LATEST NEWS & DEADLINES
- JMEUCE Director and Deputy Director in the news...See CBC's "With its U.S. alliance under pressure, could Canada join the EU?"
- Bright Night - Baltic-Nordic Short Films: Thurs. 6th Feb. 6.00 - c. 8.00 p.m. Room 1014, Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie Unversity, 6100 University Avenue. Free film festival with a great line-up of shorts from eight countries. All welcome; refreshments provided. Presented in collaboration with the embassies of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Please contact jmeuce@dal.ca with any questions.
Denmark | Voices in the Void (2021) is an animated documentary about the rescue of the majority of Danish Jews in October 1943. It illuminates the profound contrasts inherent in human nature by balancing stark images of deportation and extermination camps with a narrative emphasizing the human capacity for solidarity, compassion and civic courage - even under the most harrowing circumstances. |
Estonia | Sauna Day (2024) invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy. |
Finland | The Paper (2022) flew away from the artist Marja. She tries to tame the Paper by any means necessary. But only understanding the Paper can reveal its true nature |
Iceland | Sealskin (2020) follows five-year-old Sol and her father, who live in an isolated house by the sea. Sol spends lonely days with her imagination while her father, a composer, struggles with his music. When Sol senses that her father is burdened by sorrow, she finds solace in an old Icelandic folk tale. |
Latvia | In Sacrificial Lamb (2023), moving to the countryside has not given Ildze the expected harmony. The child's illness, her husband's frequent absence from home and the inevitable closeness of robust Nature is like a sharp stone that presses the thin ice of her consciousness. No doubt it will break. The question is - how? And - what is at the bottom? |
Lithuania | Spa (2024) follows four exhausted women who don’t know each other but meet by chance at a spa centre. Here, they find themselves in uncomfortable and somewhat comical situations which happen to be the first step in facing their personal problems. Moreover, there is a fifth tired character – the spa centre itself, trying to be the perfect place for relaxation but constantly failing. |
Norway | To Plant a Flag (2018) centres on the preparation for the moon landing in 1969, when NASA sent a team of astronauts to the lunar landscapes of Iceland. Their hi-tech training mission soon discovers what obstacles one can meet when facing an Icelandic sheep farmer. |
Sweden | In Shitty Weather (2023), it has been raining for forty days. In the house yet another kitchen renovation is under way, with concerns about colour choices, throw pillows and click flooring. The appliance delivery is delayed and dreams of a trip to Greece take hold. All while reality gushes into the basement. |
- Earn credit while studying in Europe on the EU Study Tour (11th - 29th May) with optional two-month Internship Programme (June-July). Partial funding available from JMEUCE -- application deadline: 9th December. Details for 2025 and information on past tours can be found on the UVic Study Tour site. Check out our flyer and contact jmeuce@dal.ca with any questions about applying. Offered by the Canadian universities of the Network for European Studies (Canada) and the University of Victoria, this programme of guided visits provides a unique experiential learning opportunity for university students across Canada.
- The JMEUCE welcomed delegates from the French Embassy in Ottawa and the Consulate General in Moncton for discussions (26th Nov. 2024).
- In partnership with the Department of German and FASS, a public lecture on Breaking Cassandra's Curse: Crisis Prediction through Literature with Dr. Jürgen Wertheimer, Professor Emeritus of Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature, University of Tübingen. 6.30 p.m: Thurs. 17th Oct. Reception to follow. Room 1020, Rowe Building. PRESENTATION SLIDES available here (pdf).
- Public Lecture from His Excellency Kaspars Ozoliņš, Ambassador of Latvia to Canada on Security Developments in Europe and Russia’s War against Ukraine with a pdf of his PRESENTATION SLIDES here. Thurs. 10th Oct. Weldon Law Building. Hosted in collaboration with CIC-Halifax.
- 2024 Summer Institute on Migration and Identity in Europe and Canada (3rd – 14th June). Classroom sessions for this for-credit course (POLI 3820) took place at Dal and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, which provided an unparalleled learning experience through its exhibits, displays, artifacts and oral history clips. Specialist instructors from both sides of the Atlantic included academics and curators with extensive knowledge of, and expertise in, the field. See the Summer Institute page for the detailed syllabus and resources including most presentations, or contact jmeuce@dal.ca.
- 2024 JMEUCE Student Essay Award: for current Dal students to submit a paper on any aspect of the EU, whether the European Union as a whole or one or more EU member states. Deadline: 30th April. Contact jmeuce@dal.ca for more details.
- Interested in student funding for research in Europe on an EU-relevant topic? Mitacs GRA scholarships of up to $6,000 available for Dal students. For information, e-mail jmeuce@dal.ca.