Upcoming Events
Silesia Poland-Colorado Trade Mission to Colorado
Tuesday October 20 - Friday October 23, 2009
Location: Oct. 20 Denver; Oct. 21 Colorado Springs; Oct. 22 Boulder; Oct. 23 Open Appointments
The mission brings the two regions together to promote business, intellectual and political exchanges. Both regions have young, dynamic and ambitious populations, and their region's roles and visibility in their respective countries are expected to grow substantially in the next 10 - 20 years. We are confident the two regions, economies and research centers have much to share with each other.
The meetings will be tailored to the delegation's interests and needs. WELA and CEUCE will identify: Colorado counterparts to the Polish delegation;
Colorado companies, institutions and agencies with mutual interests and synergistic opportunities with Silesia; themes based on the unique expertise and experiences of both Colorado and Silesia
Objectives:
WELA and CEUCE will catalyze and facilitate unique and productive business opportunities; develop new research and educational partnerships; and establish economic and political linkages between Silesia and Colorado.
For more information or if you are interested in setting up an appointment with the Polish delegation, please contact Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu.
Trade Mission Brochure
For a List of Polish Delegates
For Information on Silesia Poland
EU-US Legal Practices Seminar: "Nationalism, Constitutionalism and the Future of the European Union" by Former Member of the European Court of Justice, Judge David Edward
Monday, October 19, 2009, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Wittemeyer Court Room, School of Law, University of Colorado, Boulder
Please RSVP to Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu if you would like to attend the event.
Inauguration of Transatlantic Affairs Events Series: Key Note Speaker, Ambassador of the EU to the US, John Bruton
Friday, October 16, 2009, 9:45-10:45am Public Lecture, with reception to follow
Location: Westin Tabor Center, 1672 Lawrence Street, Denver, CO 80202
The inauguration of the CEUCE Transatlantic Affairs Events Series, sponsored by Western Union, Inc., establishes the on-going effort to expand dialogues and activities concerning transatlantic and international political economy issues in Colorado. CEUCE is proud to announce the current Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, John Bruton, as the key note speaker of the first Transatlantic Affairs Events Series. Ambassador Bruton previously served as the Prime Minister of Ireland from 1994-1997, during which time Ireland's economy grew at an average annual rate of 8.7% and became known to world as the "Celtic Tiger."
This event will be the first of many high level visits of European public servants and business people to Denver, Colorado and the Mountain West Region.
Special invitation only. Please inquire further to Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu.
Turkish Foreign Policy Lecture: "Easing the Tensions and Rebuilding Trust in a Troubled Region: Recent Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy," by the Turkish Consul General to Los Angeles, Hakan Tekin
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: ATLAS Room 102, University of Colorado
Please RSVP to Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu if you would like to attend either event.
Spring 2009 Tocqueville Lecture: Dr. Sidney Tarrow
Monday, April 20, 2009, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Old main chapel, University of Colorado
The Tocqueville Initiative and the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) presents "Red of Tooth and Claw": How it was war - and not theory - that produced both uncivil and civil politics in France and why it matters to Americans, by Dr. Sidney Tarrow
"Why did the revolution break out in France," Alexis de Tocqueville asked himself? He offered two answers: first, that the Old Regime's centralization had denuded the aristocracy and other corporate groups of their positive functions and, second, that the revolutionaries were influenced by the philosophers' ideas of an impossible organic democracy. That led, so he argued, to the myth of the general will and to the practice of totalitarian democracy. This paper argues in a Tillian vein that it was the strains of state building and the struggle for power, both internal and external, that drove the revolutionaries towards the terror, and towards something else as well: the invention of the citizen army that was the correlative, at the military level, of mass democracy at the political level. Why this should matter to Americans is the question with which the lecture closes.
See the flier for more information, and please RSVP to Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu if you would like to attend.
Speakers Series: Lecture by Frank Schimmelfennig
Monday, April 27, 2009
Location: UMC Conference room 245, University of Colorado
As part of our continuing Speakers Series, the CEUCE will welcome Professor Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics at the Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, to speak on "The Normative Origins of Democracy in the EU: Towards a Transformationalist Theory of Democratization". We will post more detailed information as it becomes available.
Western US Graduate Research Workshop on the European Union
Thursday-Friday, June 18-19, 2009
Locations TBD.
On June 18-19, 2009 the CEUCE and the Seattle European Union Center of Excellence will co-sponsor a research workshop for graduate students based in the Western United States undertaking doctoral research on the European Union and/or Transatlantic relations. The workshop will be co-directed by Joseph Jupille (CU-Boulder) and James A. Caporaso (University of Washington) and will be held in Boulder. Per the call for proposals, applications for the workshop should be submitted by January 23, 2009, with participation notifications sent out by February 15, 2009. Inquiries should be directed to Assistant Director Myka Dunkle at ceuce@colorado.edu or by phone at (303) 492-4314.
Research Conference: Transatlantic Strategies for Crisis Management in the New Global Insecurity Environment
Friday-Saturday, August 28-29, 2009
Laramie, Wyoming
On August 28-29, 2009 the CEUCE and the University of Wyoming will co-sponsor a research conference, featuring experts from the US and Europe, entitled "'Making it About Democracy, Defense and Development: Transatlantic Strategies for Crisis Management in the New Global Security Environment." Inquiries should be directed to Assistant Director Myka Dunkle at ceuce@colorado.edu or by phone at (303) 492-4314.
Past Events
Speakers Series: Dr. Christina Schneider
Friday, April 10, 2009, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Atlas 229, University of Colorado, Boulder
As part of our continuing Speakers Series, the CEUCE will welcome Dr. Christina J. Schneider (Princeton University) to speak on "Interest Coalitions and Multilateral Aid: Is the EU Bad for Africa?" The presentation will examine how Eastern enlargement of the EU has impacted allocation of multilateral EU aid to sub-Saharan Africa by changing on changing preference and coalitional dynamics in the post-Cold War period. Coffee and pastry will be provided. See the flier for more information, and please RSVP to Myka Lee at ceuce@colorado.edu if you would like to attend.
Visiting Speakers/Business Practices Series: Dr. Walter Mattli
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 1:45-3:30 p.m.
Location: UMC 245.
Dr. Walter Mattli (Official Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford University) gave a talk entitled "The Politics of Global Regulation: The Real Challenges to Fixing the Global Financial System," in UMC 245 on March 31, 2009. The talk presented the theoretical framework of a newly forthcoming volume on the politics of global regulation and applied those insights to the forthcoming meetings of the G-20 and to Transatlantic battles over financial and other regulation.
Research Workshop: The EU, the US and the New Regionalism
Friday-Saturday, March 27-28, 2009
Locations TBD.
On March 27-28, 2009 the CEUCE will sponsor a research workshop, involving both US and European experts, on the topic of "The EU, the US and the New Regionalism," examining the roles played by the Transatlantic partners in influencing regionalism in the rest of the world. Inquiries should be directed to Assistant Director Myka Dunkle at ceuce@colorado.edu or by phone at (303) 492-4314.
EU Business and Policy Practices Event: MEP John Purvis
Monday, March 16, 2009, 1 - 3 pm
ATLAS CENTER, ROOM 229, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER
The CEUCE would like to invite you to attend an EU Business and Policy lecture, "Global Turmoil: The Transatlantic Dimension," Monday, March 16, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Mr. John Purvis, European Parliamentarian (1974-1984, and since 1999) and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (since 2002), will speak on the global financial crisis, how it is unfolding in the EU and what Parliament is doing to address the turmoil. Mr. Purvis has also done significant work on Middle East affairs, and industry and technology. He is prepared to answer questions on a wide range of political, social, geopolitical and European issues. The event is designed for academic, business and policy audiences.
For those with little knowledge of the European Union, please join CEUCE for a presentation on the broad historical development of the European Union and its main governing institutions (prior to Mr. Purvis' lecture), from 1:00 pm – 1:35 pm, on March 16, 2009. The presentation will help contextualize the European Parliament within the spectrum of EU institutions.
Schedule:
- 1 - 1:35 pm: CEUCE presentation, EU Governing Institutions
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1:45 - 3:00 pm: European Parliamentarian, Mr John Purvis, Global Turmoil: The Transatlantic Dimension
Mountain West Network Event: Lecture by James A. Caporaso
Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:00 p.m.
ROOM 301, JOSEF KORBEL SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Business Outreach Workshop: Colorado and the Transatlantic Economy
Friday, January 16, 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Adirondack room, Tivoli Center, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, CO 80204
The Colorado European Union Center of Excellence hosted a business outreach conference entitled "Colorado and the Transatlantic Economy", aimed at practitioners, at the Tivoli Center in downtown Denver on Friday, January 16, 2009, from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. The event featured presentations on the transatlantic economy, connections between Colorado and the European Union, and the effects of the global recession on transatlantic business practices.
Conference Presentations:
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Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University, The Transatlantic Economy 2009
- Sandi Moilanen, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, "Economic Ties Between the European Union and Colorado"
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Markus Bierl, Franke Foodservice Systems Division, "A European Manufacturer's View on the Recent Financial Difficulties and its Impact on our European and U.S. Operations"
CEUCE Inaugural Luncheon
Thursday, December 18, 2008, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Koenig Alumni Center, CU-Boulder Campus
On December 18, 2008, the CEUCE hosted Luc Véron of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States in Washington, DC, for an inaugural luncheon celebrating our first semester in operation. Mr. Véron made remarks welcoming the Center, discussing the Centers of Excellence Program, and discussing contemporary issues in Transatlantic relations. Mr. Véron subsequently met with CU officials and students for further discussions. The Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine covered the event.
Speakers Series:
Dr. Leanne Powner, "Orchestrating European Foreign Policy Cooperation"
Monday, December 8, 2008, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
ATLAS 229, CU-Boulder Campus
As part of its Speakers Series, the CEUCE will host Dr. Leanne Power (Wooster College), who will speak on "Orchestrating European Foreign Policy Cooperation: Solos, Quartets and Symphonies." Light lunch will be provided. For more information, see the event flier.