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CELS runs a series of seminars which are delivered either in-person or via online webinar during the Michaelmas and Lent terms. These seminars provide a platform for the presentation of new ideas by leading scholars from inside and outside the university. The seminars address topical issues of European Union Law and Comparative Law, with a view to using collective debate as a forum for developing and disseminating ideas, and producing high quality research publications which contribute to an understanding of major issues in the European Union. There is a close link between the CELS seminars and the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (CYELS). Papers generated from many of these seminars are published as articles in the CYELS.

These events are open to members of the University and to the general public (unless otherwise stated). Registration details are available below. There is no charge to attend the seminar.

Subject to speaker consent, the lecture component for seminars will be made available on the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service (SMS), Apple iTunes and other podcast plaftorms, and when in video, YouTube. The introductions and Q&A sections will not be included to encourage frank and open discussion. You can subscribe to the 'CELS Lunchtime Seminar Series' on iTunes  or other podcast platforms for automatic download, or an RSS feed is available from the SMS for use on other platforms.

 

Seminar Programme for 2023-24

Easter Term 2024

Date

Speaker(s)

Title/Further Information 

Recording / resources

26 April 2024

10.30am - 12pm

LG17

 

Chair
Gavin Robert, affiliated lecturer on the MCL and Competition Law LLM,Cambridge University 

Speakers
Ricardo Zimbron, and Marc Zedler, who led the investigation into Microsoft/Activision Blizzard case at the Competition and Markets Authority and at the European Commission respectively.

'Microsoft/Activision Blizzard: Convergence or Divergence in EU and UK Merger Control?' Not recorded

1 May 2024

1pm, G24 and Online

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)   
'Of Hijabs and Shechitah/Halal – Does the CJEU (and perhaps even the ECtHR) have a Blind Spot about Non-Christian Religions?'

Of Hijabs and Shechitah/Halal – Does the CJEU (and perhaps even the ECtHR) have a Blind Spot about Non-Christian Religions?

iTunes

Of Hijabs and Shechitah/Halal – Does the CJEU (and perhaps even the ECtHR) have a Blind Spot about Non-Christian Religions?

8 May 2024

5.30pm, B16 and Online

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)

and 

Dr Markus Gehring 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Member of CELS

‘The 2023 Franco-German Proposal on Reforming and Enlarging the EU – A Conversation’

The 2023 Franco-German Proposal on Reforming and Enlarging the EU – A Conversation

iTunes

The 2023 Franco-German Proposal on Reforming and Enlarging the EU – A Conversation

 

Lent Term 2024

Date

Speaker(s)

Title/Further Information 

Recording / resources

26 February 2024

5pm, G24

 

José Manuel Durão Barroso
Former President of the European Commission

'EU, UK and the World: Reflecting on Challenging Times'

UK-EU Relations: How can they be Improved?

iTunes

'UK-EU Relations: How can they be Improved?'

6 March 2024

Postponed until 1 May 2024

1pm, G24

 

Professor Eleanor Sharpston KC
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020)

'Of Hijabs and Shechitah/Halal – Does the CJEU (and perhaps even the ECtHR) have a Blind Spot about Non-Christian Religions?'

 

Michaelmas Term 2023

Date

Speaker(s)

Title/Further Information 

Recording / resources

19 October 2023

5.15pm

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

 

Presenter
Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations
Columbia Law School

Respondents
Victoria Lang, Assistant Legal Director at the CMA, currently advising on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

John McInnes, Senior Legal Director at the CMA, leading the CMA’s policy and international function and overseeing legal input on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

'Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology' Not recorded

25 October 2023

1pm, G24 and Online

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)   
'Language and the CJEU'

Language and the CJEU

iTunes

'Language and the CJEU'

8 November 2023

1pm, G24 and Online

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)
'Decoding CJEU Judgments'

 

Decoding CJEU Judgments

iTunes

'Decoding CJEU Judgments'

22 November 2023

5.30pm, B16 and Online

João Vale de Almeida
Former Ambassador of the European Union to the United Kingdom (2020-2022)

and

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)

'UK-EU Relations: How can they be Improved?'

UK-EU Relations: How can they be Improved?

iTunes

'UK-EU Relations: How can they be Improved?'

29 November 2023

1pm, G24 and Online 

Eleanor Sharpston KC 
Advocate General, CJEU (2006-2020) and Goodhart Professor, University of Cambridge (2023/2024)
'The CJEU, its legal reasoning, and its interaction with its Advocates-General'

The CJEU, its legal reasoning, and its interaction with its Advocates-General

iTunes

'The CJEU, its legal reasoning, and its interaction with its Advocates-General

30 November 2023 

MACKENZIE STUART LECTURE 2023

President Síofra O'Leary 
European Court of Human Rights

'Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters'

Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters

iTunes

'Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters

All welcome 

Enquiries to cels@law.cam.ac.uk

Further information on upcoming seminars can be found in the Events Calendar.

Previous seminar series are also available.