The Montréal Centre for International Studies (french: Centre d'études et de recherches internationales), known as Cérium, is a research centre of the Université de Montréal specializing in international studies.

Goals of Cérium

Launched in April 2004, Cérium is a new centre in the field of international research in Québec and Canada.

Cérium team

* Raymond Chrétienbr>
(Chairman)
François Crépeau
(Scientific Director) * Jean-François Liséebr>
(Executive Director)
Jean-Philippe Thérien
(Assistant Scientific Director)

The research units

Centre on Development of International Research on EnvironmentResearch Group in International SecurityInstitute for European StudiesChair in Contemporary Mexican Studies

Cérium activities

Every Spring, CERIUM organizes a major conference, alternating in focus between a European country and a North American topic. In the Spring of 2005, the conference

' brought together thirty of the brightest scholars from Britain and North America to discuss the United Kingdom of Tony Blair. The Spring 2006 conference was entitle

Scholars from the US, Europe and Canada debated the different facts of American, and Canadian, conservatism. Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum was keynote speaker.

Summer schools

The Cérium offers intensive summer schools organized for citizens interested in international issues, as well as local and foreign graduate students. These one week summer schools take place during the first two weeks of July, so during th
Festival international de Jazz de Montréal
Over the years, the program has become one of North America's most ambitious international-affairs summer school programs. Each school is given by a dozen experts in the field. Subjects in 2009: From June 29 to July 4:
The Obama Presidency: Year OneIndia: Surprising ModernityPluralism and Radicalization in the Arab-Muslim WorldInternational and European Environmental Law/Climate Change
From July 6 to 11:
Biodiversity: current situation, challenges and management issuesChina Risen: How it is Changing, and Changing UsUnderstanding and Preventing TerrorismPeace Operations: Manufacturing PeaceFor further information and a short video

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