February 7, 2007
MEUCE Lecture:The Relations between France and the United States, Hon. Philippe Vinogradoff, Consul General of France in Miami (FIU)

Time : 04:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park -11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - DM 164

Notes :  Lecture on "the Relations between France and the United States" by Hon. Philippe Vinogradoff, Consul General of France in Miami




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February 11, 2007
MEUCE lecture: The European Union's Development Cooperation Policy (UM)
Time : 02:30 PM
Location :  University of Miami - Cuban Heritage Room - 2nd Floor - Richter Library

Notes : Lecture on "The European  Union's Development Cooperation Policy" by Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, Charge d'affaires of the Delegation of the European Commission in Havana, Cuba





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February 22, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: Riccardo Casale, European Commission Fellow 2006-2007 UM (FIU)
Time : 11:45 AM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - PC 428 - PC 244

Notes : Lecture on "The Expriences of an EU Civil Servant" 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - room PC 428), followed by "Modern Italian Politics, Berlusconi, Prodi & the EU" (2:00-2:45 p.m. - room PC 244), by Riccardo Casale, European Commission Fellow 2006-2007 at the EU Center Miami

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March

March 14, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: Europe at 50 (FIU)
Time : 12:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Graham Center - GC 243
Notes : The Department of History and the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence at FIU, invite you to a talk on "Europe at 50", by Dr. Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Visiting Professor, Department of History, FIU - former Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University's Institute for the Study of the Americas.

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March 26, 2007
MEUCE: Franco-Polish Film Festival - March 1sts-29 (FIU)
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Graham Center - GC 150: March 1, 6, 8, 15, 26, 28, 29; GC 140: March 13, 27
Notes: In collaboration withe the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Miami, the Modern Languages Department at FIU and the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence at FIU, Franco-Polish Film festival organizes during the month of March and Especially during European Week from March 26 to 30, 2007. Every day a film will be projected.



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March 26, 2007
MEUCE Lecture on "Comment peut-on etre francophone" ou "How can we be Francophone" (FIU)
Time : 01:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Graham Center - GC 140
Notes : Lecture on "Comment peut-on etre francophone" ou "How can we be Francophone" by Eugene Ebode, Novelist/Art critic in the Swiss newspaper: "Le Courrier de Geneve"

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March 26, 2007
MEUCE Symposium on Comparative Regional Integration (UM)
Time : 09:00 AM
Location : University of Miami - Ferre 126 - Coral Gables
Notes : Symposium on comparative regional integration. "The European Union, Fifty Years after the Treaty of Rome (March 25, 1957): The EU model in the Americas, Asia and Africa - A three-part program on Comparative Regional Integration - From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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March 26, 2007
MEUCE Lecture and Presentation: "The Ancient Art of Stone Mosaics, a tradition fro today" (FIU)
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - GL 220
Notes : Lecture and presentation: "The Ancient Art of Stone Mocaics, a tradition for today" by Italian artist Mauro Tacconi

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March 26, 2007
MEUCE: European Week - March 26-31st, 2007 (FIU)
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199
Notes : From March 26 to 31st, during the European Week, Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence at FIU will organize different academic and cultural events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.

• European Week: List of academic and cultural events
  
  
• Registration Form European Week Events

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March 27, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: British Security Policy & the Ira in North Ireland (FIU)
Time : 02:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - GL 220

Notes : Lecture on "the British Security Policy & the IRA in North Ireland: A Model for Anti-Terrorism Strategy or Sui Generis", by Dr. Richard Finnegan, Professor & Chair of Political Science, Stonehill College - Event Co-Sponsored by The Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies and The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, FIU


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March 28, 2007
MEUCE Panel: European and National Identity (FIU)
Time : 01:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - GL 220
Notes : Panel on European and National Identity by Hon. Philippe Vinogradoff (Consul General of France in Miami), Dr. Markus Thiel, Visiting Professor, Political Sciences, FIU, Dr. Nicol Rae, Professor, Political Science, Co-Director, Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence FIU, Dr. Tatiana Kostadinova, Assistant Professor, Political Science, FIU, Dr. Joaquin Roy, Co-Director, Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence UM.

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March 29, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: The Future for EU/Latin America Political and Economic Relations (FIU)
Time : 03:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street -Miami, FL 33199 - Room: GL 165
Notes : Lecture on "The Future for EU/Latin America Political and Economic Relations" by The Hon. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation in Washington D.C.

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March 29, 2007
MEUCE Lecture:Liberal Immigration Policies in the Face of Non-Integrationist Immigrant Groups (FIU)
Time :06:30 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - MARC International Pavilion
Notes :  Lecture on "Liberal Immigration Policies in the Face of Non-Integrationist Immigrant Groups", by Geert Oostindie, Director, Royal Institute for Languages and Geography, The Netherlands, and Chair of East Asian & Caribbean Studies, Leiden University - Lecture co-sponsored with the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at FIU
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March 29, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: Hon. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United States (UM)
Time : 12:30 PM
Location : University of Miami - Ferre 126, Coral Gables Campus
Notes : Lecture on "EU Security and Defense policy: Partnership with the US", by Hon. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United States.





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March 30, 2007
MEUCE: March 30-31 - Two day-conference: Assessing the New EU (FIU)
Time : 10:00 AM
Location : FLorida International University - University Park - Graham Center - Ballroom Center
Notes : On March 30 and 31st, Two-day conference on "Assessing the New EU: Enlargement, Governance and Institutions"

Keynote Address: Hon. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of the European Delegation in Washington D.C.


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April

April 12, 2007
MEUCE: Conference on European Union and U.S. Law: Cooperation on Conflict in Business and Tourism (UM)
Time : 02:00 AM
Location : University of Central Florida, Orlando Live Oak Ballroom (main campus)
Notes : Conference on The European Union and U.S. Law: Cooperation and Conflict in Business and Tourism
Topics include: U.S. Visas for European Workers, Visas Waivers, European Visitor Trends in Florida, Transatlantic Data Protection, Issues with Cruise Ships.

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April 12, 2007
MEUCE Panel: The French Presidential Elections (FIU)
Time : 02:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - Universtiy Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - GL 220
Notes : Panel on "The French Presidential Elections: Implications for France, Europe, and Transatlantic Relations." by Richard Gaillard, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Science Po), Aix-en-Provence, France, Marine Magnin
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Science Po), Lyon, France, Dr. Paul Mullen, Assistant Professor, Political Science, FIU, Dr. Nicol Rae, Professor, Political Science, Co-Director, MEUC, FIU

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April 20, 2007
MEUCE Roundtable: An Analysis of Public Policies For the Development of the Information Society: The EU as a study case" (FIU)
Time : 02:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - Universtiy Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - MARC 237

Notes :  Roundtable discussion on "An Analysis of Public Policies for the Development of the Information Society: The European Union as a Study Case" by Dr. Jose Luis Gomez-Barroso, European Union Fullbright visiting scholar at the Columbia Institute (CITI) for Tele-Information, Columbia University.

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May

May 11, 2007
MEUCE Conference: 25th Annual Journalists & Editors Workshop on the Latin America and the Caribbean - Immigration and World Response (FIU)
Time : 09:00 AM
Location : Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel 1633 N. Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL
Notes : 11:00am-12:15pm-Salon E
Panel 2:  The Immigration Effect in Europe 
Moderator:  Nicol Rae, Florida International University & Miami EU Center
Panelists:  Ashok Adicéam, Cultural Attaché/Head of the French cultural services Consulate General of France in Miami
Michael Werz, The German Marshall Fund
Gioconda Herrera, FLACSO Ecuador

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May 30, 2007
MEUCE: Presentation on the European Union (UM)
Time : 01:00 PM
Location : University of Miami - 100 Ferre Bldg - Coral Gables, FL 33146 - Plumer Building

Notes : Presentation on The European Union: What Americans should know, by Dr. Joaquin Roy, Co-Director, MEUC, University of Miami. Presentation organized by the Life Long Institute on the University of Miami.









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June

June 4, 2007
MEUCE Seminar: French Diplomats Seminar on The Relations between Miami, Florida and the Latin-American and Caribbean Countries (FIU)
Time : 09:00 AM
Location : Florida International University - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - MARC 115
Notes : Seminar on "The Relations between Miami, Florida and the Latin-American and Caribbean Countries" for 40 French Diplomats, by Dr. Astrid Arraras, Director of Academic Programs, LACC.

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June 4, 2007
MEUCE: Conference on the Relations between the EU and Latin America (UM)
Time : 09:00 AM
Location : Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador

Notes : From June 4 to 6, conference on The Relations between the European Union and Latin America: "una perspectiva desde la politica de Estados Unidos", by Dr. Joaquin Roy, Co-Director, MEUC, University of Miami



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June 15, 2007
MEUCE Workshop Teachers in Tampa (FIU)
Time : 08:00 AM
Location : University of South Florida
Notes : The 1 day workshop (from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.), "Understanding and Teaching the European Union: Hemispheric, Transatlantic and Global Perspectives", is sponsored by the Miami-Florida European Union Center of Florida International University and the University of South Florida in Tampa. The workshop is designed to give educators an overview of the European Union and address issues affecting Europe and EU/US international relations

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September

September 6, 2007
MEUCE book presentation: Dr. Joaquin Roy (UM)
Date : 6-Sep-2007
Time : 06:00 PM
Location : Saint-Laurent Room, Fairmont Hotel - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Notes : Book Presentation: "After Vienna: Dimmensions of the Relationship between the European Union and the Latin America-Caribbean Region", edited by Joaquin Roy and Roberto Dominguez, University of Miami.




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September 12, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: Becoming Party Politicians: Eastern German State Legislators in The Decade Following Democratization (FIU)
Time : 12:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami-FL 33199 Room: GL 220
Notes : Lecture on "Becoming Party Politicians: Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade Following Democratization" by Dr. Louise Davidson-Schmich, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Miami (http://moya.bus.miami.edu/~ldavidson-schmi/

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October

October 1, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: "Possibilities and Limits of EU international behavior vis-a-vis developing nations" (UM)
Time : 04:30 PM
Location : University of Miami - GB 532, School of Business Administration, Coral Gables Campus
Notes : Lecture on "Possibilities and Limits of EU international behavior vis-a-vis developing nations" by Dr. Rita Giacolone, University of Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

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October 8, 2007
MEUCE Lecture "The Euro and the U.S. Dollar" (UM)
Time : 04:30 PM
Location : University of Miami - GB 532 - School of Business Administration - Coral Gables Campus
Notes : Lecture on "The Euro and The U.S. Dollar" by Maria Lorca, Instructor of Economics, Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of International Studies, and Research Assistant at the European Union Center of the University of Miami.



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October 11, 2007
MEUCE Roundtable: Sarkozy's New France (FIU)
Time : 02:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Room GL 220
Notes : Roundtable on "Sarkozy's New France" - Panelists: Hon. Philippe Vinogradoff, Consul General of France in Miami; Mr. Glenn Cooper, Mr. Florian Dauny Attorneys at Law, Glenn M. Cooper & Associates, PA; Dr. Francois Debrix, Associate Professor, International Relations, FIU.

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October 29, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: The Role of the EU member countries at the United Nations (UM)
Time : 04:30 PM
Location : University o Miami - Coral Gables Campus - GB 532, School of Business Administration
Notes : Lecture on "The Role of the EU member countries at the United Nations", by Ambler H. Moss, Professor of International Studies at the University of Miami




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November

November 5, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: The EU Mediterranean policy (UM)
Time : 04:30 PM
Location : University of Miami - Coral Gables Campus - GB 532, School of Business Administration
Notes : Lecture on the EU Mediterranean policy by Astrid B. Boening, PhD candidate University of Miami. Research assistant int he University of Miami European Union.


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November 12, 2007
MEUCE Book Presentation (UM)
Time : 09:00 AM
Location : Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) - Uruguay 1037, Piso 1 - C1016ACA Buenos Aires - Republica Argentina
Notes : Book presentation: "After Vienna: Dimensions of the Relationship between the European Union and the Latin America-Caribbean Region", by Dr. Roaquin Roy, Co-Director, MEUC, University of Miami, Felix Pena, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. The book is published by the EU Center and the Jean monnet Chair with the support of the European  Commission. Its 9 chapters are written by scholars teaching in universities located in seven different countries in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. The topics range from analytical approaches and theoretical debates on regional integration, case studies of western hemisphere integration and economic cooperation (Mercosur, Central America, CARICOM and Andean Community).


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November 12, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: European Identity (UM)
Time : 04:30 PM
Location : University of Miami, Coral Gables Campus - GB 532 - School of Business Administration

Notes : Lecture on "European Identity" by Dr. Markus Thiel, visiting professor in the Department of Political Siences at Florida International University



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November 13, 2007
MEUCE Panel: International Careers in Diplomacy: European Perspectives (FIU)
Time : 11:30 AM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199 - Graham Centr - East Ballroom
Notes : Panel on "International Careers in Diplomacy: European Perspectives" by Hon. Santiago Cabanas, Consul General of Spain, Hon. Klaus Ranner, Consul General of the Republic of Germany, Hon. Marco Rocca, Consul General of Italy, Hon. Philippe Vinogradoff, Consul General of France, Hon. Jack Twiss Quarles van Ufford, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Head of the Political Section,Washington DC, United States; Moderator: Dr. Elisabeth Prugl, Co-Director, MEUC, FIU

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November 16, 2007
MEUCE Conference: The European Union today (UM)
Time : 07:00 PM
Location : Universidad de Montevideo - Prudencio de Pena 2440 - 11600 Montevideo - Uruguay

Notes : Conferencia: "La Union  Europea, Hoy: aspectos, factores y conscuencias para la integracion interamericana" by Dr. Joaquin Roy, Co-Director, MEUC, University of Miami.

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November 16, 2007
MEUCE Lecture: Framing inequality: gender, race and class in the US, Germany and the EU (FIU)
Time :  11:00 AM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Court Room - School of Law

Notes : Lecture on "Framing inequality: gender, race and class in the US, Germany and the EU" by Dr. Myra Marx-Ferree, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for German and European Studies, University of Wisconsin.

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November 29, 2007
MEUCE Presentation: The European Union: History, Institutions, Policies (UM)
Time : 08:30 AM
Location : Christopher Columbus High School - 3000 SW 87th Avenue - Miami, FL 33165

Notes : Presentation on "The European Union: History, Institutions, Policies" by Dr. Joaquin Roy, Co-Director, MEUC, University of Miami



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December

December 12, 2007
MEUCE Faculty Orientation: EUROCHALLENGE 2008 (FIU)
Time : 01:00 PM
Location : Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199
Notes : 1st Faculty orientation  on the EUROCHALLENGE Competition 2008. FIU faculty will answer questions to the high school teachers on the competition. FIU Faculty will give an introduction to the European Union, the Euro, and the European economy.

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