German Studies Canada

York University

CCGES

The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies

Memory Studies and the Identity Problem: Roundtable Discussion [ September 7, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in cooperation with CCGES, the European Centre of Excellence at the University of Toronto's Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the University of Bologna and the Canadian cluster of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) is pleased to present a roundtable discussion entitled "Memory Studies and the Identity [...] EUCE Lecture: Prof. Marc Amstutz ? ?Legal Reasoning in European Private Law? [ September 15, 2010; 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_2088" align="alignright" width="83" caption="Prof. Marc Amstutz"][/caption] The European Union Centre of Excellence at York is pleased to announce that Prof. Marc Amstutz (Professor of Business Law and Legal Theory, LL.M (Harv.), University of Fribourg, Switzerland) will deliver the first lecture in the Centre?s new lecture series ?EUCE Lectures in EU Law and Governance? [...] CCGES Announces New Director Peter McIsaac The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University is pleased to announce that Peter M. McIsaac has accepted the Centre Directorship for a three-year, renewable term beginning July 1, 2010. McIsaac has been a CCGES affiliate since he arrived at York University in January 2008, and his appointment signals the Centre?s [...] Call for Papers: The Past on Display ? Museums, Film, Musealization (April 28-30, 2011, York University) CCGES will be hosting the conference “The Past on Display – Museums, Film, Musealization” from April 28-30. 2011 and conference organizers would like to invite submissions for paper proposals to be given at the conference. Both museums and films are now recognized in German Studies as key sites for the production of historical knowledge and the [...] New Issue of German Law Journal Online The new issue of the German Law Journal, Review of Developments in German, European and International Jurisprudence, is now available – at no cost – at http://www.germanlawjournal.com. This journal is housed at CCGES and co-edited by Centre affiliate, Prof. Peer Zumbansen of the Osgoode Hall Law School. This issue brings three very timely articles on International [...] Conference: European Visions ? Small Cinemas in Transition [ June 29, 2010 to June 30, 2010. ] CCGES is pleased to be a co-presenter of the conference "European Visions - Small Cinemas in Transition" which is being presented by the Department of Film at the University of Western Ontario on June 29-30, 2010. This international conference will address issues which small European cinemas have encountered as a result of European unification and [...] Conference: Veiled Constellations [ June 3, 2010 to June 5, 2010. ] CCGES is pleased to be a co-presenter of the conference "Veiled Constellations: The Veil, Critical Theory, Politics and Society" which will be taking place at both York University and the University of Toronto from June 3-5, 2010. This interdisciplinary conference is designed to problematize the prevailing discourses surrounding the veil while exploring its subversive potential. Keynote [...] Talk: Max Weber and the Political ? Democratic Paradoxes Then and Now [ March 29, 2010; 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_1919" align="alignright" width="80" caption="Terry Maley"][/caption] Prof. Terry Maley is an assistant professor in York's Department of Political Science and a CCGES faculty affiliate. In this paper he will argue that there is a complexity in Weber?s view of democracy that has been obscured in the recent Anglo-American reception of Weber as a liberal defender of [...] CCGES Director Receives Presitigious Grant The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced that a project led by Prof. Roger Keil, Director of CCGES and the CITY Institute at York University, will receive $2.5 million in funding through its Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) program, the largest award competition which SSHRC currently runs. Together with 44 researchers [...] Conference: Landscapes and Societies in Ancient and Medieval Europe [ March 26, 2010 12:00 am to March 27, 2010 12:00 am. ] CCGES is pleased to be co-sponsoring the conference "Landscapes and Societies in Medieval Europe East of the Elbe: Interactions Between Environmental Transformations and Cultural Settings" on March 26/27, 2010 in the Conference Room on the 5th floor of the York Research Tower (Building #95 on this map). Ancient and medieval Europe east of the Elbe presents [...]