Centre for European and Eurasian Studies Seminar Series, Spring Semester, 2015-2016

Spring Seminar Series Poster
Monday, February 15, 2016 - 15:45

Below is a list of events that the Maynooth Cente for European and Eurasian Studies will be holding over the course of the spring semester in Maynooth.  All seminars will take place in the Iontas Seminar Room on the stated dates between 4pm and 5.30pm, except where otherwise stated.  Please visit our website to be updated on developments.

WED 3 FEB
Prof. Volodymyer Dubvoyk (Director, Centre for International Studies at I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa), ‘The Challenges Facing Ukraine: Revolution, War,  Reform’.

TUES 23 FEB
Dr. Giacommo Delledonne (University of Brussels Saint Luis), ‘Protecting fundamental human rights in the European Union: diversity versus homogeneity’ (co-sponsored with Department of Law)

WED 2 MAR
Graham Butler (University of Copenhagen), 'Democracy in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy? A Legal Approach'.

WED 13 APRIL
John O’Brennan (Maynooth University), ‘Post-accession Monitoring in the EU: The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism in Bulgaria and Romania’

THURS 21 APRIL 12 -2pm
Myra Marx Ferree (University of Wisconsin–Madison, U.S.A), Gender Equality in the Age of Academic Capitalism

TUES 26 APRIL
2pm-3.30pm
Panel discussion featuring Prof Arthur Aughey (University of Ulster), Dr Aedín Doris (Maynooth Univeristy), Dr Mary C. Murphy (University College Cork), Prof John O'Brennan (Maynooth University), and a high-ranking British official
'The Brexit Referendum: the existential choice facing the UK and its implications for Ireland and the EU

WED 27 APRIL
Balazs Apor, Maria Falina, ‘Sacred and Profane: State and Religious Cults in Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century’

FRI 6-SUN 8 MAY
40rth Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies