Willem Maas

Prof. Willem Maas, PhD
Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science and graduate programs in Political Science, Public & International Affairs, Social & Political Thought, and Socio-Legal Studies; Director, EU Centre of Excellence

York Hall 352, Glendon College, York University
2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON  M4N 3M6  Canada
phone:(416)487-6735  fax:(416)487-6852  email:maas[at]yorku.ca

 

Willem Maas is Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor at Glendon College, York University, where he directs the EU Centre of Excellence. He co-founded the APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship and is writing on politics in the Netherlands, EU citizenship, and European and multilevel governance.

Creating European Citizens (2007) argues that European integration involves not only economic cooperation but also a political project of transcending borders and building a European community of people.

Multilevel Citizenship (ed., 2013) disputes the dominant narrative of citizenship as a homogeneous status that can be bestowed only by nation-states; it considers overlapping jurisdictions and forms of sub- or supranational citizenships and shared governance.

Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People (ed., 2013) considers the complex relationship between free movement, citizenship, and equality.

During 2013/14, professor Maas chairs Faculty Council and is scheduled to teach five courses on comparative and European politics, citizenship, and migration. He previously taught at NYU and, as PhD candidate, Yale.

 

Recent and forthcoming publications:

  • "Free Movement and Discrimination: Evidence from Europe, the United States, and Canada," European Journal of Migration and Law vol.15 no.1 (spring 2013) pp 91-110.
  • "Varieties of Multilevel Citizenship," in Willem Maas, ed., Multilevel Citizenship (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) pp 1-21.
  • "La creación y la evolución de la ciudadanía europea," in Panorama Social (Madrid: FUNCAS, forthcoming 2013).
  • "Gendered Immigrant Integration in the Dutch Republic," in Politics, Groups, and Identities vol.1 no.4 (forthcoming fall 2013).
  • "Equality and Free Movement of People," in Willem Maas, ed., Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming fall 2013).
  • "The Netherlands," in James F. Hollifield, Philip L. Martin, and Pia Orrenius, eds., Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective 3rd ed. (Stanford UP, forthcoming).

Recent and forthcoming presentations and events:

  • "Liberty, Equality, and Nationality in the Netherlands under Napoleon: Inventing Dutch Citizenship," APSA Chicago, 29Aug-1Sept2013.
  • Young European Citizens' Convention, Cluny, France, 11July2013.
  • "The Law and Politics of Multilevel Citizenship in Europe," Jean Monnet Research Workshop, Rutgers University, 14-15June2013.
  • “Reconsidering the Gap Hypothesis in Immigration Control: Evidence from the Netherlands,” CPSA University of Victoria, 2-4June2013.
  • “Citizenship at Multiple Levels,” ISA San Francisco, 3-6April2013.
  • “Creating European Citizens,” European Citizenship: Twenty Years On conference, Uppsala University, Sweden, 21-22March2013.
  • The Future of European Union Citizenship conference, Glendon College, York University, 18-19October2012.
  • Sixty Years of European Governance conference, Glendon College, York University, 13-14September2012.