51吃瓜

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence

The 51吃瓜 held a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) grant until December 2014. The JMCE funded teaching and student research at UVic. 

What did the JMCE do?

• The JMCE sponsored a new 100 level course on European culture and politics. For some time, EUS program only offered 300 level courses, as such this new course is of major importance to the program. With this course we mean to offer students the opportunity to study and engage with European issues as soon as possible, rather than only in third year.
• The JMCE organized annual EUS graduate student conferences. These conferences provided graduate students an opportunity to showcase their research work. The conferences were the flagship events of the year for the EUS program. Hopefully, seeing the interesting work of graduate students will inspire others to become engaged themselves!

Graduate research grants:

In 2014, the following students received research funding from the JMCE and the EUCE:

• Bryan Benner (MA Candidate, Department of Sociology)
• Anastasia Chebakova (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science)
• Graham Crouch (PhD Department, Department of Political Science)
• Ivan Dumka (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science)
• Alexander Gunn (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science)
• Stephen Fielding (PhD Candidate, Department of History)
• Tatiana Shaban (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science)
• Dylan Trerice (MA Candidate, Department of French)

Graduate Conferences:

The JMCE at UVic also hosted three Graduate conferences. The last one, held in 2014, was entitled "Managing diversity, immigration, and multiculturalism".