Seminar series

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?'
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’

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'
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'
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'
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?'
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'
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'

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