Workshop – Untangling the Climate Change-Migration/Security Nexus (Halifax, August 24-25 2023)
This workshop, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair in Border Control in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Security and Development (CSSD) at Dalhousie University, explores the various, complex connections between climate change, security, and migration in Europe and around the world. Participants include political scientists, geographers, and more, from Canada, the US, and Europe.
TALKS AND LECTURES (2022-2025)
BRIGHT NIGHT – BALTIC AND NORDIC SHORT FILMS
Free film festival with a great line-up of shorts from eight countries. Presented in collaboration with the embassies of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
Thurs. 6th Feb. 2025 – 6.00 – c. 8.00 p.m. Room 1014, Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue.
SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE
Public Lecture from His Excellency Kaspars Ozoliņš, Ambassador of Latvia to Canada – Thurs. 10th Oct. 2024. Weldon Law Building. Hosted in collaboration with CIC-Halifax.
EUROPE AND EU-ROPE – UKRAINE AND THE IDENTITY WAR
Russell Foster, Konrad Adenauer Fellow in Transatlantic Relations, Carleton University, Ottawa & Senior Lecturer in British and International Politics, King’s College London. Wed. 22nd Nov 2023.: 1.00-2.30, Room 1016, Rowe Management Building.
GENDER, INEQUALITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY: THE EU AT A CROSSROADS
Heather MacRae, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University, offered jointly with Dalhousie’s Gender and Women’s Studies Program. Mon. 6th Nov., 1.00-2.30, Room 1016, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.
EUROPEAN AND LATINE AMERICAN POPULISMS
Public roundtable with guest speakers Tobias Schminke, CEO and Founder, Europe Elects & Paulo Ravecca, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary’s University. Wed. 11th October 2023: 1.00 – 2.00 pm.
FRANCE-US SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION: STRATEGIC CULTURE AND COGNITIVE ‘ANTINOMIES’
David Haglund, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
September 8, 2023, 10.30AM-12PM, Lord Dalhousie Room, Dalhousie University
THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE – ONE YEAR ON
Public forum featuring Raluca Bejan, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Anders Hayden, Dept Political Science, Dalhousie University, Lyubov Zhyznomirska, Dept of Political Science, Saint Mary’s University and Brian Bow (Moderator), Dalhousie University. 15th Feb. 2023, 11.30-1.00, McMechan Auditorium, Killam Library, Dalhousie University.
THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR OF 2022: UKRAINIAN AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION. Panel at the 2022 Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Conference, Saint Mary’s University. Sat. 1st Oct. 2022, 3.45-5.15, Room 282 Loyola Building, Saint Mary’s University.
IRELAND IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE – Declan J. Walsh, Vice Dean for Internationalisation, School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland. Tues. 20th September 2022., 10.05-11.30, Room 217, Henry Hicks A&A Building, Dalhousie University
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