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‘Europe’s Expansions and Contractions’
Adelaide, 6 – 9 July 2009
The Conference Organizers: AAEH Conference, History Department, Flinders University
Call for Papers (closes 28th November 2008)
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'Cross-culturally speaking, speaking cross-culturally'
Sydney, 6 - 8 July 2009, Macquarie University
Organised by the Department of International Studies, Macquarie University in cooperation with the Département des Sciences du Langage, Université Montpellier 3
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Call for Papers (closes 30th November 2008)
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Creative Communities: Sustainable Solutions to Social Inclusion
15th-17th April, 2009 Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Surfers Paradise, Queensland Australia
Conference convenors: Professor Andy Bennett and Dr Ian Woodward (CPCI)
The deadline for abstracts is 16th January, 2009.
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Seminar: "The Role of the Council of Europe's Commission on the Efficiency of Justice in the integration of human rights in Europe." by Professor Jon T. Johnsen.
25 November: 12 noon; Martin Building, Room 362, La Trobe University.
Seminar: "The role of the Council of Europe's Commission on the Efficiency of Justice
(CEPEJ) in the integration of human rights in Europe." a law seminar by Professor Jon T. Johnsen.
26 November: 1pm; Blackshield Room, W3A.501, Macquarie University.
Symposium: "Relational Dis/Locations: Mediterranean Cultures in translocal and transnational Contexts
28 November 2008: Whiteley Room, U@Macquarie, Macquarie University, Sydney
Seminars: by Professor Jon T. Johnsen, IUEU Centre Distinguished Research Fellow
In residence from 23 October 2008 - 20 January 2009, hosted by Flinders University, South Australia.
Dates of seminars at Flinders University TBC.
Conference: “Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture"
2-5 December 2008, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Conference: New Modes of Governance and Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific
12-13 February 2009, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Seminar: "EU development assistance, human security and fragile states": by Professor Wil Hout, IUEU Centre Distinguished Research Fellow
16 February 2009, Flinders University, South Australia (more details to follow)
Seminar: "EU development assistance, human security and fragile states": by Professor Wil Hout, IUEU Centre Distinguished Research Fellow
18 February 2009, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (more details to follow)
Fraser Cameron, IUEU Distinguished Research Fellow
In residence March - April 2009, dates TBC. Host: La Trobe University (more details to follow)
Conference: “Creative Communities: Sustainable Solutions to Social Inclusions"
15-17 April 2009, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
The Sydney Writers Festival
18 - 24 May 2009, (more details to follow)
Professor Jacques Rupnik, IUEU Centre Distinguished Research Fellow
In residence June - July 2009, dates TBC. Host: La Trobe University (more details to follow)
Conference: ‘Europe’s Expansions and Contractions’ - XVIIth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association of European Historians (AAEH)
Adelaide, 6 – 9 July 2009, Flinders University, South Australia. Call for papers closes 28 November 2008:
The Byron Bay Writers Festival
31 July - 2 August 2009, (more details to follow)
The Melbourne Writers Festival
20 - 30 August 2009, (more details to follow)
The Brisbane Writers Festival
9 -13 September 2009, (more details to follow)
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Transitions:
Aspects of European Island and Regional Cultures
This exhibition has already been on display at the Macquarie University Art Gallery, and over the next 12 months it will be moving to several locations across the country. The artists in the exhibition held at Macquarie University Art Gallery included Effy Alexakis, Angela Cavalieri, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Axel Poignant, Fernando Gil Pereira Resendes, Claudia Terstappen, Jeremy Welsh, and Salvatore Zofrea. Click here to see a movie tour of the exhibition 
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November, 2008
Professor Donald Sassoon presented two lectures at La Trobe University in early November 2008. The titles of these lectures were "The Culture of the Europeans" and Mona Lisa: The Best Known Girl In The Whole Wide World. |
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October, 2008
Dr George Menz, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London presented a seminar titled Dr George Menz, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London at La Trobe University in early November 2008. |
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October, 2008
During his stay in Australia, Professor Xavier Greffe, the
Professor of Economics, University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne held seminars in Queensland and New South Wales on Urban Cultural Landscapes and New Business Models For Cultural Companies. Photos from his seminar at the Macquarie University Art Gallery will be available soon. |
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September, 2008
This event was held between 24-26 September 2008, Bendigo Region, VIC., Australia. |
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September, 2008
Leilah Nadir was the IUEU Centre sponsored guest for the Brisbane Writers Festival
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September, 2008
At the Lowy Institute on 10 September Dr Robert Horvath from La Trobe University and Professor Graeme Gill from Sydney University examined the policy options for dealing with a newly assertive Russia: both academics are prominent Australian Russia scholars . The presentation can be downloaded from the Lowy Insitute: 
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September, 2008
Dr. Hervé Glevarec, IUEU Visiting Research Fellow took part in several events during his stay in Queensland at Griffith University ...
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August - September, 2008
Professor Khosrokhavar, MEEUC Distinguished Guest, took part in several events during his stay in Australia in Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra & Sydney. Photos from his visit will be added shortly
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28 August, 2008
The Melbourne Writers' Festival session with Michael Burleigh was very successful, he held a 30 minute talk about his book and his encounters with (former) terrorists and victims of terrorism...
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August, 2008
Professor Raffaele Torino, Roma Tre University, presented his lecture entitled “Introduction to Italian Law” to students in EUL 101 Societies of Europe, a core unit of the Bachelor of International Studies at Macquarie University.
While at La Trobe University Professor Torino gave a seminar paper on ‘The Irish “No” to the Lisbon Treaty’. He was also interviewed by Dr Stefan Auer and the resulting DVD will be used for next year’s delivery of the undergraduate European Union unit through the IUEU Centre.
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14 August, 2008
Professor Alberta Sbragia Director of the European Union Centre of Excellence, European Studies University of Pittsburgh, USA presented a lecture entitled An Asia-Pacific Union? Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and the model of the European Union at Monash University
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July, 2008
Prof. Sasha Roseneil - IUEU Centre and the Departments of Modern History and Sociology at Macquarie Sponsored Speaker. Prof. Roseneil, co-director of the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, University of London, gave a lecture entitled "Intimate Citizenship in Multi-cultural Europe" on the 29th July at Macquarie University.
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May, 2008
Prof. David Goldberg, IUEU Centre visitor. David Goldberg's visit to Australia from 28 May to 3 June was as part of the programme of the IUEU Centre involved activities in three states.
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May, 2008
Loretta Napoleoni, IUEU Centre sponsored guest for Sydney Writers’ Festival. Loretta Napoleoni appeared at two free events while in Sydney as an IUEU Centre sponsored guest.
One event was at Macquarie University and one was at the SDC in Sydney. 
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April, 2008
Jane Boyd (VRG, March - April 2008) presented several talks during her stay in Australia at Macquarie University (North Ryde and City Campuses) and La Trobe University in Melbourne.
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9 April , 2008
Mr Bodo Richter, Programme Manager for Australia, Directorate General of Education and Culture (DG EAC) in the European Commission visited the IUEU Centre at Macquarie University and presented a seminar on the EU and Exchange Studies on 9th April 2008.
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December, 2007
As part of its activities to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Murdoch University and the Innovative Universities European Union (IUEU) Centre presented a public lecture on Monday, December 10, 2007 by Dr. Kristina Spohr Readman, lecturer in international history at the London School of Economics. |
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October, 2007
Professor Brigid Laffan has recently undertaken a tour in Australia. Her visit to Australia was part of the IUEU Centre’s continuing program of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
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October, 2007
A group of five delegates from the International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) School at Malmö University, Sweden, will visit Macquarie University on Monday 15 October. |
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Each year the National Europe Centre, with the support of the IUEU Centre and the Monash European and EU Centre, conducts a five day summer school in conjunction with the Delegation of the European Commission in Canberra. This year’s school will have as its theme: Human Rights Law Policy and Practice: Lessons from Europe. Admission to the school is competitive and application with full details must be submitted by 6 October and it will be held from 15 to 19 December. Significant grants are available to successful applicants to enable them to attend. Full details are to be found at http://www.anu.edu.au/NEC/ESSS2008/ESSS%202008.php
Please draw this opportunity to the attention of high performing students in relevant areas. Note also that ‘honours and masters level-students’ is interpreted to include third year, and even second year students, who have demonstrated clear Honours standard in their work.
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Dr Stefan Auer is a Senior Lecturer in history and politics at La Trobe University. His book, Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (2004) won the prize for Best Book in European Studies (2005) with the University Association for contemporary European Studies (UACES)... 
Jane Hanley is the 2007 IUEU Centre Scholarship Holder & PhD candidate in European Languages at Macquarie University...
European Democrats in Brussels. His appointment as an Honorary Research Fellow in the IUEU Centre will facilitate access to sources and contacts within the region and provide a valuable contact between the IUEU Centre and the Institutions of the European Parliament...