• identities and insecurities
• surveillance and security: histories, institutions, discourses, practices
• cultures of dissent: texts, policies, movements, communities
• internal or external threats, conflicts, and instabilities
• histories, visions and narratives of peace
• geographies, representations and economies of (in)security

Email: canstuds@gmail.com

 

Keynote speaker: Professor John Bridgeman CBE
(Formerly Director General of Fair Trading, MD Alcan)
Contributions from:
Bert Foer : President, American Antitrust Institute
Professor John Kay : London Business School/Director: Institute for Fiscal Studies/London Economics
Professor Alan Riley : City University Law School/ Res Publica
Dr Paul Gorecki : Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin (formerly with Economic Council of Canada)
James Lowman : Association of Convenience Stores
Barry Lynn: New America Foundation
Michael Hallsworth: Institute for Government, London
Courtesy of kind support of the Federal Government of Canada, cost per delegate is held at £100 ea (to include buffet lunch). However, seating capacity is strictly limited
Please email Professor Alan Hallsworth
to reserve your place and for updates, additional speakers etc.
Please put COMPETITION EVENT in the subject line

Purpose of the day
In addressing rising concerns about the environment, sustainability and resource depletion, analysts turn increasingly to behavioural economics for interpretations of the human factor. Critics argue, fairly or otherwise, that Competition Policy, conversely, remains dependent upon Chicago-School visions of market competition. Some who accept the broad sphere of rational choice nevertheless argue that there should at least be US-style routes to contesting the power of market-dominant firms. Others question the metrics and the evidence base that underpin specific decisions about the competitiveness of markets. It can also be argued that any wider vision of a public interest (dropped from Competition policy by the 2002 Enterprise Act) has been reduced to consumer interest.
Who, then, is best placed to define or defend the consumer interest?

Leading speakers will offer a range of perspectives on these topics. Following a networking lunch, the afternoon will include a roundtable session to extend the debate more widely.
The event seeks to appeal to all who have an interest in how consumer markets are, could, or should be regulated.
Supported by LoCSA and the BACS Business group

Canada House, London, 24th June 2010, 14:00 - 17:00
 
The historical development of Canada, from colonies to nation, means that many of its most important early historical sources reside in British repositories. An examination, or in some cases a re-examination, of these materials is essential to a proper understanding of the Canadian past.  It is evident, however, that in many important areas, Canadian writers have not had access to, or known of, these essential source materials, scattered as they are across the collections of a number of institutions of which the relevance is not always obvious.  The seminar will bring together archivists and researchers to identify and explore these hidden sources, to evaluate how they relate to each other, their uses in research, and the methodological issues arising from their use.  It aims to promote and enhance the use of Canadian sources of legal history in British Collections and to build links between interested archivists and researchers.
 
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE:
 
The Bentham Project, the British Library, the National Archives, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library
 
For further information or to register please contact  
Dr. Charlotte Smith at c.l.smith@rdg.ac.uk

 

Guidelines for ICCS awards on the ICCS website:

Pierre Savard Awards
Publishing Fund
Graduate Student Scholarships
Canadian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships
Best Doctoral Thesis in Canadian Studies

Very important: Please note that there are separate deadlines for submission of your application to BACS. These early deadlines are to allow for a primary adjudication process and applications received after the BACS' deadlines cannot be considered. The final deadlines for all applications to be received by BACS is 14 September 2010 with submission to ICCS by 24 November 2010.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 19th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies will be hosted by the Department of History of the University of Milano, Italy, September 23-24, 2010.  

Any students at European universities working on Master' s or doctoral theses in Canadian Studies are invited to share their current research in the form of an oral presentation before a panel of experts and fellow students. Contributions from all disciplines are welcome.

Contributions may be in either English or French, and should not exceed 15-20 minutes. A selection of the best papers will be published after the conference.

Application

Students interested in participating should submit an abstract (1 page) outlining the topic of their research and the nature of their findings, plus a short C.V. Applications may be submitted by e-mail. Papers will be selected on the basis of the abstract. Invitations to participate will be sent out as soon as the selection process has been completed.

Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2010- at the address below

Accommodation and other costs: Accommodation and meals will be covered by a grant from the Government of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to the European Network for Canadian Studies.

Travel costs: please apply to your university or your national/regional Association for Canadian Studies.

Contact address:

Prof. Luigi Bruti-Liberati
Department of History
University of Milano

[BACS members: assistance for travel will depend on the number of students attending the seminar; please send a copy of your submission to BACS and inform the BACS office as soon as you hear whether it has been accepted, otherwise you may not be eligible for funding] 

 

The ICCS is pleased to participate in the creation of a communication network for the new generation in Canadian Studies through the use of Facebook. The platform is especially aimed at students, young researchers but also at experienced Canadianists. The ICCS has many activities,
scholarships, grants and services for the new generation of Canadianists. The Facebook site will be the ideal place to exchange ideas, announce events, etc. related to Canadian Studies. To join, click here and search for Int'l Council for Canadian Studies/Conseil intl d'études canadiennes.