Public Seminars and Lectures 2006
FEBRUARY 2006
Tuesday 14 February 2006
How do we understand
what it is that makes health technologies 'novel': a social science
analysis of innovation in health, also presented
by
Professor Webster,
Head, Department of Sociology, and Director, Science
and Technology Studies Unit, The University of York, UK.
hosted by the National
Europe Centre and the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, ANU, at
the National Europe Centre
Tuesday 21 February 2006
Pan-European and National Perspectives on Stem Cells:
developing a unified regulatory approach?
Research Seminar
Paper Seminar slides
Professor Andrew Webster
Head, Department of Sociology, and Director, Science and Technology
Studies Unit, The University of York, UK, at the National Europe
Centre
MARCH 2006
Wed 1 March 2006 , 7.30-8.45am, Murray Room,
National Convention Centre, Canberra City
EU
Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Commissioner
Mariann Fischer Boel, "Full
Speed Ahead: a Fresh Approach to European Agricultural Policy"
Thursday 2 March 2006
The European Union After Enlargement - Challenges and Opportunities
Professor
Marek Belka – former
Prime Minister of Poland and
recently appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE). Presented by the National Europe Centre and Australian
Institute of Polish Affairs Inc., at the National Europe Centre
Friday 3 March 2006
Comparative Corporate
Governance with the EU and Japan
Dr Harald Baum, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg,
Germany
Hosted by the National Europe Centre, and
the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) at The Australian
National University and the Europe Focus Group of the Law Council
of Australia, at the National Europe Centre
Friday 10 March 2006
Citizen participation
in the European Union’s political structures [Paper]
Dr Michael Longo
Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Faculty of Business and
Law, Victoria University, and Visiting Fellow at the National
Europe Centre, ANU, at the National Europe Centre
APRIL 2006
Friday 7 April 2006
European Approaches
to Agri-Environment Policy: Who Does What and Who Foots the Bill?
Karen Hussey, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Europe Centre, presents Seminar
at APSEG [Australian Pacific School of Economics and Government,
JG Crawford Building]
Monday 10 April
2006
The End of
Human Rights
Professor Costas Douzinas, The University of London.
Old Canberra House, ANU, 6-7pm
Tuesday 11 April 2006
One-day Symposium hosted by the ANU Cultures of Human Rights Network
The End of Human Rights?
10.30am-5.30pm, at the National Europe Centre
See also Humanities Research Centre Conferences and Events 2006
- Remembering Lives:
Biography, Memory and Commemoration 2006: 10-11 April 2006 The
End of Human Rights
Tuesday 18 April 2006
European
Union Action in the Internal Security Domain: Challenges, Progress
and Problems
Professor Jörg Monar,
EU Marie Curie Chair of Excellence on EU Internal Security Governance
at the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, France, and Visiting
Fellow, National Europe Centre, at the National Europe Centre
Wednesday, 19 April
2006
Extraordinary
Renditions, Secret Detention Centres and Diplomatic Assurances
– Has Europe Lost its Moral High Ground in the Fight against
Terrorism?
Christopher Michaelsen, Visiting Fellow at the National Europe Centre.
At the National Europe Centre
MAY 2006
ART EXHIBITION: 9-12 May 2006
-
PERCEPTION AND MYSTERY -
Official
Opening at
the National Europe Centre, 1 Liversidge Street, 67C, ANU, at
5.30pm on Wednesday 10 May 2006 of an Exhibition
of Paintings by Luciano Micallef, hosted by HE Dr Ivan Fsdani,
High Commissioner for Malta to Australia and Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, and Professor Simon Bronitt, Director, National Europe
Centre. This Exhibition was opened by Professor Malcolm Gillies,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor [Education], ANU. HE Mr Bruno Julien, Ambassador
and Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Australia
and New Zealand. Artist
Luciano Micallef made presentation at the National Europe Centre
on Friday 12 May 2006 at 5.30pm.
Wednesday 10 May 2006
The
Dutch View on Bologna & Copenhagen
Maria van der Hoeven, Minister for Education, Culture and Science,
The Netherlands - ANU Public Lecture Series 2006, at the ANU Centre
for Arab & Islamic Studies.
Thursday 11 May 2006
The Annual ANU Robert Schuman Lecture 'Australia
and Europe: Sharing Global Responsibilities' was presented
by The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
16 May-2 June 2006
ART EXHIBITION: In
conjunction with the ANU School of Art, the Embassy of Switzerland
and the Arts Council of Switzerland the Exhibition of ALFONSO
HUPPI: DRAWINGS AND PRINTS was held at the National Europe
Centre from 16 May-2 June 2006.
Wednesday
17 May
Public Lecture
by Dr Christa Knellwolf: A
German Myth in Australia: Writing a Historical Novel about the
Faustus Legend in Canberra
Wednesday 24 May
A Public Lecture on The Relations between Switzerland and the European Union was presented by His Excellency, Mr Christian Muhlethaler, Ambassador
of Switzerland, at the National Europe Centre, 5.30pm for 6pm.
Wednesday 31 May 2006
The Dardanelles Syndrome
and the
Origins of the Cold War
Dr Bruce Kent, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, National Europe
Centre
JUNE 2006
15 June 2006
Workshop: COSMOPOLITAN
CITIZENSHIP
Legal Issues for the EU & Australia
Hosted by the National Europe Centre,
the ANU Centre for International
& Public Law and the ANU National Institute of Social Sciences
& Law. Click here for Program
Thursday 29 June 2006
'The Renegotiation of the
Ottawa Agreement with the United Kingdom in 1956: A Significant
Episode in Australian External Economic Policy Development?'
John Gage, Visiting Fellow, National Europe Centre
JULY 2006
17-18 July 2006
Conference: 'European Diasporas in Australia
and Their Involvement in Future Enlargements of the European Union',
at the National Europe Centre
Wednesday 19 July 2006
The National Europe Centre European
Diaspora Research Network
GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP: The Challenges of Migration and
Diaspora Research - for graduate students and early career
researchers, at the National Europe Centre. This Workshop immediately follows the above Conference:
'European Diasporas in Australia and Their Involvement in Future
Enlargements of the European Union.'
Thursday 20 July, 2006
Future Economic Integration in the EU: Challenges and Opportunities
Professor Andre Sapir, Professor of Economics,
European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics
[ECARES], Université Libre de Bruxelles.
AUGUST 2006
Wednesday 2 August
2006
'The Interaction of Constitutional
& International Law in Nation-Building: A View From the Constitutional
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina'
Professor David Feldman, The University of Cambridge,
UK, at the ANU College of Law. Reception to follow will be hosted
by Professor Simon Bronitt, Director, National Europe Centre,
and ANU College of Law.
SEPTEMBER 2006
Wednesday 27 September 2006
Bioterrorism:
US Legal Perspectives
Associate Professor James Hodge, Executive
Director, Centre for Law and the Public's Health, Johns Hopkins
University. This seminar was hosted by the ANU National Institute
of Social Sciences & Law in association with the National
Europe Centre and the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and
Population Health and arranged in conjunction with the Department
of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
OCTOBER 2006
Friday 13 October 2006
The Relationship
between the European Union and the European Convention on Human
Rights: the Bosphorus Case of the European Court of Human Rights
Associate Professor Jurgen Brohmer, School of Law, The University
of New England, Armidale, and Visiting Fellow, National Europe
Centre
Tuesday
24 October 2006
Regulatory Dialogue: Prosecuting
the War on Terror: Some European Perspectives
Keynote Address presented
by: Mr Rutger Jeuken, Public Prosecutor at the
District court in Middelburg, and Deputy Solicitor General at
the Court of Appeal in The Hague, The Netherlands
1-5pm, followed by Reception 5-6pm
at the National Europe Centre
Wednesday 25 October 2006
Drugs and Dying
with Dignity: A Dutch Perspective?
Mr
Rutger Jeuken, Public Prosecutor
at the District Court in Middelburg, and Deputy Solicitor General
at the Court of Appeal in The Hague, The Netherlands
Friday 27 October
2006
The National Europe Centre in
cooperation with the International Law Section of the Law Council
of Australia presented:
Renewable
Energy: European Legal Frameworks-Advantages and Disadvantages
Andrea Pomana,
PhD Candidate, The University of Bonn, Germany
NOVEMBER 2006
Monday 6 November 2006
"Quo Vadis, European Union?"
Mr Terry Wynn, Member of the European Parliament until his resignation
in August 2006. Click here to download the lecture.
Thursday 16 November 2006
A Not
So Brutal Friendship: Italian Response to National Socialism in Australia
Dr Gianfranco Cresciani, Regional Committee on Migration, Italian
Regional Government of Fruili- Venezia Giulia
Monday 27 November 2006
'International
Law:
Between Fragmentation and Constitutionalism'
Professor Martti Koskenniemi, The Erik Castren Institute of International
Law and Human Rights, The University of Helsinki, Finland. This
Lecture was presented in association with the Centre for International
Governance and Justice, Regulatory Institutions Network, the ANU
Cultures of Human Rights Network (CHuRN), at the Law Theatre,
ANU College of Law, and followed by a Reception hosted by Professor
Bronitt.
Wednesday 29 November 2006
The Hon Richard Alston, Australian
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
"The
United Kingdom and the European Union: an Australian Perspective". Click here to download the lecture.
DECEMBER 2006
Tuesday 12 December 2006
"Europe's
Energy Future: Challenges and Solutions"
M Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director
General, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European
Commission
Friday 15 December 2006
An Ever More Social Union? - Constitutionalisation
of the European Union Through Human Rights and Citizenship Law
Assoc Prof Katja Ziegler, Deputy
Director of the Institute of Euiropean and Comparative Law, The
University of Oxford.
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