Funding from the European Commission allowed Jean Monnet Professor Maas to organize lectures and offer courses relating to European integration during 2008-2013.

Lectures organized or sponsored by Jean Monnet Professor Maas

16 May 2013. Public lecture: "Developments in Canada-EU Relations," Minister-Counsellor Manfred Auster, Head of Political and Public Affairs, European Union Delegation to Canada.

25 April 2013. Public lecture: "A Second Passport: Dual Nationality in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands," Betty De Hart, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen / University of Amsterdam.

28 March 2013. Workshop: "Europe in International Affairs."

14 March 2013. Public lecture: "Creating European Citizens," Willem Maas, Jean Monnet Chair, York University.

14 March 2013. Public lecture: "Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany," Phil Triadafilopoulos, University of Toronto.

7 March 2013. Public lecture: "Lisbonizing vs. financializing Europe: The Lisbon Agenda and the (un)making of Europe's knowledge-based economy," Kean Birch, York University.

7 February 2013. Public lecture: "European Integration through Constructive Ambiguity," Frédéric Merand, Université de Montréal.

26 November 2012. Public lecture: "European Integration as Material Condensation of Relationships of Forces? Competing Hegemony Projects in State Project Europe," John Kannankulam, University of Marburg, Germany.

16 November 2012. Workshop "Equality Rights in Europe."

12 November 2012. Public lecture: "The EU and the European Convention on Human Rights," Dr. Tobias Lock, University of Surrey School of Law, UK.

25 October 2012. Public lecture: "The Right to Have What Rights? The European Court of Justice Reinventing the Wheel in Approaching the Vertical Division of Powers in the European Union," Dimitry Kochenov, Chair in EU Constitutional Law, Department of European and Economic Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

22 October 2012. Public lecture: "European Union Citizenship and the Internal Market," Dimitry Kochenov, Chair in EU Constitutional Law, Department of European and Economic Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

18 and 19 October 2012. Conference "The Future of European Citizenship."

15 October 2012. Public lecture: "EU Council Presidency Priorities, Cyprus2012," Iacovos Giragosian, Consul-General of Cyprus (highest diplomatic representative of Cyprus in Canada).

1 October 2012. Public lecture: "What Can Pro-Democracy Activists in Arab Countries Expect from the EU?: Lessons from EU-Israel Relations," Jean Monnet Professor Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

24 September 2012. Public lecture: "Britain and the European Union: Euroskeptic or Europeanized?," Professor Michelle Cini, University of Bristol, UK.

17 September 2012. Public lecture: "Germany in the European Union: Benign Hegemon or Self-Interested Actor?," Ingeborg Toemmel, Jean Monnet Professor, University of Osnabrueck, Germany.

13 and 14 September 2012. Conference "Sixty Years of European Governance."

10 September 2012. Public lecture: "The Future of the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities," Neill Nugent, Jean Monnet Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

21 March 2012. Public lecture: "The Eurozone Crisis : To What Extent are EU Institutions and Power Relations to Blame?," Professor George Ross, EUCE York Visiting Scholar / ad personam Chaire Jean Monnet, Université de Montréal. During professor Maas's sabbatical, professor Ross taught several of his courses.

29 November 2011. Public lecture: "Managing Migration at the Rim of Europe." Dr. Martin Geiger, IMIS, University of Osnabrück, Germany.

28 November 2011. Conference "Free Movement and Discrimination: the European Union in Comparative Perspective." This resulted in the book Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People (Martinus Nijhoff) and a special issue of the European Journal of Migration and Law.

29 October 2010. Conference "Multilevel Citizenship". This resulted in the book Multilevel Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press).

13 May 2010. Public lecture: "Pre-Departure Integration Tests in the EU: Supporting Integration or Immigration Control?" Guest speaker: Professor Kees Groenendijk, emeritus Professor, Sociology of Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Listen to the talk.

11-12 March 2010. Conference "Ever Closer Union?/Union sans cesse étroite?" held at York University’s Keele and Glendon Campuses. Twenty-four graduate students from across Canada and the United States presented research papers and were guided by professorial discussants from York and other universities, under the leadership of Professor Maas.

11 March 2010. Keynote lecture: “Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Negotiations,” by Maurizio Cellini, Head, Economic and commercial affairs, Delegation of the European Union to Canada, opening the conference "Ever Closer Union?/Union sans cesse étroite?"

10 March 2010. Inaugural Canada-EU Business Lecture: EU-Canada Relations: Prospects for a Free Trade Agreement. Lecture by the Honourable Roy MacLaren (former Minister of International Trade, High Commissioner in London, diplomat, historian, and author) held at the Schulich School of Business. Introduced by Jean Monnet Chair Professor Maas and Schulich professor Bernie Wolf.

2 March 2010. Public lecture: “The EU in the Context of the Study of State and Regime Foundation.” Professor Bruce Morrison, Political Science, University of Western Ontario.

20 November 2009. Public lecture by Jean Monnet Chair Professor Maas, “Politics and Policies of the European Union,” held in the context of the Living and Learning in Retirement program, with 125 participants and other guests from York and the community.

10 November 2009. Public lecture: “European Union policy towards the Arab-Israeli peace process.” Professor Constanza Musu, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa.

2 October 2009. Public lecture by Jean Monnet Chair Professor Maas, “Theories and Institutions of European Integration,” held in the context of the Living and Learning in Retirement program, with 125 participants and other guests from York and the community.

25 September 2009. Public lecture by Jean Monnet Chair Professor Maas, “History and Development of European Integration,” held in the context of the Living and Learning in Retirement program, with 125 participants and other guests from York and the community.

19 May 2009. "Opportunities and Challenges for Europe and the EU-Canada Relations." Lecture by H.E. Wim J.P. Geerts, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

14 May 2009. "Bulgaria Before and After the Accession to the European Union: Challenges and Experience." Lecture by H.E. Evgueni Stefanov Stoytchev, Ambassador to Canada of the Republic of Bulgaria.

13 May 2009. "Latvia in the EU: Preparation, Participation, Destination." Lecture by H.E. Margers Krams, Latvian Ambassador to Canada.

30 April 2009. "Unintended Gender Consequences: Implications of the Deregulation of the European Airlines Industry on Gender Roles." Presentation and discussion of paper by Prof. Heather MacRae (Political Science, York University).

8 April 2009. "Governance and Policy Making in the EU." Lecture by Prof. Ingeborg Tömmel (Political Science, University of Osnabrück, and Jean Monnet Chair).

10 March 2009. "Why Study Europe and the European Union?" Lecture by Prof. Willem Maas (Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration).

26 February 2009. "Divergent Paths: The Politics of Immigration in Europe and Canada Compared." Presentation and discussion with Dr. Andrej Zaslove (PhD, York; Post-doctoral Fellow, European Studies Institute, McGill University).

11 February 2009. "The EU and Canada." Lecture by H.E. Mr. Giovanni Di Girolamo, Acting Head of the European Commission's Delegation to Canada.

10 February 2009. "A New Dynamic in Canada-EU Relations." Lecture by H.E. Mr. Matthias Hoepfner, German Ambassador to Canada.

23 October 2008. "The United Parliaments of Europe and Other Reform Proposals for the EU." Presentation and discussion of paper by Prof. Gerd Grözinger (Research Director, Universität Flensburg, Germany).

7 October 2008. "Possibilities for an EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement." Lecture by Dr. Selen Guerin (Head, Trade Policy Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels).

Courses

One of the primary purposes of the Jean Monnet programme is to foster teaching related to European integration. During the funding period, Jean Monnet Professor Maas incorporated EU affairs into existing courses and designed and taught the following new courses:

PAIA6309 Europe in International Affairs
This MPIA seminar considers the role of Europe in international affairs, focusing on the evolution of the European Union and its institutions from the end of the Second World War to the present. We cover theories of regional integration (neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, multi-level governance, and others) as they apply to Europe, study the institutions (focusing on the European Union and its agencies), and analyze the politics of European governance. Aimed at students in the Master's Program in Public & International Affairs.

POLS4315 New Forms of Governance in Europe
Europe has changed fundamentally, perhaps almost beyond the recognition of those emerging from the Second World War. Not only is war between European states today almost inconceivable, but evolving institutions and practices tie Europeans ever closer together. Undergraduate lecture course.

POLS6655 Theories and Institutions of European Integration
This advanced seminar considers the history, politics, and theories of European law and integration, from the end of the Second World War to the present, focusing on the European Union and its institutions.

As Jean Monnet Chair, professor Maas also advised many theses and dissertations.