Willem Maas
Jean Monnet Chair and
Associate Professor
Department of Political
Science and graduate programs in Political
Science, Public &
International Affairs, Social &
Political Thought, and Socio-Legal
Studies
Glendon College, York University
2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON M4N 3M6 Canada
maas [at] yorku [dot] ca
Partial update July 2015. This is the exhaustive (and exhausting) version; a clearer, more frequently updated version is available here in PDF.
Education
Yale University (New Haven CT)
M.A. (1999), M.Phil. (2000), Ph.D., Political Science, 2004
Dissertation: "Creating European Citizens"
Committee: David R. Cameron, Rogers M. Smith, Geoffrey Garrett, Seyla Benhabib.
Comprehensive exams written: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Contemporary Political Theory, International Relations.
University of Oxford (Oxford UK)
Exchange Fellow, Nuffield College, 2000/01
Universiteit Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands)
Doctoraal (M.A.), Politicologie (cum laude), 1998
Thesis on extraterritorial citizenship (supervisors: Herman van Gunsteren, Peter Mair)
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
B.A., Political Science (honours), Geography (honours), 1995
Political Science honours thesis on Québec nationalism (supervisor: Avigail Eisenberg). Geography honours thesis on geopolitics (supervisor: Derek Gregory). Graduated with first-class honours.
Université Laval (Québec, QC)
Certificat, Science politique, 1994
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment Fund for Study in a Second Official Language Award, bestowed by Governor General of Canada.
Professional experience
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Jean Monnet Chair, 2008 -
Associate Professor (tenured), Political Science, Glendon College, 2008 -
Member of graduate programs in Political
Science, Public &
International Affairs, Social &
Political Thought, and Socio-Legal
Studies
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Political Science, Glendon College, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track), European Studies (primary) and Politics (courtesy) 2004-2006
Instructor, European Studies, 2003-2004
Junior Fellow, Center for Comparative Research, 2000-2004
Teaching Fellow, Political Science, 1999/00, 2001/02
Visiting Positions:
European University Institute, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, 2015-2016
Centrum voor Migratierecht, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Visiting Professor, 2010-2012
European and Mediterranean Studies, New York University, Visiting Fellow, 2006-2010
University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Summer 2004
University of Victoria, Instructor, Political Science, Summer 2002
Other professional experience:
Stagiaire atypique, Internal
Market DG, European
Commission (March/April 2001)
Conducted research relating to the White Paper on Governance for a senior
Commission official. Also conducted PhD research and interviews.
Researcher, Intergovernmental
Affairs, Privy Council Office
(summer 1996)
Conducted level II (secret) research relating to referendums and direct
democracy.
Parliamentary Intern, Parliamentary
Internship Programme (1995/96)
Non-partisan assistant to two Members of Parliament; met with officials and
political leaders in Ottawa, Toronto, Québec, Washington, London, Belfast,
Paris, and Tokyo; interned at Elections
Canada; wrote an academic paper on question
period.
Publications
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Chronological order; PDF version has traditional categories.
2015 "Access to Electoral Rights in Canada," European Union Democratic Observatory, EUDO Citizenship (Florence: European University Institute), pp 1-20.
2015 "Trade, Regional Integration, and Free Movement of People," in A New Atlantic Community: The European Union, the US and Latin America, ed. Joaquín Roy (Miami: European Union Center of Excellence/Jean Monnet Chair, University of Miami), pp 111-21.
2014 "EU Citizenship’s Origins, Evolution, and Political Objectives," in German Law Journal vol.15 no.5, pp 797-819.
2014 "The Netherlands: Consensus and Contention in a Migration State," in James F. Hollifield, Philip L. Martin, and Pia Orrenius, eds., Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective 3rd ed. (Stanford University Press) pp 256-75.
2014 "European Union Citizenship in Retrospect and Prospect," in Engin Isin and Peter Nyers, eds., Handbook of Global Citizenship Studies (Routledge) pp 309-17.
2013 Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People, edited book, chapters by Megan Bradley, Jacqueline Gehring, Michael Johns, Matthew Longo, Willem Maas, Harris Mylonas, Micheline van Riemsdijk, and Anne Staver; foreword by Joseph Carens. Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, pp i-vi, 1-222.
2013 "Equality and Free Movement of People," in Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People, ed. Willem Maas (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff) pp 9-30.
2013 "Immigrant Integration, Gender, and Citizenship in the Dutch Republic," in Politics, Groups, and Identities vol.1 no.3, pp 390-401.
2013 "La creación y la evolución de la ciudadanía europea," in Panorama Social vol.17, pp 9-19.
2013 "Free Movement and Discrimination: Evidence from Europe, the United States, and Canada," in European Journal of Migration and Law vol.15 no.1, pp 91-110.
2013 Special issue of European Journal of Migration and Law (Willem Maas, guest editor) vol.15 no.1. Editorial pp 1-5.
2013 Multilevel Citizenship, edited book, chapters by Elizabeth Dale, Will Hanley, Marc Helbling, Türküler Isiksel, Jenn Kinney and Elizabeth F. Cohen, Sheryl Lightfoot, Willem Maas, Catherine Neveu, Luicy Pedroza, Eldar Sarajlić, and Rogers M. Smith. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp i-viii, 1-280.
2013 "Varieties of Multilevel Citizenship," in Multilevel Citizenship, ed. Willem Maas (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press), pp. 1-21.
2011 "Citizenship" (3500 words) in The Encyclopedia of Political Science (Washington DC: CQ Press) pp. 226-30.
2011 "Naturalization" (1100 words) in The Encyclopedia of Political Science (Washington DC: CQ Press) pp. 1090-92.
2011 "Fukushima and Energy Politics" in GermanStudies.ca Newsletter.
2011 "The European in 2030" in Global Brief.
2010 "Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Regularization, Legalization, and Amnesty," in Georg Menz and Alexander Caviedes, eds., Labour Migration in Europe (Palgrave) pp. 232-50.
2010 "Citizenship and Immigrant Integration in the Netherlands," in Adam Luedtke, ed., Migrants and Minorities: The European Response (Cambridge Scholars) pp. 226-44.
2010 "Emerging Themes in Nationalism, Ethnicity and Migration Research," in Robert A. Denemark, ed., International Studies Compendium (Oxford: Blackwell) pp. 1348-59.
2010 "History in Hindsight," in German Studies Newsletter.
2009 "Unrespected, Unequal, Hollow?: Contingent Citizenship and Reversible Rights in the European Union," in Columbia Journal of European Law, vol.15 no.2, Spring, pp. 265-80.
2008 "Migrants, States, and EU Citizenship's Unfulfilled Promise," in Citizenship Studies, vol.12 no.6 December, pp. 583-596.
2008 "Another Piece of Europe in Your Pocket: The European Health Insurance Card," in David Lyon and Colin Bennett, eds., Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Comparative Perspective (New York: Routledge), pp. 268-79.
2007 "The Evolution of EU Citizenship," in Kathleen McNamara and Sophie Meunier, eds., Making History: European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 231-245.
2007 Review of Marco Giugni and Florence Passy, eds., Dialogues on Migration Policy, in Choice (May).
2007 Creating European Citizens (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. i-ix, 1-179. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Political Science, Choice, European Union Studies Association Review, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Contemporary European Research, Perspectives on Politics, Political Studies Review. See reviews.
2007 Review of Elspeth Guild, The Legal Elements of European Identity: EU Citizenship and Migration Law, in International Migration Review41:2.
2007 Review of Charles Pattie, Patrick Seyd, and Paul Whiteley, Citizenship in Britain: Values, Participation and Democracy, in Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (February).
2007 Review of Klaus Zimmermann, ed., European Migration: What Do We Know?, in International Migration Review41:1.
2006 "Free Movement after EU Enlargement," in Roberto Domínguez and Joaquín Roy, eds., Towards the Completion of Europe: Analysis and Perspectives of the New European Union Enlargement (Coral Gables: University of Miami, Florida European Union Center), pp. 55-65.
2005 "The Genesis of European Rights," in Journal of Common Market Studies 43:5 (December), pp. 1009-25.
2005 "Freedom of Movement inside 'Fortress Europe'," in Elia Zureik and Mark Salter, eds., Global Surveillance: Borders, Security, Identity (Portland: Willan), pp. 233-245.
2005 Review of Patrick Ireland, Becoming Europe: Immigration, Integration, and the Welfare State, in Choice (June).
2005 Review of David Slater, Geopolitics and the Post-colonial: Rethinking North-South Relations, in Choice (June).
2005 Review of Eytan Meyers, International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis, in Choice (April).
2004 Review of Loukas Tsoukalis, What Kind of Europe?, in Choice (December).
2004 Review of Juan Díez Medrano, Framing Europe: Attitudes to European Integration in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, in Choice (November).
2004 Review of Emmanuel Todd, After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order, translated by C. Jon Delogu, in Choice (July).
2004 Review of Donald J. Savoie, Breaking the Bargain: Public Servants, Ministers, and Parliament, in Choice (June).
2004 Review of Mark B. Salter, Rights of Passage: The Passport in International Relations, in Choice (March).
2004 Review of Liza Schuster, The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany, in Choice (January).
2004 Review of Jack Hayward and Anand Menon, eds., Governing Europe, in Choice (January).
2003 "Population and Demographics" (1100 words), in Melvin E. Page, ed., Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO) pp. 479-80.
2003 Review of Barbara Melis, Negotiating Europe's Immigration Frontiers, in International Migration Review (Winter) pp. 1308-9.
2003 Review of Wolfgang Wessels, Andreas Maurer, and Jürgen Mittag, eds., Fifteen Into One?: The European Union and Its Member States, in Choice (December).
2003 Review of Anthony M. Messina, ed., West European Immigration and Immigrant Policy in the New Century, in Choice (October).
2003 Review of Elspeth Guild, Immigration Law in the European Community, in International Migration Review 37:2 (Summer) pp. 507-8.
2003 Review of Rudy B. Andeweg and Galen A. Irwin, Governance and Politics of the Netherlands, in Choice (June).
2003 Review of John T. Saywell, The Lawmakers: Judicial Politics and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism, in Choice (June).
2003 Review of Patrick Hossay, Contentions of Nationhood: Nationalist Movements, Political Conflict, and Social Change in Flanders, Scotland, and French Canada, in Choice (April).
2003 Review of Peter C. Meilaender, Toward a Theory of Immigration, in Choice (January).
2003 Review of Andrew Vincent, Nationalism and Particularity, in Choice (January).
2002 "Public Opinion" (2200 words), in Dictionary of American History, 3rd edition (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons) pp. 532-35.
2002 Review of Theadora Kostakopoulou, Citizenship, Identity and Immigration in the European Union: Between Past and Future, in Common Market Law Review 39:6 (December) pp. 1462-4.
2002 Review of Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad, eds., Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy, in Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXV:4 (December).
2002 Review of Randall Hansen and Patrick Weil, eds., Towards a European Nationality: Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality Law in the EU; Anand Menon and Vincent Wright, eds., From Nation State to Europe? Essays in honour of Jack Hayward; and Cris Shore, Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration, in Political Studies 50:5 (December) pp. 1019-20.
2002 Review of Andrew Geddes, Immigration and European Integration: Towards Fortress Europe?, in International Migration Review 36:3 (Fall) p. 943.
2002 Review of Amitai Etzioni, Political Unification Revisited: On Building Supranational Communities, in Choice (September).
2002 Review of Klaus Eder and Bernhard Giesen, eds., European Citizenship: Between National Legacies and Postnational Projects, in Choice (March).
2001 "Grotius on Citizenship and Political Community," Grotiana, vol. 20/21, pp. 165-180.
2001 "Catch-all parties" (800 words), in Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (London: Fitzroy Dearborn) pp. 167-8.
2001 "Party politics" (1300 words), in Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (London: Fitzroy Dearborn) pp. 1203-5.
2001 "Suffrage" (1400 words), in Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (London: Fitzroy Dearborn) pp. 1613-14.
2001 Review of Rey Koslowski, Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European State System, in Choice (March).
2000 "Migrace a politická práva evropských občanů usazených v zahraničí" ["Migration and the Political Rights of Foreign-resident European Citizens"], in Současná Evropa a Česká republika 2000/2, pp. 141-155.
2000 Review of Alexander J. Motyl, Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Possibilities, in Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXIII:4 (December) pp. 856-58.
2000 Review of Paul Rynard and David P. Shugarman, eds., Cruelty and Deception: The Controversy over Dirty Hands in Politics, in Choice (December).
2000 Review of Mark Freedland and Silvana Sciarra, eds., Public Services and Citizenship in European Law: Public and Labour Law Perspectives, in Common Market Law Review 37:6 (December) pp. 1491-93.
2000 Review of Richard Katz and Bernhard Wessels, eds., The European Parliament, the National Parliaments, and European Integration, in Choice (July).
2000 Review of J.H.H. Weiler, The Constitution of Europe: "Do the New Clothes have an Emperor?" and Other Essays on European Integration, in Choice (June).
2000 Review of Donald J. Savoie, Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics, in Choice (May).
2000 Review of Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, et al., eds., Institutions européennes et identités européennes, in Common Market Law Review 37:1 (February) pp. 223-25.
1999 Review of Patrick Dollat, Libre circulation des personnes et citoyenneté européenne: Enjeux et perspectives, in Common Market Law Review 36:5 (October) pp. 1109-11.
1999 Review of Richard Rorty, Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America, in 49th Parallel 3 (September).
1999 Review of Johan K. De Vree and Max Jansen, The Ordeal of Unity: Integration and Disintegration in Modern Europe, in Common Market Law Review 36:3 (June), pp. 688-90.
Unpublished Papers
"Extending Politics: Enfranchising Non-Resident European Citizens," presented at International Studies Association 40th annual convention, Washington DC, February 1999.
"Question Period and Canadian Democracy," presented at Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting, University of Ottawa, June 1998.
Conferences
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Conferences Organized
American Political Science Association Migration & Citizenship program co-chair (with Jane Junn), 2014
Equality Rights in Europe workshop (with Heather MacRae), York University, November 2012
The Future of European Union Citizenship, Glendon College, York University, October 2012
Sixty Years of European Governance, Glendon College, York University, September 2012
Free Movement and Discrimination: The European Union in Comparative Perspective, Glendon College, York University, November 2011
Multilevel Citizenship, Glendon College, York University, October 2010
Burgerschap en Nationaliteit in Europees Vergelijkend Perspectief workshop (four panel sessions), co-organized with Maarten Vink and Saskia Bonjour, NKWP Leuven, Belgium 2010
Union sans cesse plus étroite? / Ever Closer Union?, co-organizer with committee of graduate students, Glendon College, York University, March 2010
Chair and/or discussant: APSA 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014; CES 2004, 2008, 2015; CPSA 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013; ECSAC 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012; EUSA 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015; ISA 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014; NKWP 2011, 2014, 2015; SSHA 2012; WPSA 2009 and many smaller conferences, workshops, and symposia
Awards
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External
Marie
Skłodowska-Curie International Fellowship, 2015-2016
€249,243 from the European Commission for research on European citizenship
in comparative perspective.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council SRG, 2010-2014
$78,105 for research on the comparative politics of nationality and
citizenship.
Jean
Monnet Chair in European Integration, 2008-2013
€45,000 from the European Commission for teaching and scholarship about
the European Union and European integration.
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
(DAAD) grant, 2009-2011
$19,850 (shared with Dagmar
Soennecken) for research on migration and integration in Germany and the
European Union.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council Doctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002
Also one of seven candidates selected for the Federalism and the Federations
Doctoral Supplement.
Mackenzie
King Travelling Scholarship, 1996
One of four Canadians selected for this award open to graduates of any Canadian
university who engage in graduate study, in the United States or the United
Kingdom, of international relations or industrial relations, including the
international or industrial relations aspects of law, history, politics and
economics.
Queen Elizabeth
II Silver Jubilee award, 1994
Selected (one nomination per university) for one year exchange study in second
official language. Personally awarded by Governor General of Canada. Studied
for a Certificat en Science
politique at Université Laval
Internal
Glendon research and conference grants, 2006 - present
Merit award, Glendon College, YorkU, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (program ended)
Conference grant, Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, 2007
Conference grant, New York University, 2006
Dissertation completion grant, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2003
University Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, Yale University, 2002-2003
Program in European Union Studies grant for research at the Historical Archives of the European Communities, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2002
John F. Enders research grant, summer dissertation research, Yale, 2000
Newhouse Foundation Fellowship for excellence in the teaching of writing, 2000 Awarded by the Bass Writing Program at Yale University.
Yale Center for International and Area
Studies Pre-Dissertation Grant, 1999
Conducted pre-dissertation research in Paris and Brussels.
John F. Enders Collaborative Research Grant, with Pauline Jones-Luong, Yale, 1999.
Goel Prize for outstanding graduate in Political Science, UBC, 1995
Kevin Wells Memorial Prize in Political Science, UBC, 1994.
Other awards include the University of British Columbia Scholarship, the Dean's Honour List, the University of British Columbia President's Entrance Scholarship, the William C. Czarneske Memorial Prize, and the Ed Welters Memorial Shield for Top Senior Student.
Service
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Professional Service
American Political Science Association Migration and Citizenship Section:
- Co-chair, program committee, 2014 Annual Meeting
- Founding co-president 2012/13
- Best dissertation award committee, 2013
- Co-chair, program committee, 2012 Annual Meeting (meeting cancelled)
- Co-founder, Migration and Citizenship Related Group, 2011
- Co-coordinator, Migration and Citizenship Working Group, 2011 Annual Meeting
- Coordinator, Citizenship and Migration Working Group, 2009 and 2010 Annual Meetings
European Consortium for Political Research:
- Official Representative, 2011-present
- Steering Committee, Citizenship Standing Group, 2013-present
European Community Studies Association Canada:
- Member-at-large, executive, 2012-2014
- Co-chair, Best student paper award committee, 2014
- Co-chair, Elections committee, 2014
American Political Science Association: European Politics and Society Section:
- Best article award committee, 2014
- Best paper award committee, 2012
International Studies Association: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration (ENMISA) section:
- Chair, distinguished book award committee, 2010/11
- Distinguished book award committee, 2009/10
Reviewer: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (4x); National Research Fund of Luxembourg (3x); Grinnell College Harris Faculty Fellowship; Vienna Science and Technology Fund; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen FWO (2x)
Tenure and promotion evaluation: research university, US South; research university, Ontario; liberal arts college, US Northeast (declined); research university, US Midwest; research university, Israel; liberal arts college, New York
Recent manuscript reviews: Cambridge University Press; Canadian Journal of Political Science; Citizenship Studies; Comparative European Politics; Ethics & International Affairs; International Studies Review; Lynne Rienner Publishers; Modern Law Review; Perspectives on European Politics and Society; Politique et Sociétés; Refuge; Routledge
University service (not including search committees or internal T&P service)
Chair, Faculty
Council, Glendon College, York University, 2008/09, 2013/14
Chair monthly meetings of Glendon's governing body, composed of approximately
125 faculty, students, and staff. Attend management board meetings. Ex officio
member of all standing and most ad hoc committees.
Director (Co-Director 9/2010-6/2012), EU
Centre of Excellence, 2009-2013
Found and direct interdisciplinary Centre established in Fall 2009 with a grant
of €300,000 from the European Commission and matching funds from York.
Chair the EUCE's Management Board, with representation from York, the
diplomatic and business communities, and civil society. Liaise with others in
the global network of
EUCEs.
Senator, York
University Senate, 2006-2010, 2012-2015
Meet monthly to determine academic priorities for York University.
Executive Committee, Political
Science graduate program, 2009/10, 2012-2014
Meet regularly to determine priorities for the political science MA and PhD
programs.
Executive Committee, Canadian Centre
for German and European Studies, 2006-2010, 2012-
Meet regularly with the Director and other Executive Committee members to
determine priorities for the Centre.
Executive committee member, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2013/14
Research Ethics committee, Socio-Legal Studies graduate program, York University, 2013/14
Chair, Bilingualism Committee, Glendon College, York University, 2012/13
Advisory Committee, Social & Political Thought graduate program, York University, 2011/12
Executive Committee, York Centre
for Public Policy and Law, 2008-2010
Meet regularly with the Director and other Executive Committee members to
determine priorities for the Centre.
Course Director, Living and
Learning in Retirement, Fall 2009
Prepare lectures on comparative governance in Europe and North America to 125
members of Living and Learning in Retirement, Glendon College, York
University.
Curriculum Committee, Political Science, Glendon College, York University,
2008/09
Prepare, with three colleagues, comprehensive revision of undergraduate
Political Science curriculum.
Member, Bilingualism Committee, Glendon College, York University, 2007/08
Admissions committee (inaugural cohort), Master's program in Public and International Affairs, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2008
Examiner, Certificate of Bilingual Excellence, Glendon College, York University, 2008
Conference committee member, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2007/08
Working Paper series co-editor, Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, 2007-2012
Curriculum committee, Master's program in Public and International Affairs, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2006-2008
Director of studies (undergraduate and graduate), European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
Admissions committee, M.A. program in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) committee, European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
Chair, Best senior thesis committee, European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
As student, active in student and university governance at Yale (including Vice-Chair, Graduate Student Assembly), Laval, and UBC (including student representative to Faculty of Arts and Senator-at-large).
Teaching experience
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York University
Introduction to Political Studies (full-year course)
Introduction to Comparative Politics (full-year course)
Politics of Migration and Citizenship
Comparative Political Systems: Western Europe (full-year course)
New Forms of Governance in Europe
European Integration
Theories and Institutions of European Integration (MA/PhD seminar)
Europe in International Affairs (MPIA seminar)
New York University
Senior Research Seminar in European Studies
Graduate Research Seminar in European Studies
Comparative European Politics
The European Union: History and Politics
European Citizenship
Visiting positions
European Integration (University of British Columbia)
Issues in International Relations: Migration and Citizenship (University of Victoria)
Yale University
European Political Thought from Weber to Derrida, Seyla Benhabib
The New Europe, David R. Cameron
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (writing intensive), Rogers M. Smith
The Moral Foundations of Politics, Ian Shapiro
Graduate supervision
Shourideh C. Molavi, PhD Political Science, York University, current.
Julian Campisi, PhD Political Science, York University, current.
Matthew Mcmanus, PhD Socio-Legal Studies, York University, current.
David Moffette, PhD Sociology, York University, current.
Wajiha Rasul, The Failures of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, MA Political Science, York University, June 2014 (supervisor).
Jonida Zaganjori, Albania’s Struggle for Democracy and European Integration, MA Political Science, York University, May 2014 (supervisor).
Boyan Hassan, EU Enlargement and Turkey, MA Political Science, York University, November 2013 (supervisor).
Nand C. Bardouille, Punching Above its Weight: The Caribbean as an 'Ideational' Actor in Global Politics against the backdrop of Normative Power Europe, PhD Political Science, York University, April 2013 (examiner).
Alban Bargain-Villéger, Mobilis in Mobile: The French and German Socialists in Hostile Environments: 1921-1933/40, PhD History, York University, November 2012 (examiner).
Johan van Gorp ( Johannes A.A.M. van Gorp ), Party System Change in The Netherlands: Intra-Party Cohesion, Discourse, and the Socio-Cultural Cleavage, PhD Political Science, Boston University, May 2012 (examiner and advisor).
Adrienne Naomi Novak, Economic Clusters in Innovation Strategies of Estonia and Latvia, Master's in Public & International Affairs, York University, May 2010 (supervisor).
Femke Bink, Towards Republican European Citizenship, MA Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, May 2010 (external examiner).
Élise Auvachez, «Citoyennisation» et consolidation d'entités supranationales : les cas de l'Union européenne et de l'Organisation des Nations Unies, PhD Political Science, Université de Montréal, March 2010 (external examiner).
Emina Jasarevic, Multiculturalism and Legal Apparatus: Bosnia-Herzegovina in Search of the European Union, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (supervisor).
Jessica Denenberg, The Bologna Process of Higher Education Reform in Europe: The Homogenisation and Commodification of Learning, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (supervisor).
Aaron Willschick, The Europeanization of Swedish Alcohol Policy, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (second advisor).
Jodi Burkett, Radicalism, Race and National Identity in Britain, 1958-1972, PhD History, York University, July 2009 (examiner).
Matt Bera, Managers and Entrepreneurs: Chief Business Managers in the Organisations of the Machine Building and Iron and Steel Industries in Weimar and Nazi Germany, PhD History, York University, June 2009 (examiner).
Banu Cingöz Ulu, Structure of Turkish National Identity and Attitudes towards Ethno-Cultural Groups in Turkey, PhD Psychology, York University, September 2008 (examiner).
Sophia Karantonis, Power, Governmentality, and Trafficking, MA Political Science, York University, January 2008 (second advisor).
Regina Buecker, Collective European Identity and Why It Allows for Turkish Integration, MA Political Science, York University, September 2007 (supervisor).
Kimberley Twist, The Devil is in the Demos: The Identification of European Citizens with Europe, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2006 (supervisor).
Johan van Gorp, From Multiculturalism to a Socio-Cultural Approach in Dutch Integration Policy of Minorities, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2006 (supervisor).
Jeanne Puglisi, From Competition to Inspiration: How Postwar France legally and artistically dealt with the Hollywood Invasion, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Renato Carfagno, Continued Protection: Why the European Union and the United States Continue to Protect Key Industries While Promoting Free Trade, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Joanna Gjoka, Albanians in Greece: An Anathema Immigration or Just Another Dorian Invasion?, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Alan Gentile, Speaking Fascism: A Comparative Approach to Nazi and Fascist Language Policy, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2004 (supervisor).
Eleni Mantas, Greek Foreign Policy: From Ethnocentric to Eurocentric, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2004 (supervisor).
Second advisor, ten MA theses in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Undergraduate supervision
Supervisor, three directed reading theses in Political Science, Glendon College, York University, 2008-2009.
Supervisor, one honours thesis in International Studies, Glendon College, York University, 2007.
Supervisor, seventeen senior honors theses, BA in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Second advisor for all other senior honours theses, BA in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Languages
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English (native)
Dutch (native)
French (fluent)
German (good passive, passable active)
Japanese (rusty from 10-month high school exchange and several undergraduate courses)
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (reading)
Facility with other Germanic and Romance languages
Professional affiliations
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American Political Science Association
Canadian Political Science Association
European Union Studies Association
European Community Studies Association Canada
European Consortium for Political Research