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The Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies updated schedule for the spring semester, 2019
Exciting programme of events ahead in the Spring 2019 Semester at the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Date: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
PhD Research within the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
The Centre is home to a range of excellent scholars working on Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. Their work is located within academic disciplines such as Anthropology, History, Political Science and Sociology and, in some cases, is interdisciplinary.
Date: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Dilyana Kiryakova-Ryan successfully defends PhD thesis
Dilyana Kiryakova-Ryan, a doctoral student attached to the Centre, successfully defended her PhD thesis on civic initiatives in Bulgaria analysed through the lenses of Europeanisation theory. The thesis examines the landscape of civil society in post-Communist Eastern Europe and posits a ‘bottom-up’ perspective on contours of change within the Bulgarian social milieu.
Date: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Seminar on European geoeconomics and geopolitics in the era of Trump and Brexit
On Thursday 14th February 2019, the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, in conjunction with the Department of Sociology and Mussi will host a seminar by Dr. Patrick Holden (Plymouth University). The event will examine the recent turbulence in the international arena and how geoeconomics and geopolitics in Europe have been upended by both Brexit and the policies of the Trump administration. Where and when: John Hume Boardroom, Third floor, Hume Building, 14.00-15.30
Date: Thursday, 17 January 2019
John O’Brennan on what European Union should do about enlargement to the Western Balkans
The director of the Centre, Professor John O’Brennan, has published a new policy paper on the Western Balkans and what the European Union should do to re-engage with the 6 countries which are seeking membership.
Date: Thursday, 24 May 2018
Maynooth University Politics students participate in National Dialogues on Brexit and The Future of Europe
Maynooth University Politics students participate in National Dialogues on Brexit and The Future of Europe
Date: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Maynooth University students Fieldtrip to Brussels, March 2018
Maynooth University students recently visited Brussels for a fieldtrip to the EU institutions. 17 students and 2 staff members travelled to the EU capital and engaged in a range of activities designed to deepen students’ knowledge of and engagement with the EU institutions.
Date: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
European Studies Essay Prize 2018
The Centre for European and Eurasian Studies is proud to announce its third annual undergraduate essay award. The award is open to all undergraduate students across a wide range of departments at the university. The Centre is now accepting submissions (2,000 -6,000 words) from students whose coursework focuses on topics relating to Europe. For further details click on above.
Date: Monday, 05 February 2018
Undergraduate Awards 2018
Students of European Studies (and other disciplines) are strongly encouraged to prepare submissions of their work to be entered in the 2018 competition for the Undergraduate Awards. The deadline for submissions for this competition is 12 June 2018. For more information click on the link above.
Date: Monday, 05 February 2018
Spring Semester Seminar Series 2018
Exciting programme of events ahead in the Spring 2018 Semester at the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2018