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EU Study Tour – Day 4 – Brussels Parliamentarium and Australian Permanent Mission to the European Union
Friday 22 September 2017 By Leighton McDonald-Stuart Friday was a day firmly focused on the political will behind the European Union, both from an internal and external perspective. Our first visit for the day was to the Parliamentarium, a large educational facility that facilitates self-guided participation intended to help explain the political and legislative process […]
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The State of the European Union
By Kari Seeley On 13 September 2017, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his annual State of the Union address at the European Parliament. It was a speech given on the other side of the world, about countries as far away as you can get from Australia, and a casual observer may conclude […]
EU Study Tour – Day 3 – Universite libre de Bruxelles and European Services Forum
Thursday 21 September 2017 By Griff Blewett On the third day of the European Union Centre for Global Affairs’ trip to Europe, the University of Adelaide student group attended a Conference at Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB University), where they were exposed to some controversial views on the European response to the recent financial crisis as […]
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EU Study Tour – Day 2 – Friends of Europe Thinktank and the House of European History
Wednesday 20 September By Robert Monterosso The 20th of September signalled the first day of official activities on the 2017 EU Centre for Global Affairs Study Tour. First on the itinerary was a visit to Friends of Europe, a leading Brussels-based European think tank, which is apolitical and aims to connect people, stimulate debate, and […]
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Clash of the Old and the New World of Wine in China | A Case Study of Competition, Innovation and Prosecco
By Dr Danny Friedmann In its push for international acceptance of product names on its “claw back” list as Geographical Indications (GIs), the EU is on an offensive to make this happen via the Lisbon Agreement, the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, bilateral trade agreements and a strategy of awareness-raising campaigns. This article will […]
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EU Study Tour – And We’re Off!!
Tuesday 19 September By Maddy Terrell From left to right: Alia Papageorgiou, Griff Blewett, Robert Monterosso, Maddison Briggs, Kari Seeley, Jane Drake-Brockman, Sofia Valero, Maddy Terrell, Leighton McDonald-Stuart & Ben Pascoe-Purvis Eight law, arts and economics students, who barely know each other, with two weeks’ notice are heading to Europe. What started off as nervous […]
EU Centre Study Tour 2017
To deepen the bilateral relationship between the EU and Australia, and to celebrate 60 years since the Treaty of Rome was signed, the EU Centre for Global Affairs will conduct a two-week Study Tour to the EU during the upcoming September mid-semester teaching break. The study tour is led by Professor Richard Pomfret, Jean Monnet Chair of […]
Professor Richard Pomfret will hold Jean Monnet Chair on the Economics of European Integration
The EU Centre for Global Affairs Annual Grant Program recipient Professor Richard Pomfret has been named Jean Monnet Chair on the Economics of European Integration. This prestigious three-year appointment will commence in September 2017 and is funded by the Partnership Initiative of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme. The primary objective of the Chair is to […]
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13 September 2017: From Baroque to Impressionist. An evening of European music (piano) with Anna Goldsworthy
The EU Centre for Global Affairs invites you to an evening of fine European music spanning the Baroque to Impressionist periods of music composition. Described by The Australian as a ‘musical ambassador,’ Dr Anna Goldsworthy, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and versatile musicians, and author of the memoir, Piano Lessons, performs extensively throughout Australia and […]
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E-Commerce and Digital Trade – and the European Single Digital Market
On July 28 2017, the Director of the EU Centre for Global Affairs, Jane Drake-Brockman, participated in a research workshop co-hosted by the Institute for International Trade and the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland. After a broader overview of recent global developments on e-commerce and digital trade, the workshop included a session devoted to discussion […]
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