MCEL Seminars
The Maastricht Centre for European Law (MCEL) is committed to the study of European law from an interdisciplinary, transnational, and multilingual perspective, focusing on its constitutional and political context. It seeks to foster cooperation between scholars working in the field of European law who are based in Maastricht University and elsewhere.
The activities of the centre include regular organisation of academic conferences and workshops, as well as monthly research seminars to which high-level speakers are invited to discuss a specific topic in the field of EU law. These seminars will take place physically and online. There are no further seminars planned for this academic year. New seminars will start in the 2026/2027 academic year.
Past seminars - academic year 2025/2026
Tuesday 12 May 2026
Prof. Joana Mendes (University of Luxembourg)
Title: At the Edges of the Law: Complex Technical Assessments in EU Administrative Law
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Prof. Gareth Davies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Title: Mapping the Gap Left by Judicial Silence on Intersectionality
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Prof. Michael Dougan (University of Liverpool)
Title: Reflecting upon EU Competences in the “New World Disorder”
Monday 26 January 2026
Prof. Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki)
Title: The Secret Life of the EU Treaties: NGEU and the Politics of the EU’s ‘Living Constitution
This event is co-organized with Glaw-Net.
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Prof. Stefaan van der Jeught (Brussels School of Governance and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Title: The Multilingualism Paradox in EU Law - In our own Language Version we Trust?'
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Damian Chalmers (National University of Singapore)
Title: EU Legal Shadows and the Move to Governing without Law
This event is co-organized with Glaw-Net and M-EPLI.
Past seminars
Academic year 2024/2025
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Prof. Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam)
Title: The Political Constitution of the European Union: Revisiting the Law and Practice of Council Decision-Making
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Anuscheh Farahat (University of Vienna, Austria). This event is co-organised with Jean Monnet Lecture Series.
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Daniel Thym (Universität Konstanz, Germany). This event is co-organised with Jean Monnet Lecture Series.
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Nika Bačić Selanec and Davor Petrić (both from University of Zagreb in Croatia)
Title: New Frontiers for Article 19(1) TEU: An Analysis of Hann-Invest
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Leandro Mancano (University of Edinburgh, UK). This event is co-organised with Jean Monnet Lecture Series.
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Eleanor Spaventa (Bocconi University, Italy)
Title: Fundamental Rights and CFSP: what is the state of play?
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Merijn Chamon (VUB, Belgium)
Title: Regulatory Cooperation Chapters as Fuzzy Law
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