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Background
The Institute for European Studies (IES) was inaugurated on October
2, 2000. It is a joint venture of the Université de Montréal and McGill University. The Institute, just as
the other three created in Canada
in the year 2000 (Carleton University, University
of British Columbia, York University-Toronto University),
is supported by the Commission of the European Communities.
Since November 2003, the IES is
part of a Consortium for European Studies. In addition to the IES, the
Consortium is composed of the Jean
Monnet Chair in European integration (Université de Montréal) and of
the Jean Monnet Chair on the Law of International Economic Integration (McGill University).
Since January 2004, the IES is affiliated to the Centre
d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de
Montréal (CÉRIUM).
Mandate
The mandate of the IES is to promote study of the European Union's
political and legal system, its history as well as the different languages
and cultures of its member states. To achieve these objectives, the IES
focuses on two types of activities: teaching and research.
Teaching
The IES will :
- enable Masters or Ph.D. students registered in a regular
programme in one of the two universities to add a
"concentration" in European studies to their degree.
- create a scholarship programme to encourage graduate students
in both universities to study the European Union as well as to
support their research and data collection in Europe.
The IES is committed to
fully integrating graduate students into all research activities.
Research
The IES has a particular but by no means exclusive focus on
questions related to social policy issues, governance and legal
affairs. It organises a large range of activities, including:
- seed funding to encourage multidisciplinary or university
research teams to prepare grant applications to major funding
organisations.
- a lively programme of meetings that includes workshops,
lectures, and seminars as well as an annual international colloquium
bringing together European specialists from Canada and abroad.
- electronic and other publications such as
working papers produced as a result of these different activities
and posted on this Website.
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