Invisible Invasion? Europe's Counter-Strategies against Russia's Hybrid Playbook - public lecture presented by Mikhail Polianskii, Konrad Adenauer Visiting Scholar in Transatlantic Relations, Carleton University & Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany. Tuesday 25th November, 2025: 11.30-1.00 p.m. Room 3089, Kenneth Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue.
In memoriam: Finn Laursen -- The JMEUCE sadly mourns the death of Finn Laursen, who established the EU Centre of Excellence at Dalhousie and made a huge contribution as its first director. For details of his life and legacy, please see the IN MEMORIAM ANNOUNCEMENT.
Conversation with the Nordic Ambassadors: Cooperation between Atlantic Canada and the Nordic Region on Security, Trade and Culture - public event featuring H.E. Hlynur Guðjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Canada; H.E. Signe Burgstaller, Ambassador of Sweden to Canada; H.E. Nikolaj Harris, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Canada; H.E. Hanna-Leena Korteniemi, Ambassador of Finland to Canada; Mr Trygve Bendiksby, Chargé d’Affaires, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa. Hosted in collaboration with CIC-Halifax. 5.00-7.00 p.m. Monday 7th April. Room 1009, Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie Unversity, 6100 University Avenue. Refreshments and networking from 5.00.
Roundtable on Canada, the European Union and the Trump Challenge - watch the EVENT RECORDING, with Ross Hornby, former Canadian Ambassador to the European Union (joining virtually); Amelia Hadfield, Founder and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, & Associate Vice President for External Engagement, University of Surrey; Oliver Schmidtke, Director, Centre for Global Studies, & Professor, Departments of History and Political Science, University of Victoria. 5.30-7.00 p.m., Thursday 20th March. University Hall, Macdonald Building. Refreshments provided. This event was hosted by the JMEUCE and Centre for the Study of Security and Development as the 2025 Glyn Berry Lecture.
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.
Visit to JMEUCE by Denis Quenelle, Cultural Attaché at the French Consulate in Moncton, with colleagues from the French embassy in Ottawa, Jean-François Doulet (Attaché for Science & Higher Education) and Maureen Berthelot (Campus France Coordinator). 26th Nov. 2024.
Workshop on The Contours of Pharmaceutical Regulation in the EU (11th June 2024), City University of London Law School, Northampton Square, London
2024 Summer Institute on Migration and Identity in Europe and Canada (3rd – 14th June 2024).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.
Europe and EUrope – Ukraine and the Identity War with guest speaker 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, co-hosted by the JM Chair in Border Control.
Gender, Inequality and Intersectionality: The European Union at a Crossroads with Heather MacRae, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University, offered jointly with Dalhousie's Gender and Women's Studies Program. Mon. 6th Nov. 2023, 1.00-2.30, Room 1016, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.
EUROPEAN AND LATIN 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.
HYBRID WORKSHOP: open to public! European Union Trade and Economic Relations: Transatlantic and Global Challenges (Fri. 15th September 2023, 9.00-4.30). With both in-person and Zoom participation, this workshop provided a multidisciplinary exploration into key issues concerning EU trade and economic relations in a time of uncertainty and change. Check out the programme, speaker profiles and poster.
France-US Security and Defence Cooperation: Strategic Culture and Cognitive 'Antinomies' (8th Sept. 2023) -- in-person public lecture from David Haglund, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University. 10.30-12.00, in partnership with the Jean Monnet Chair in Border Control.
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), CSSD & Dept of Political Science, Dalhousie University. 15th Feb. 2023, Killam Library.
EU-Russia-Ukraine Relations: Diplomatic Reflections with Richard Wright, former EU Ambassador to Russia. Online event (by invitation) for Dal students held at -- and in collaboration with -- the University of Surrey. 22nd March 2022.
The Conflict in Ukraine: A Forum - online event. 10th March 2022. Recording available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I-KswKsRy4. Panel: Maya Eichler (Mount Saint Vincent University), Denis Kozlov (Dalhousie University), Lyubov Zhyznomirska (Saint Mary's University), Leah Sarson (Dalhousie University), Anders Hayden (Dalhousie University), Brian Bow (Dalhousie University); Moderator: Ruben Zaiotti (JMEUCE & Dalhousie University). Sponsored by the JMEUCE in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Security and Development (CSSD), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Office of Advancement, Dalhousie University.
Visit to the JMEUCE by Charlotte Montel, Counsellor for Cultural and Scientific Cooperation, French Embassy in Ottawa, and Chloé Saulas, Cultural Attaché, Consulate General of France in Moncton. 10th Nov. 2021.
Online lecture on Euro-African Borderwork and Local Politics in the Sahel, Philippe Frowd, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa. 2nd Nov. 2021 via Collaborate Ultra.
JMEUCE Director, Ruben Zaiotti, looks at the effects of the pandemic on European borders. This interview is part of the NEXTEUK Virtual Seminar Series of the Centre for European Research, QMUL.
THE WALL. A BORDER THROUGH GERMANY. The JMEUCE collaborated with the Department of German and other partners to present a German Government photographic exhibition for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Exhibition, Reception & Panel Discussion featured Florian Bail, Julia Poertner, Mathias Rodorff & Ruben Zaiotti, with introductory remarks from Frank Harvey. (6th Nov. 2019)
The Spectre of Populism in Europe: A Threat to Liberal Democracy? Oliver Schmidtke, Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, in collaboration with the Jean Monnet Chair in Public Diplomacy and CIC-Halifax (8th Oct. 2019).
Workshop on International Organisations and Digital Diplomacy: The EU, UN and NATO on Social Media (24th Apr. 2019)featuring over a dozen speakers from international organisations and universities in Belgium, Canada, England, Germany and the US. Check out the Workshop Programme, Abstracts and Speaker Biographies. This event was organised by the JMEUCE and Jean Monnet Chair in Public Diplomacy at Dalhousie.
Day of Debate: for local IB students (29th April 2019)
The Economic Impact of Immigrants: What do Europeans really think?" - Zeynep Ozkok, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, St Francis Xavier University (8th Mar. 2019)
EU and Asia-Pacific Relations: an Overview - Hungdah Su, Professor & Jean Monnet Chair, National University of Taiwan and Director General, European Union Centre in Taiwan. (19th Nov. 2018)
Changing EU Schengen Visa Regime: Biopolitics, Risk Management, and Networked Databases - Can Mutlu, Department of Politics, Acadia University, Wolfville (5th Nov. 2018)
Visit from delegates of the European Economic and Social Committee for meeting with JMEUCE Director and Deputy Director (29th Oct. 2018)
Cannabis and the Canada-EU trade agreement: Opportunities and Challenges - Hon. Darrell Dexter, Global Public Affairs and MacEachen Institute (22nd Oct. 2018) in collaboration with MacEachen Institute
The European Union and Global Ocean Governance - Jan-Stefan Fritz, German Marine Research Consortium, Brussels, Belgium (3rd Oct. 2018) Public lecture.
Two-day workshop on Transparency and the Pharmaceutical Industry in Comparative Perspective held by the Jean Monnet Health and Policy Network at Dalhousie (3rd - 4th Jul. 2018). See: jmhealthnet.orgfor more information on this major three-year project.
Two-day workshop on Transparency and the Pharmaceutical Industry in comparative Perspective held by the Jean Monnet Health and Policy Network at Dalhousie (3rd - 4th Jul. 2018). See: jmhealthnet.org for more information on this major three-year project.
Day of Debate: The JMEUCE hosted nearly 40 local IB and pre-IB students at Dalhousie to debate current EU issues - 11th April 2018.
Canada-EU Relations: Perspectives from Berlin, Brussels & Rome - public panel discussion with Ambassador Stephane Dion, Ambassador Daniel Costello, Ambassador Alexandra Bugailiskis. Organised by JMEUCE and co-sponsored by the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance and the Centre for the Study of Security and Development. 16th March 2018. Watch the video recording.
Still Europe's Underbelly? A Roundtable on Italy's Upcoming Elections, presented by the JMEUCE and Dalhousie's Italian Studies Program. 1st March 2018.
Workshop on CETA Implementation: The Next Steps to be held at Dalhousie University, 18th May 2018. CALL FOR PAPERS - abstracts due by 15th March. Contact the CETA Implementation and Implications Project (ciip@dal.ca) for details including possible funding support.
MacKay Lecture: Thomas Faist - The Futures of Migration in Europe and Germany: A New Normalcy?1st Dec. 2017
Roundtable - Catalonia's Quest for Independence: Another European Crisis? (Wed. 11th Oct.: 2.30-4.00), with speakers Dr Jerry White, Canada Research Chair in European Studies, Dalhousie University and Dr Ruben Zaiotti, Director, Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence, Dalhousie University.
Brexit Panel: What’s Next? Implications for Law & Life (20th September) in collaboration with the Schulich School of Law. in collaboration with the Schulich School of Law. Panel: Ruben Zaiotti (moderator), Vincent Power, Francesco Munari, Teresa Cyrus. See: panel poster for details.
