Postcolonial Nordic
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file above in two parts). The presentation grows out of three circles of interconnected work I have been carrying out over the last few years. The inner circle is a manuscript provisionally entitled, Denmark: Tropical colonies,…
Australia and Europe in conversation - number 2: 50 years of EU-Australia relations
Lecture
50 years ago, in March 1962, Sir Edwin McCarthy took up his position as the first Australian Ambassador to the EU. Since then EU-Australia relations have had their ups and downs but today the relationship is broader, deeper and stronger than ever - but many challenges lie ahead. Every month this…
France, the EU and the South Pacific
Seminar
France is a sovereign resident European power in the South Pacific by virtue of its three collectivities (New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna). As New Caledonia begins to prepare for a vote, by 2018, on the nature of the French presence in the future, it is worth reflecting on…
2012 Europa Lecture by the former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski
Seminar
The New Zealand European Union Centres Network cordially invites you to The 2012 Europa Lecture by the former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski Welcome address by Dr. John Wood, Chancellor, University of Canterbury Lecture begins at 5.20 with Reception to follow. For further information…
Economic Integration in the European Union and between Australia and New Zealand
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file below in three parts) and the PowerPoint slides as a PDF file (as a courtesy to the presenter, please contact him for permission to refer to his PowerPoint notes for the purpose of further research). It is often stated that…
Gender Violence and International Human Rights Law: European Backgrounds
Seminar
The seminar focuses on the general understanding of ‘women’s empowerment’ strategies as part of the feminist narratives on international law and human rights in Europe. It analyses and contextualises this concept within the relevant European regional practice on gendered violence is-sues and…
Emigration from Russia to Australia and the Composition of the ‘Russian-Speaking Community’
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file below in three parts) and the PowerPoint slides as a PDF file (as a courtesy to the presenter, please contact him for permission to refer to his PowerPoint notes for the purpose of further research). Australia is currently…