Hat tip: Dean Ferrari. Looks very interesting. You go?
Centre for International Studies of the Université de Montréal
One of North America’s most ambitious international-affairs summer school programs is to be found in Montreal. Aimed at undergraduate students in their last years and at graduate students as well as members of NGOs and civil society, the courses are offered in English. Each of our schools is given by a dozen experts in the field. The schools last six days in early July -- and coincide with Montreal's famed jazz and comedy festivals.
Subjects in 2009:
From June 29 to July 4th:
The Obama Presidency: Year One
India: Surprising Modernity
Pluralism and Radicalization in the Arab-Muslim World
International and European Environmental Law/Climate Change
From July 6 to 11:
Biodiversity: current situation, challenges and management issues
China Risen: How it is Changing, and Changing Us
Understanding and Preventing Terrorism
Peace Operations: Manufacturing Peace
Registration and lodging fees for students (one week): about $1000
For further information and a short video: www.cerium.ca/summer
What are they saying about the schools ?
"The CERIUM runs a serious program that is at once educational and very enjoyable. The courses typically include regular instructors and invited participants of a very high quality. Even better, the student body is very international and very diverse (including working professionals, MA students, and undergrads mixed together). All of the students that I took profited enormously from it (and from their stay in Montreal - a beautiful, cosmopolitan city). The internationally-renowned jazz festival occurs during the first week of their summer session. The staff at UdeM is a delight and are very welcoming. And Montreal is a blast."
Charles Noble, Chair, Political Science Dept, USC Long Beach, Ca.
"Aside from the outstanding quality of the conferrences, I was impressed by the expertise of the participants and their involvement in the debates, which often drew on experiences in the field"
Celestin Monga, Senior Economist, World Bank
Centre for International Studies of the Université de Montréal
