Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal

The Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal, also known as CÉRIUM is, as its name indicates, a center for studies and research on international relations affiliated to the Université de Montréal.

Activities

Launched in April 2004, the CÉRIUM is a new actor in the field of research on international relations in Quebec and Canada. Its principal research orientations are transatlantic dynamics, challenges brought by the economic globalization, global governance, peace and world security, cultural diversity, identity and transfers and the stakes and strategies of development. Questions related to China and North America are among its main priorities.

Each spring, the CÉRIUM organizes an international conference, either on a European or a North American subject. In the spring of 2005, a conference entitled "What ever happened to Cool Britannia? The UK after eight years of Blair" was held in Montréal. It gathered some thirty of the best British and North American specialists to discuss the United Kingdom of Tony Blair, just when the British were about to cast their votes for the elections.

On March 30-31 2006, the Chair in American Political and Economic Studies and the CÉRIUM organized an important conference to discuss whether the prevalence of conservatism in the United States was permanent or transitory. This one was entitled "Conservative predominance in the U.S. A Moment or an Era?".

Administration

* Raymond Chrétien (chairman of the board)
* Jean-François Lisée (chief executive officer)
* François Crépeau (director of scientific affairs)
* Jean-Philippe Thérien (assistant-director of scientific affairs)

Research Units

* CCEAE - [http://www.cceae.umontreal.ca/ Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes] (Canadian Centre for German and European Studies)
* CETASE [http://www.cetase.umontreal.ca/ Centre d'études de l'Asie de l'Est] (Centre for East Asian Studies)
* [http://www.cerium.ca/cedrie/ Centre de développement de la recherche internationale en environnement] (Centre for the development of international research on the environment)
* CÉPÉA - [http://cepea.cerium.ca/ Chaire d'études politiques et économiques américaines] (Chair in American Political and Economic Studies)
* CDIM - [http://cdim.cerium.ca/cdim_sommaire.php3 Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit international des migrations] (Canada Research Chair on International Migratory Law)
* CJM - [http://cjm.cerium.ca/cjm_sommaire.php3 Chaire Jean Monnet en intégration européenne] (Jean Monnet Chair in European integration)
* GERSI/REGIS [http://www.gersi.umontreal.ca/ Groupe d'étude et de recherche sur la sécurité internationale] (Research Group in International Security)
* IEE - [http://www.iee.umontreal.ca/ Institut d'études européennes] (Institute for European Studies)
* PRD - [http://www.cerium.ca/prd/ Pôle de recherche sur le développement] (Research Group on Development)
* [http://www.cerium.ca/rei/ Réseau Économie Internationale] (International Economy Network)
* ROP - [http://www.cerium.ca/article1450.html Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix] (The Francophone Research Network on Peace Operations)
* RÉMO - [http://www.cerium.ca/remo/ Réseau moyen-Orient] (Middle-East Network)
* [http://www.cerium.ca/article867.html Chaire d'études du Mexique contemporaine] (Chair in Contemporary Mexican Studies)

External links

* [http://www.cerium.ca/ Website of the CÉRIUM]