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January

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - GL 220

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

February

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park -11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - DM 164

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

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Venue:University of Miami - Cuban Heritage Room - 2nd Floor - Richter Library

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - PC 428

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

March

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Graham

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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Venue:University of Miami - Ferre 126 - Coral Gables

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - GL 220

Lecture and presentation: "The Ancient Art of Stone Mocaics, a tradition for today" by Italian artist Mauro Tacconi

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199

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.

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - Graham

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - GL 220

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - GL 220

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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Venue:Florida International University MARC Pavillion

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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Venue:University of Miami - Ferre 126, Coral Gables Campus

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street -Miami, FL 33199 - Room: GL

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - Graham Center - Ballroom Center

On March 30 and 31st, Two-day conference on "Assessing the New EU: Enlargement, Governance and Institutions"

April

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Venue:University of Central Florida, Orlando Live Oak Ballroom (main campus)

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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Venue:Florida International University - MARC 237

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.

May

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Venue:Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel 1633 N. Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL

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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Venue:University of Miami - 100 Ferre Bldg - Coral Gables, FL 33146 - Plumer Building

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.

June

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Venue:Florida International University - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199 - MARC 115

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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Venue:Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - GL 220

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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Venue:University of South Florida

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

September

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Venue:Saint-Laurent Room, Fairmont Hotel - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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.

October

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Venue:University of Miami - GB 532, School of Business Administration, Coral Gables Campus

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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Venue:University of Miami - GB 532 - School of Business Administration - Coral Gables Campus

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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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - GL 220

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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Venue:University o Miami - Coral Gables Campus - GB 532, School of Business Administration

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

November

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Venue:University of Miami - Coral Gables Campus - GB 532, School of Business Administration

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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Venue:Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)

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

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Venue:University of Miami, Coral Gables Campus - GB 532 - School of Business Administration

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

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Venue:Florida International University - Graham Center - East Ballroom

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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Venue:Florida International University - Court Room - School of Law

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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Venue:Universidad de Montevideo - Prudencio de Pena 2440 - 11600 Montevideo - Uruguay

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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Venue:Christopher Columbus High School - 3000 SW 87th Avenue - Miami, FL 33165

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

December

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Venue:Florida International University - University Park - 11200 SW 8th Street - Miami, FL 33199

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.