[MGSA-L] Reflections on the Crises in Europe
Sakis Gekas
agekas at yorku.ca
Mon Feb 29 07:53:11 PST 2016
The Jean Monnet Chair and the Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair jointly
present: A one-day conference (series of panels) ``Reflections on the
Crises in Europe'' Friday, March 4, 2016, 9:30 - 4:30 Room: Ross S674,
York University The EU is undoubtedly at a crossroads. Financial crisis,
refugee crisis, institutional crises are all straining the Union. In
this series of panels, we will look at these different crises and what
they mean for Europe, democracy and the international community.
Confirmed speakers include: Leo Panitch, York University Thabit Abdulla,
York University Sakis Gekas. York University Feyzi Baban, Trent
University Christopher Kyriakides, York University Phil
Triandafilopoulos, University of Toronto Heather MacRae, York University
Please RSVP to hmacrae at yorku.ca or agekas at yorku.ca Refreshments and
Lunch will be served. The event is co-sponsored by the Jean Monnet
Chair at York University, Dr. Heather MacRae, and the Hellenic Heritage
Foundation Chair in Modern Greek History, Dr. Sakis Gekas Programme 9.15
- 9.30. Coffee and registration 9.30 - 9.45. Introduction. Heather
MacRae and Sakis Gekas 9.45 - 11.15. `Fortress Europe' in Crisis * Feyzi
Baban, Trent University ``Neither Guests Nor Refugees: Syrian Refugees
and Negotiating Citizenship Rights'' * Phil Triadafilopoulos, University
of Toronto ``Large Scale Forced Migration and the Democratic
Constitutional State'' * Christopher Kyriakides, York University
``"Overconsuming Cultures" at the Boundaries of Fortress Europe'' 11.15
- 11.45. Coffee break 11.45 - 12.30. The Middle Eastern origins of
Europe's crisis * Thabit Abdulla, York University ``Reflections on the
Roots of the Current Conflict in Iraq'' 12.30 - 13.30. Europe before and
after the crisis * Sakis Gekas, York University ``Living on the edge;
Greece as a permanently liminal space?'' * Heather McRae, York
University ``Now what? Europe's uncertain future'' 13.30 - 14.30. Lunch
14.30 - 16.30. A relentless political crisis * Leo Panitch, York
University ``The European Left in Crisis'' See also
http://www.hcaao.org/?page_id=8
-- ************************ Sakis Gekas Associate Professor Hellenic
Heritage Foundation Chair in Modern Greek History Department of History
York University Vari Hall 2140, 4700 Keele st. Toronto, Ontario Canada
M3J 1P3 (+1) 416-736-2100 ext.30423 http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/heln/
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