The course aims at graduate students (in politics, law, European studies or related), but we also consider applications from students in their second and third year university studies, as well as from young professionals. Good level of English.
Application forms and information about the CIFE
Ms. Marie-France PERDIGON, summer.canterbury@cife.eu
CIFE Director of Summer University Programs, Tel. +33 (0)4 9397 9377
About the Organisers
CFS: The primary purpose of the Centre for Federal Studies (CFS), University of Kent, is to
promote an interest in and an opportunity to study all aspects of federalism at University
level by means of teaching (undergraduate and postgraduate), research (MA and doctoral), events (conferences and workshops), and regular contributions by distinguished scholars and speakers: http://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/cfs.
CIFE: The activities of the Centre international de formation europeenne (CIFE) encompass
education and research concerning European integration, federalism, regionalism and changes within the structures of contemporary society in accordance with a federalist prospective: http://www.cife.eu.
28 August - 4 September 2010
Co-Sponsor
The James Madison Trust
Permanent Faculty
Michael BURGESS, Professor of Comparative Federalism and Director of the Centre for Federal Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) Frederic LEPINE, Senior Executive Officer of the Centre international de formation europeenne, Nice (F), and Editor-in-chief of `L'Europe en formation`.
Special Lectures
A Decade of Devolution in the United Kingdom
Michael KEATING, Professor of Scottish Politics, Regionalism and Nationalism, University of Aberdeen (UK)
A Federal Europe: All Our Yesterdays and All Our Tomorrows
Brendan DONNELLY, Director of the Federal Trust in London (UK) and former Member of the European Parliament
Federalism and the Management of Diversity in the United Kingdom, Europe and the European Union
Wilfried SWENDEN, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, University of Edinburgh (UK)
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the organisers, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Course Details
Credits: 4 ECTS (optional essay)
Housing: on campus (University of Kent, UK)
Apply by: 20 July 2010 (summer.canterbury@cife.eu)
Summer University in Canterbury, UK
