Organized by 91亚色鈥檚 聽in cooperation with the at Osgoode Hall Law School, the series explores the current European financial crisis from the perspectives of financial and economic history, political theory and European integration.听

On Jan. 11, 91亚色 political scientist Leo Panitch (left) gives a talk, 鈥淎merican Crisis/Global Crisis: Can the empire of globalization contain the spirits it has called up from the deep?鈥� in 626 91亚色 Research Tower, from 12:30 to 2pm. Panitch is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a distinguished research professor of political science at 91亚色. He is also the author of Global Capitalism and American Empire.听

On Jan. 18, Kurt H眉bner (right), European studies professor at the University of British Columbia, speaks about 鈥淭he Euro 鈥� Past, Present and Future?鈥� in 2003 Ignat Kaneff Building, Osgoode Hall Law School, from 2:30 to 4pm. H眉bner is chair of German & European Studies, and director of the Institute for European Studies at UBC, and holds the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and Global Political Economy. His most recent book is Europe, Canada and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. In 2012, his book, Global Currency Conflicts and Cooperation, will be released.

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