Public Seminars and Lectures 2008

FEBRUARY 2008

April 2008

EU Centres World Meeting in Brussels

May 2008

9 May 2008
Europe Day Celebration at the National Europe Centre
For more information click here.

June 2008

10 June 2008
Revisiting Citizenship In A Globalised Bordered World
A/Prof Bhaswati Sarkar, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Currently Visiting Fellow at the National Europe Centre, ANU.

July 2008

22 July 2008
The Lisbon Treaty: Reflections on the Quest of Multilevel Democracy & Legitimacy in the EU
Guest Speaker: Professor Fritz Scharpf, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies in Cologne, Germany, and Member of the Commission on the Reform of the Federal Order in Germany.
Chair & Discussant: Professor Kim Rubenstein, Professor & Director of the Centre for International and Public law, at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University.
Discussion forum was hosted jointly by the National Europe Centre & the Contemporary Europe Learning Community (CELC), ANU.

August 2008

11 August, 12.30 - 2.00pm
"EU-NATO Relations - Towards Two Pillar NATO?"
Guest Speaker: Professor Sven Biscop, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

27 August 2008
The National Parliaments and the European Union: Their Role and Perspectives
Presentation by a delegation from the French Senate to Australia
The transcript from this lecture is available in French and English.

28 August 2008
"The Islamist Terrorist Project: Differences between the West and the Muslim World"
Guest Speaker: Professor Farhad Khosrokhavar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France.
This roundtable will be held in association with the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies.

September 2008

22 September, 12.30– 2.00pm
Time Bomb, News, Symbols, and European identity
Dr Michael Bruter, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Please RSVP by Thursday 18 September 12.00pm to europe@anu.edu.au.

October 2008

28 October, 12.30-2.00pm
The EU’s Climate Change Policy and Emissions
Dr Simon Marr, Environment Directorate General of the European Commission.

8 October, 12.30-2.00pm
The Value of the Transatlantic Relationship for Central Europe
H.E. Gabor Csaba, Ambassador of Hungary.

November 2008

7 November, 1.00– 2.00pm
Disintegration Through Law? On the decomposition of citizenship in Europe
Professor Dr Alexander Graser, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany.

Monday 24 November 2008, 5.00– 6.30pm
Turkey: It's Role in the 21st Century New World Order
Mr David Barchard

December 2008

Monday 15 December 2008, 6.00pm.
Opening of the Art Exhibition "... the rights to which we are all entitled." at the National Europe Centre. Images from Europe by Josh Wodak. To view the on-line exhibition, please click here.

Thursday 18 December 2008, 12.30– 1.30pm
Europe: Soft Power, Strong Partner
HE Mr Michel Filhol (Ambassador of France).
Please RSVP by 15 December, 10.00 am to europe@anu.edu.au

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