.ca/euce