LATEST NEWS & DEADLINES

• APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN -- 2026 JMEUCE Student Essay Competition: 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.
• Public lecture on Dual Pricing in a Model of Sales with guest speaker Nicolas Schutz, Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany in collaboration with the Department of Economics. This presentation will explain the theory behind dual pricing, and the speaker will discuss the rationale of the European Commission (for competition) on its ruling on these practices. Friday 27th February, 2.30-4.00, Room 2198, McCain Building.  All welcome.
• Deputy Director Robert Finbow is serving as Acting Director of JMEUCE until end June 2026 during Ruben Zaiotti's sabbatical.
• As of January 2026, the Centre has relocated within the Dal campus to 1376 LeMarchant Street (between the Killam Library and the McCain Building).
• Earn credit while studying in Europe on the EU Study Tour (17th - 29th May 2026) with optional Internship Programme (1st June - 5th August). Partial funding available from JMEUCE -- application deadline: 1st January.  Details for 2026 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.
• WELCOMING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN EUROPE: THE CASE OF ROMANIA - documentary screening (rough-cut) and discussion. Q&A with filmmakers: Raluca Bejan, Associate Professor & Ioan Cocan, Dalhousie University, and discussant: Catherine Bryan, Associate Professor, Dalhousie University. All welcome.  Refreshments provided.  Why do states open their borders to some groups of refugees and not to others? When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and people began to flee the country, the hospitality of neighbouring countries towards Ukrainians was set in stark contrast to their reluctance to accommodate refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Critics suggested that Europe was treating refugees from Ukraine better than those from the Global South, and attributed this difference to race. Using Romania as a case study this film highlights the factors that might matter in the categorization of refugees as either deserving or undeserving of state protection, such as nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, class, gender, as well as geopolitically shaped historical commonalities.  Thursday 4th December 2025, 6.00 - 8.30 p.m. Room 1016, Kenneth Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue. For more information: jmeuce@dal.ca.                                                               
• 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.