Willem Maas
Director (currently co-director, on leave) European Union Centre of Excellence
Associate Professor, Political Science and
Public & International
Affairs
Glendon College, York University
2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON M4N 3M6 Canada
Visiting professor, Centre for Migration Law, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
maas [at] yorku [dot] ca
Last updated October 2010. This is an exhaustive (and exhausting) listing; for a clearer, more frequently updated version, please see the PDF version.
Education
Yale University (New Haven CT)
M.A. (1999), M.Phil. (2000), Ph.D., Political Science, 2004
Dissertation: Creating European Citizens.
Committee: Seyla Benhabib, David R. Cameron, Geoffrey Garrett, Rogers M. Smith.
Comprehensive exams written: Comparative Politics, Political Philosophy, Contemporary Political Theory, Political Economy, International Relations.
University of Oxford (Oxford UK)
Exchange Fellow, Nuffield College, 2000/01
Universiteit Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands)
Doctoraal (M.A.), Politicologie (cum laude), 1998
Thesis on extraterritorial citizenship. Committee: Herman van Gunsteren, Peter Mair.
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
B.A., Political Science (honours program), Geography (honours program), 1995
Political Science honours thesis on Québec nationalism (supervisor: Avigail Eisenberg). Geography honours thesis on geopolitics (supervisor: Derek Gregory). Graduated with first-class honours.
Université Laval (Québec, QC)
Certificat, Science politique, 1994
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment Fund for Study in a Second Official Language Award, bestowed by Governor General of Canada.
Professional experience
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Jean Monnet Chair, 2008 -
Associate Professor, Political Science, Glendon College, 2008 -
Member of graduate programs in Public & International
Affairs, Political
Science, and Social & Political
Thought
CRS Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies, 2007 -
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Glendon College, 2006-2008
Visiting Fellow, European and Mediterranean Studies, 2006 -
Assistant Professor of Politics and European Studies, 2004-2006
Instructor, European Studies, 2003-2004
Junior Fellow, Center for Comparative Research, 2000-2004
Teaching Fellow, Political Science, 1999/00, 2001/02
Visiting Positions:
University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Summer 2004
University of Victoria, Instructor, Political Science, Summer 2002
Other professional experience:
Stagiaire atypique, Internal
Market DG, European
Commission (March/April 2001)
Conducted research relating to the White Paper on Governance for a senior
Commission official. Also conducted dissertation research and interviews.
Researcher, Intergovernmental
Affairs, Privy Council Office
(summer 1996)
Conducted level II (secret) research relating to referendums and direct
democracy.
Parliamentary Intern, Parliamentary
Internship Programme (1995/96)
Non-partisan assistant to two Members of Parliament; met with officials and
political leaders in Ottawa, Toronto, Québec, Washington, London, Belfast,
Paris, and Tokyo; interned at Elections
Canada; wrote an academic paper on question
period.
Publications
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Click on highlighted items for abstracts / full text.
Book
2007 Creating European Citizens (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. i-ix, 1-179. Reviewed in Canadian Journal of Political Science, Choice, European Union Studies Association Review, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Contemporary European Research, Perspectives on Politics, Political Studies Review. See reviews.
Articles and chapters
Forthcoming "Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Regularization, Legalization, and Amnesty," in Georg Menz and Alexander Caviedes, eds., Labour Migration in Europe (Palgrave).
2010 "Citizenship and Immigrant Integration in the Netherlands," in Adam Luedtke, ed., Migrants and Minorities: The European Response (Cambridge Scholars) pp. 226-44.
2010 "Emerging Themes in Nationalism, Ethnicity and Migration Research," in Robert A. Denemark, ed., International Studies Compendium (Oxford: Blackwell) pp. 1348-59.
2009 "Unrespected, Unequal, Hollow?: Contingent Citizenship and Reversible Rights in the European Union," in Columbia Journal of European Law, vol.15 no.2, Spring, pp. 265-80.
2008 "Migrants, States, and EU Citizenship's Unfulfilled Promise," in Citizenship Studies, vol.12 no.6 December, pp. 583-596.
2008 "Another Piece of Europe in Your Pocket: The European Health Insurance Card," in David Lyon and Colin Bennett, eds., Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Comparative Perspective (New York: Routledge), pp. 268-79.
2007 "The Evolution of EU Citizenship," in Kathleen McNamara and Sophie Meunier, eds., Making History: European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 231-245.
2006 "Free Movement after EU Enlargement," in Roberto Domínguez and Joaquín Roy, eds., Towards the Completion of Europe: Analysis and Perspectives of the New European Union Enlargement (Coral Gables: University of Miami, Florida European Union Center), pp. 55-65.
2005 "The Genesis of European Rights," in Journal of Common Market Studies 43:5 (December), pp. 1009-25.
2005 "Freedom of Movement inside 'Fortress Europe'," in Elia Zureik and Mark Salter, eds., Global Surveillance: Borders, Security, Identity (Portland: Willan), pp. 233-245.
2001 "Grotius on Citizenship and Political Community," Grotiana, vol. 20/21, pp. 165-180.
2000 "Migrace a politická práva evropských občanů usazených v zahraničí" ["Migration and the Political Rights of Foreign-resident European Citizens"], in Současná Evropa a Česká republika 2000/2, pp. 141-155.
In preparation
"Citizenship and Social Rights," in Joseph Cordes and Christian Toft, eds., Welfare State Reform in Europe and America (revised and resubmitted).
Other publications
Forthcoming "Citizenship," in International Encyclopedia of Political Science.
Forthcoming "Naturalization," in International Encyclopedia of Political Science.
2010 "History in Hindsight," in German Studies Newsletter.
2003 "Population and Demographics," in Melvin E. Page, ed., Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO).
2002 "Public Opinion," in Dictionary of American History, 3rd edition (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons).
2001 "Catch-all parties," "Party politics," "Suffrage," in Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (London: Fitzroy Dearborn).
Unpublished Papers
"Extending Politics: Enfranchising Non-Resident European Citizens," presented at International Studies Association 40th annual convention, Washington DC, February 1999.
"Question Period and Canadian Democracy," presented at Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting, University of Ottawa, June 1998.
Reviews and Review Essays
Marco Giugni and Florence Passy, eds., Dialogues on Migration Policy, in Choice (May 2007).
Charles Pattie, Patrick Seyd, and Paul Whiteley, Citizenship in Britain: Values, Participation and Democracy, in Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (February 2007).
Klaus Zimmerman, ed., European Migration: What Do We Know?, in International Migration ReviewXLI:1 (Spring 2007).
Patrick Ireland, Becoming Europe: Immigration, Integration, and the Welfare State, in Choice (June 2005).
David Slater, Geopolitics and the Post-colonial: Rethinking North-South Relations, in Choice (June 2005).
Eytan Meyers, International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis, in Choice (April 2005).
Loukas Tsoukalis, What Kind of Europe?, in Choice (December 2004).
Juan Díez Medrano, Framing Europe: Attitudes to European Integration in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, in Choice (November 2004).
Emmanuel Todd, After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order, translated by C. Jon Delogu, in Choice (July 2004).
Donald J. Savoie, Breaking the Bargain: Public Servants, Ministers, and Parliament, in Choice (June 2004).
Mark B. Salter, Rights of Passage: The Passport in International Relations, in Choice (March 2004).
Liza Schuster, The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany, in Choice (January 2004).
Jack Hayward and Anand Menon, eds., Governing Europe, in Choice (January 2004).
Barbara Melis, Negotiating Europe's Immigration Frontiers, in International Migration Review (Winter 2003) pp. 1308-9.
Wolfgang Wessels, Andreas Maurer, and Jürgen Mittag, eds., Fifteen Into One?: The European Union and Its Member States, in Choice (December 2003).
Anthony M. Messina, ed., West European Immigration and Immigrant Policy in the New Century, in Choice (October 2003).
Elspeth Guild, Immigration Law in the European Community, in International Migration Review 37:2 (Summer 2003) pp. 507-8.
Rudy B. Andeweg and Galen A. Irwin, Governance and Politics of the Netherlands, in Choice (June 2003).
John T. Saywell, The Lawmakers: Judicial Politics and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism, in Choice (June 2003).
Patrick Hossay, Contentions of Nationhood: Nationalist Movements, Political Conflict, and Social Change in Flanders, Scotland, and French Canada, in Choice (April 2003).
Peter C. Meilaender, Toward a Theory of Immigration, in Choice (January 2003).
Andrew Vincent, Nationalism and Particularity, in Choice (January 2003).
T. Kostakopoulou, Citizenship, Identity and Immigration in the European Union: Between Past and Future, in Common Market Law Review 39:6 (December 2002) pp. 1462-4.
Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad, eds., Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy, in Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXV:4 (December 2002).
Randall Hansen and Patrick Weil, eds., Towards a European Nationality: Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality Law in the EU; Anand Menon and Vincent Wright, eds., From Nation State to Europe? Essays in honour of Jack Hayward; and Cris Shore, Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration, in Political Studies 50:5 (December 2002) pp. 1019-20.
Andrew Geddes, Immigration and European Integration: Towards Fortress Europe?, in International Migration Review 36:3 (Fall 2002) p. 943.
Amitai Etzioni, Political Unification Revisited: On Building Supranational Communities, in Choice (September 2002).
Klaus Eder and Bernhard Giesen, eds., European Citizenship: Between National Legacies and Postnational Projects, in Choice (March 2002).
Rey Koslowski, Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European State System, in Choice (March 2001).
Alexander J. Motyl, Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Possibilities, in Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXIII:4 (December 2000) pp. 856-58.
Paul Rynard and David P. Shugarman, eds., Cruelty and Deception: The Controversy over Dirty Hands in Politics, in Choice (December 2000).
Mark Freedland and Silvana Sciarra, eds., Public Services and Citizenship in European Law: Public and Labour Law Perspectives, in Common Market Law Review 37:6 (December 2000) pp. 1491-93.
Richard Katz and Bernhard Wessels, eds., The European Parliament, the National Parliaments, and European Integration, in Choice (July 2000).
J.H.H. Weiler, The Constitution of Europe: "Do the New Clothes have an Emperor?" and Other Essays on European Integration, in Choice (June 2000).
Donald J. Savoie, Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics, in Choice (May 2000).
Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, et al., eds., Institutions européennes et identités européennes, in Common Market Law Review 37:1 (February 2000) pp. 223-25.
Patrick Dollat, Libre circulation des personnes et citoyenneté européenne: Enjeux et perspectives, in Common Market Law Review 36:5 (October 1999) pp. 1109-11.
Richard Rorty, Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America, in 49th Parallel 3 (September 1999).
Johan K. De Vree and Max Jansen, The Ordeal of Unity: Integration and Disintegration in Modern Europe, in Common Market Law Review 36:3 (June 1999), pp. 688-90.
Conferences, selected lectures and talks
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2010 November. "Redefining Citizenship: the Dutch Case," European Political Sociology section, European Sociological Association, Lille, France (forthcoming).
2010 October. Multilevel Citizenship, Multilevel Citizenship conference, York University (forthcoming).
2010 September. "Immigration and the Rise of 'Dutch Norms and Values'," American Political Science Association, Washington DC.
2010 May. "Citizenship and Immigrant Integration in the Netherlands," Dutch-Beglian Political Science Association, Leuven, Belgium.
2010 February. "Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Legalization, Regularization, and Amnesty in Europe," International Studies Association, New Orleans. Also chair, "The 'Free Movement of Persons' and Reactive Sequencing: Linking Theory with Practice" panel and chair, "Europe and Cosmopolitanism: Critical Perspectives" panel.
2009 September. "Continuity and Change in Nationality Laws and Citizenship Policies" (poster), American Political Science Association, Toronto. Also chair and discussant, "Elites vs Citizens: Who Wants the European Union, Who Doesn't and Why" panel.
2009 July. "Nationality, Citizenship, and Europeanization," EU conference, University of Toronto.
2009 June. "Insiders and Outsiders: The Europeanization of Nationality Law," Unity and Diversity in Europe and North America workshop, Jean Monnet Centre, Universität Osnabrück, Germany.
2009 June. Invited participant, "Counter-narratives and the performative power of counterterrorism" expert meeting, Campus The Hague, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
2009 May. "Is a General Theory of Nationality Law Possible?," Canadian Political Science Association, Carleton University.
2009 April. "National Citizenship and Europeanization," European Union Studies Association, Los Angeles. Also chair and discussant, "Migration Law and Politics in the EU" panel.
2009 April. "Religion, Culture, and the Intransigent Hostility of Borders," The Boundaries of Europe workshop, New York University.
2009 March. "Migrants and States in Europe," Policing Immigrant Communities workshop, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto.
2009 March. "Multilevel Citizenship in the Netherlands," Immigration and Integration Policies in a System of Multi-Level Governance workshop, University of Victoria.
2009 March. "Unauthorized Migration and the Politics of Legalization, Regularization, and Amnesty in Europe," Western Political Science Association, Vancouver. Also discussant: "Politics of Membership and Identity" panel.
2009 February. "Explaining Change in Citizenship Policies and Nationality Laws," International Studies Association, New York. Also Chair: "Cross Border Mobilities and Acts of European Citizenship" panel, Discussant: "Natives, Immigrants and Hierarchical Citizenship" panel, Discussant: "European Security and Power Projection: Fact or Fiction" panel.
2008 November. "Creating European Citizens," Ethnicity and Democratic Governance speaker series, Queen's University, Kingston.
2008 September. "Migrants, States, and EU Citizenship's Unfulfilled Promise," European Community Studies Association Canada, Edmonton. Also discussant: "Minorities and Identity" panel.
2008 September. "Citizenship and Immigrant Integration in the Netherlands," American Political Science Association, Boston. Also discussant: "The Politics of Immigration: Western Europe in Comparative Perspective" panel.
2008 July. The Johannes van Straalen Lecture, "Immigration, Assimilation, and Backlash," Yale-Hopkins Summer Seminar, Yale University.
2008 June. "Dutch Citizenship Reconsidered," Canadian Political Science Association, University of British Columbia. Also Discussant: "Substate Nationalism in Democracies" panel, Participant: roundtable on "Canadian Immigration and Refugee Policy in Comparative Perspective."
2008 May. "Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism," Dutch-Belgian Political Science Association, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2008 April. Discussant "Internationalization and Public Policy Paradigm Change" workshop, University of Toronto.
2008 April. "Canada's Role in Promoting Multilateralism," conference on Public Institutions and Canada's Future, Glendon School of Public Affairs, York University.
2008 March. "Europe and Human Rights: The European Union and Council of Europe," National Council of Social Studies New England Regional Conference, New Haven CT.
2008 March. "Migration and the Limits of European Citizenship," Council for European Studies, Chicago. Also chair, "Citizens and Citizenship" panel.
2008 February. Participant, workshop on immigration, citizenship and refugees, Centre d'études en relations internationales (CÉRI), Sciences Po, Paris.
2008 February. Chair, "Globalizing the Race for Talent" panel, workshop on Highly Skilled Immigration Policy, University of Toronto.
2007 November. Participant, "Can Europe Benefit from Migration?" conference, The Ditchley Foundation, Ditchley Park, UK.
2007 October. "The Case Against First-Past-the-Post," Glendon Debates Mixed Member Proportionality, Glendon College, York University.
2007 August. "Rights and Political Integration in Europe and the Americas," American Political Science Association, Chicago.
2007 June. "The European Health Insurance Card," National Identity Cards workshop, Queen's University.
2007 June. "Federalism and Free Movement in Europe and North America," Canadian Political Science Association, University of Saskatchewan. Also discussant, Public Policy Failure workshop. Also chair/discussant, "Interventions, Humanitarianism and International Law" panel.
2007 May. "Fifteen Years of European Union Citizenship," Canadian Political Science Association, University of Saskatchewan. Earlier version (March) International Studies Association, Chicago.
2007 May. "The Evolution of EU Citizenship," European Union Studies Association, Montreal.
2007 May. "Europe after the French election," Canadian Interdisciplinary Summer School in German and European Studies, York University.
2007 March. "Creating European Citizens," Great Works Symposium, Drexel University.
2007 March. "Defining Illegal Migration in Europe," International Studies Association, Chicago. Also discussant, "Managing Difference: European and North American Responses to Immigration" panel. Also chair/discussant, "The Politics of Immigration and Integration" panel.
2006 September. "Challenges of European Citizenship," American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.
2006 June. "The Politics of Immigration, Employment, and Amnesty in Spain," Canadian Political Science Association, York University. Also chair, "The Future of the EU After the Negative Referenda on the Constitution" panel.
2006 May. "Explaining EU Cooperation on Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking," European Community Studies Association Canada, Victoria. Also discussant, "EU External Security" panel. Also co-chair/co-discussant, "Fundamental rights, minorities and nationalism" panel for Young Researcher Network.
2006 May. Roundtable (with Ambassador Gerhardt Pfanzelter, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations) on "The Status of Europe," Baruch College, City University of New York.
2006 March. "The Politics of Immigration, Employment, and Amnesty in Spain," Council for European Studies, Chicago. Earlier version (March) International Studies Association, San Diego.
2006 March. "The Evolution of EU Citizenship," International Studies Association, San Diego. Also discussant, "International and Ethnic Dimensions of Immigration Policy" panel.
2006 March. "Spain's 2005 Immigrant Regularization," NYU-in-Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
2005 November. "Explaining Amnesty: Why States Legalize Illegal Migrants," Contentious politics workshop, Columbia University.
2005 November. Roundtable (with Mark Mazower and Talal Asad) on The Future of Secular Europe, New School University.
2005 October. "A Supranational Constitution for European Citizens?," Democratic Constitutionalism conference, University of Victoria.
2005 September. "The Evolution of EU Citizenship," State of the European Union workshop, Princeton University.
2005 September. "Explaining Amnesty: Why States Legalize Illegal Migrants," American Political Science Association, Washington DC.
2005 July. "The Politics of EU Referendums," "The Concept of EU Citizenship," and "Migration, Immigration, and Backlash," Yale-Hopkins Summer Seminar, Yale University.
2005 April. "Freedom of Movement after EU Enlargement," EU conference, University of Miami.
2005 March. "Freedom of Movement within 'Fortress Europe'," European Union Studies Association, Austin. Also chair/discussant "Protecting Rights in Europe" panel.
2005 March. Discussant, "An Immigration Policy for Europe?" conference, NYU-in-Florence, Florence, Italy.
2005 February. "International Organization Primer: Europe," Baruch College, City University of New York.
2005 January. Discussant "The Unification of the Dutch State, 1795-1813," Contentious politics workshop, Columbia University.
2004 December. Panelist and chair, "The State of European - American Relations," Netherlands Mission to the United Nations.
2004 November. "Citizenship and Social Rights in Europe and the United States," Welfare State Reform in the United States and the European Union workshop, George Washington University.
2004 November. "Citizenship Rights in the EU," Contemporary Europe seminar, Amherst College.
2004 September. "Rights and the New European Constitution," American Political Science Association, Chicago.
2004 August. "Freedom of Movement within 'Fortress Europe'," State Borders and Border Policing workshop, Queen's University.
2004 July. "Europe's New Constitution," European Studies lecture series, University of Victoria.
2004 June. "Asylum Policy in the Netherlands," Resolving the European Asylum Crisis workshop, New School University.
2004 June. "Citizenship Rights in the EU," Canadian Political Science Association, University of Manitoba.
2004 April. "Citizenship Rights in the European Union," Yale Program in European Union Studies, Yale University.
2004 March. "European Rights and Migration within the EU," Visiting Scholars workshop, Center for European Studies, New York University.
2004 March. "The Limits of European Mobility and Citizenship," International Studies Association, Montreal. Also chair, "Building Bigger Walls? European Union Immigration Politics and Policy" panel.
2004 March. "Forced Migration and the European Union," International Studies Association, Montreal.
2004 March. "European Rights and Migration with the Union," Council for European Studies, Chicago. Also chair/discussant "Immigrant Identities and Participation: Local, National and Transnational Dimensions" panel.
2003 December. "The Future of European Citizenship," Bard College.
2003 November. "The Future of European Citizenship," Understanding the 21st Century workshop, New York University.
2003 August. "The Limits of European Citizenship," (poster) American Political Science Association, Philadelphia. Also chair/discussant, Democratic Stability and Right-wing Populism" panel.
2003 May. "Conflict among concitoyens: Managing difference in Europe," Canadian Political Science Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Also discussant, "Shared Sovereignties: Scotland/UK and and Quebec/Canada Cases" panel.
2003 March. "The Genesis of European Rights," European Union Studies Association, Nashville.
2003 March. "The Future of European Migration Rights," European Union Studies Association, Nashville.
2003 February. "The Future of European Migration Rights," International Studies Association, Portland. Also chair, "Developments in European Migration" panel. Also discussant, "Asylum and Immigration Policy in the EU" panel.
2003 February. "Comparative Federalism and European Citizenship," Questioning the Boundaries of Governance graduate conference, University of Toronto.
2002 August. "A Theory of European Citizenship," (poster) American Political Science Association, Boston.
2002 May. "Freedom of Movement and EU Enlargement," European Community Studies Association Canada, Toronto. Also discussant "Towards a European Citizenship Status?" panel.
2002 May. "Why Were European Mobility Rights Introduced?," Canadian Political Science Association, University of Toronto.
2002 May. "Free Movement and the 'Return to Europe'," Society for Comparative Research, Central European University, Budapest.
2002 March. "Why Were European Mobility Rights Introduced?," International Studies Association, New Orleans. Also discussant, "US, European, Japanese Immigration Policy in an Age of Globalization" panel.
2002 February. "Free Movement and EU enlargement," EU Enlargement graduate conference, University of Toronto.
2001 November. "Free Movement in the European Coal and Steel Community," Northeastern Political Science Association / International Studies Association Northeast, Philadelphia.
2001 September. "The Politics of European Rights," American Political Science Association, San Francisco.
2001 June. "The Politics of European Rights," Politics Workshop, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
2000 August. "Migration and the Political Rights of Foreign-resident European Citizens," European Community Studies Association-Canada, Québec City.
2000 July. "Grotius on Citizenship and Political Community," Canadian Political Science Association, Université Laval, Québec City.
2000 May. "European Union Citizenship: Reforming the Boundaries of Governance," (awarded EU Dissertation Summer Institute Fellowship), University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
1999 November. "European Union Citizenship and European Integration," Northeastern Political Science Association / International Studies Association Northeast, Philadelphia.
1999 February. "Extending Politics: Enfranchising Non-Resident European Citizens," International Studies Association, Washington DC.
1998 June. "Question Period and Canadian Democracy," Canadian Political Science Association, University of Ottawa.
Awards
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External
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council SRG, 2010-2013
$78,105 for research on the comparative politics of nationality and
citizenship.
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
(DAAD) grant, 2009-2011
$19,850 (shared with Dagmar
Soennecken) for research on migration and integration in Germany and the
European Union.
Jean
Monnet Chair in European Integration, 2008 -
€45,000 from the European Commission for teaching and scholarship about the
European Union and European integration.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council Doctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002
Also one of seven candidates selected for the Federalism and the Federations
Doctoral Supplement.
Mackenzie
King Travelling Scholarship, 1996
One of four Canadians selected for this award open to graduates of any Canadian
university who engage in graduate study, in the United States or the United
Kingdom, of international relations or industrial relations, including the
international or industrial relations aspects of law, history, politics and
economics.
Queen Elizabeth
II Silver Jubilee award, 1994
Selected (one nomination per university) for one year exchange study in second
official language. Personally awarded by Governor General of Canada. Studied
for a Certificat en Science
politique at Université Laval
Internal
Merit award, Glendon College, York University, 2007, 2008, 2009
Glendon research and conference grants, 2006-2009
Conference grant, Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, 2007
Conference grant, New York University, 2006
Dissertation completion grant, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2003
University Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, Yale University, 2002-2003
Program in European Union Studies grant for research at the Historical Archives of the European Communities, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2002
John F. Enders Fellowship, summer dissertation research, Yale, 2000
Newhouse Foundation Fellowship for excellence in the teaching of writing, 2000 Awarded by the Bass Writing Program at Yale University.
Yale Center for International and Area
Studies Pre-Dissertation Grant, 1999
Conducted pre-dissertation research in Paris and Brussels.
John F. Enders Collaborative Research Grant, with Pauline Jones-Luong, Yale, 1999.
Goel Prize for outstanding graduate in Political Science, UBC, 1995
Kevin Wells Memorial Prize in Political Science, UBC, 1994.
Other awards include the University of British Columbia Scholarship, the Dean's Honour List, the University of British Columbia President's Entrance Scholarship, the William C. Czarneske Memorial Prize, and the Ed Welters Memorial Shield for Top Senior Student.
Service
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University service
Director, European Union Centre of
Excellence, 2009- (Co-Director from July 2010)
Direct interdisciplinary Centre established in Fall 2009 with a grant of
€300,000 from the European Commission and matching funds from York. Chair the
EUCE's Management Board, with representation from York, the diplomatic and
business communities, and civil society. Liaise with others in the global network of
EUCEs.
Chair, Faculty
Council, Glendon College, York University, 2008/09
Chair monthly meetings of Glendon's governing body, composed of approximately
125 faculty, students, and staff. Ex officio member of all standing and most ad
hoc committees.
Senator, York
University Senate, 2006-2010
Meet monthly to determine academic priorities for York University.
Executive Committee member, Political
Science graduate program, 2009/10
Meet regularly to determine priorities for the political science MA and PhD
programs.
Executive Committee member, York
Centre for Public Policy and Law, 2008-2010
Meet regularly with the Director and other Executive Committee members to
determine priorities for the Centre.
Executive Committee member, Canadian
Centre for German and European Studies, 2006-2010
Meet regularly with the Director and other Executive Committee members to
determine priorities for the Centre.
Course Director, Living and
Learning in Retirement, Fall 2009
Prepare lectures on comparative governance in Europe and North America to 125
members of Living and Learning in Retirement, Glendon College, York
University.
Member, Curriculum Committee, Political Science, Glendon College, York
University, 2008/09
Prepare, with three colleagues, comprehensive revision of undergraduate
Political Science curriculum.
Member, Bilingualism Committee, Glendon College, York University, 2007/2008
Admissions committee (inaugural cohort), Master's program in Public and International Affairs, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2008
Examiner, Certificate of Bilingual Excellence, Glendon College, York University, 2008
Search committee member, Glendon College, York University:
Assistant Professor, Public & International Affairs, 2008
Assistant Professor, Sociology, 2008
Assistant Professor, Political Science, 2007
Conference committee member, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2007/08
Working Paper series co-editor, Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, 2007 -
Curriculum committee, Master's program in Public and International Affairs, Glendon School of Public & International Affairs, York University, 2006-2008
Admissions committee, M.A. program in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
Scholarship committees (FLAS, best senior thesis), European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006
Formerly active in student government at Yale University (including Vice-Chair, Graduate Student Assembly), Université Laval, and University of British Columbia (including student representative to Faculty of Arts and Senator-at-large).
Professional Service
Coordinator, Citizenship and Migration working group, APSA 2009, APSA 2010
Organizer, "Multilevel Citizenship" conference, Glendon College, York University, October 2010.
Co-organizer, "Burgerschap en Nationaliteit in Europees Vergelijkend Perspectief" workshop (four panel sessions), NKWP 2010.
Co-organizer, Union sans cesse plus étroite? / "Ever Closer Union?" conference, York University, March 2010.
Reviewer: National Research Fund of Luxembourg; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Tenure and promotion evaluation: research university, US South; research university, Ontario.
Chair, distinguished book award committee, ISA Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration section, 2010/11.
Member, distinguished book award committee, ISA Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration section, 2009/10.
Recent manuscript reviews: Cambridge University Press; Canadian Journal of Political Science; Citizenship Studies; Comparative European Politics; Ethics & International Affairs; International Studies Review; Lynne Rienner Publishers; Modern Law Review; Perspectives on European Politics and Society; Politique et Sociétés; Refuge; Routledge
Discussant: APSA 2003, 2008, 2009; CES 2004; CPSA 2003, 2007, 2008; ECSAC 2002, 2006, 2008; EUSA 2005, 2009; ISA 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009; WPSA 2009.
Panel chair: APSA 2003, 2009; CPSA 2006, 2007; CES 2004, 2008; ECSAC 2006;
EUSA 2005, 2009; ISA 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010.
Teaching experience
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York University
Introduction to Political Studies (full-year course)
Introduction to Comparative Politics (full-year course)
Politics of Migration and Citizenship
Comparative Political Systems: Western Europe (full-year course)
New Forms of Governance in Europe
Theories and Institutions of European Integration (MA/PhD seminar)
Europe in International Affairs (MPIA seminar)
New York University
Senior Research Seminar in European Studies
Graduate Research Seminar in European Studies
Comparative European Politics
The European Union: History and Politics
European Citizenship
Visiting positions
European Integration (University of British Columbia)
Issues in International Relations: Migration and Citizenship (University of Victoria)
Yale University
European Political Thought from Weber to Derrida, Seyla Benhabib
The New Europe, David R. Cameron
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (writing intensive), Rogers M. Smith
The Moral Foundations of Politics, Ian Shapiro
Graduate supervision
Adrienne Naomi Novak, Economic Clusters in Innovation Strategies of Estonia and Latvia, Master's in Public & International Affairs, York University, May 2010 (supervisor).
Femke Bink, Towards Republican European Citizenship, MA Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, May 2010 (external examiner).
Élise Auvachez, «Citoyennisation» et consolidation d'entités supranationales : les cas de l'Union européenne et de l'Organisation des Nations Unies, PhD Political Science, Université de Montréal, March 2010 (external examiner).
Emina Jasarevic, Multiculturalism and Legal Apparatus: Bosnia-Herzegovina in Search of the European Union, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (supervisor).
Jessica Denenberg, The Bologna Process of Higher Education Reform in Europe: The Homogenisation and Commodification of Learning, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (supervisor).
Aaron Willschick, The Europeanization of Swedish Alcohol Policy, MA Political Science, York University, September 2009 (second advisor).
Jodi Burkett, Radicalism, Race and National Identity in Britain, 1958-1972, PhD History, York University, July 2009 (examiner).
Matt Bera, Managers and Entrepreneurs: Chief Business Managers in the Organisations of the Machine Building and Iron and Steel Industries in Weimar and Nazi Germany, PhD History, York University, June 2009 (examiner).
Banu Cingöz Ulu, Structure of Turkish National Identity and Attitudes towards Ethno-Cultural Groups in Turkey, PhD Psychology, York University, September 2008 (examiner).
Sophia Karantonis, Power, Governmentality, and Trafficking, MA Political Science, York University, January 2008 (second advisor).
Regina Buecker, Collective European Identity and Why It Allows for Turkish Integration, MA Political Science, York University, September 2007 (supervisor).
Kimberley Twist, The Devil is in the Demos: The Identification of European Citizens with Europe, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2006 (supervisor).
Johan van Gorp, From Multiculturalism to a Socio-Cultural Approach in Dutch Integration Policy of Minorities, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2006 (supervisor).
Jeanne Puglisi, From Competition to Inspiration: How Postwar France legally and artistically dealt with the Hollywood Invasion, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Renato Carfagno, Continued Protection: Why the European Union and the United States Continue to Protect Key Industries While Promoting Free Trade, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Joanna Gjoka, Albanians in Greece: An Anathema Immigration or Just Another Dorian Invasion?, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2005 (supervisor).
Alan Gentile, Speaking Fascism: A Comparative Approach to Nazi and Fascist Language Policy, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2004 (supervisor).
Eleni Mantas, Greek Foreign Policy: From Ethnocentric to Eurocentric, MA European Studies, New York University, May 2004 (supervisor).
Second advisor, ten MA theses in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Undergraduate supervision
Supervisor, three directed reading theses in Political Science, Glendon College, York University, 2008-2009.
Supervisor, one honours thesis in International Studies, Glendon College, York University, 2007.
Supervisor, seventeen senior honors theses, BA in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Second advisor for all other senior honours theses, BA in European Studies, New York University, 2003-2006.
Languages
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English (native)
Dutch (native)
French (fluent)
German (excellent passive, passable active)
Japanese (rusty from 10-month high school exchange and several undergraduate courses)
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (reading)
Facility with other Germanic and Romance languages
Professional affiliations
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American Political Science Association
Canadian Political Science Association
European Union Studies Association
European Community Studies Association Canada
International Studies Association
Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap
der Politiek