The Centre for Federal Studies at the University of Kent (UK) is organising a summer school on Europe, UK and Federalism!
The course aims at graduate students of politics, law or related as well as young professionals!

E u r o p e , U K a n d F e d e r a l i s m
Summer University in Canterbury, UK
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)
! Frédéric LÉPINE, Senior Executive Officer of the Centre international de formation européenne, Nice (F), and Editor-in-chief of “L'Europe en formation”

Special Lectures
!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
!A Decade of Devolution in the United Kingdom
Michael KEATING, Professor of Scottish Politics, Regionalism and Nationalism, University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)
! Conflict-Resolution and Federalism: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sören KEIL, PhD, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK)
! Comparative Federalism: Switzerland, Germany and the United States
Nicolas SCHMITT, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Federalism in Fribourg (CH)
! Federalism and the Management of Diversity in the UK, Europe and the EU
Wilfried SWENDEN, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)

Course Details
This is one of eight Summer Schools offered by CIFE, organised jointly with CFS. Delegates will gain more understanding and engage in discussion of various aspects of federalism and its role in modern European government and society as well as its wider global impact. World class scholars deliver the course with plenty of space for debates and free time to explore the beauty of medieval Canterbury. All of this offered at a fantastic price – a great way to spend one week in such a beautiful part of the UK!
Credits:! 4.5 ECTS (optional essay)
Housing:! on campus (University of Kent, UK)
Apply by:! 20 July 2010 (summer.canterbury@cife.eu)
Format:! lectures (mornings) & seminars (afternoons)
Costs:! 300 € (includes tuition, meals, single room & cultural visit)

Entry requirements
✓ 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
For UK-students, travel advice, and about the CFS
Ms. Marie-Louise BURGESS, M.L.Burgess@kent.ac.uk
CFS Administrative Director, Tel. +44 (0)1227 824 653
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 européenne (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.

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