Seminars 2008

Seminars already held in 2008

Tuesday 4 March
CERC Roundtable
The Russian Presidential Election: Orchestration, Facade or Choice?

Held in conjunction with the Innovative Universities European Union Centre, La Trobe University

Chair:
A/Prof Judy Armstrong

Speakers:
Tony Phillips (CERC Fellow)
Prof Leslie Holmes (Deputy Director CERC)
Dr Robert Horvath (Charles La Trobe Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University)

abstract & biogs

Thursday 6 March
1:00 to 2:00pm
Rm 519 5th Floor John Medley bldg, West Tower

Joint Seminar with School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology

Prof Chris Skelcher

(Director of Research for the School of Public Policy and Professor of Public Governance at INLOGOV at the University of Birmingham)

"Democracy and governance networks"

Tuesday 11 March
Part of CERC's Spinelli Lecture Series

Prof Richard Pearson

(Visiting Professor at the University of Sussex’s Centre for Migration Research and at the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester and Research Director at the Employability Forum)

"Shaping Immigration Policy and Numbers: Some international reflections"

abstract and bio

Download audio mp3 (approx 14MB)

Powerpoint

Tuesday 22 April
Part of CERC's Spinelli Lecture Series

H.E. Gábor Csaba

(Ambassador of Hungary)

“The Significance of the Transatlantic Link: A Central European Perspective”

abstract & bio

Wednesday 30 April
1:00-2:00pm
Rm 521 5th Floor 234 Queensberry St
Part of CERC's Spinelli Lecture Series

Joint Seminar with French Trust Fund and the School of Languages and Linguistics

Prof Jean-Noel Jeanneney

(President, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)

National stereo-types and the construction of the European Union

Please note that this seminar will be presented in French.

Biography

Download audio mp3 (12 MB)

Tuesday 6 May

Joint Seminar with the School of Historical Studies

Greg Burgess

Lecturer in European and World History and Historiography at Deakin University, Geelong

Historicising Asylum: France and its refugees between idealism and pragmatism

Abstract & Bio

Download audio mp3 (16 MB)

Wednesday 14 May

1.00 pm and 2.00 pm
RM 211 Level 2
234 Queensberry St
Carlton

H.E. Viktor Gaber

(Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia)

The Republic of Macedonia after the NATO Summit in Budapest

Abstract & Bio

Tuesday 27 May

Annick Cable

(University of Melbourne)

Normative power Europe - underpinning EU global actorness

Abstract & Bio

Tuesday 3 June

Dr Bruno Mascitelli & Dr Simone Battiston

(Swinburne University of Technology)

The challenges and dilemmas embedded in the expatriate vote: the case study of Italians overseas.

Abstract & Bio

Download audio mp3 (15MB)

Wednesday 11 June
Rm 212 Level 2 234 Queensberry St

Journalists' Roundtable:
Is the European Union Newsworthy for Australia?

James Button

Europe correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald between February 2005 and February 2008.

Fabrizio Galimberti

Chief Economist and Chief Economic writer at Il Sole-24 Ore

Daniele Kemp

Head, Melbourne SBS French radio.

Abstract & Bios

Download audio mp3 (22MB)

Tuesday 12 August

Bronwyn Hinz

(PhD Candidate Political Science/Education, University of Melbourne)

From education to political power. Is France controlled by a ruling elite?

Abstract

Download Audio mp3 (13MB)

Download powerpoint

Tuesday 21 October

Dr Barbara Keys

(Department of History/CERC, The University of Melbourne)

Why Did Torture Become Unacceptable in the 1970s? Algeria, Greece and Brazil Compared

Abstract

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