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New Papier d'actualité/ Current Affairs in Perspective published |
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A new paper on "The Rhetoric of Dependence and Reconstruction in Haiti " by Shaloma Gauthier was published. Further information. |
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Publication of The Routledge Handbook of Transatlantic Security |
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 This publication by Jussi Hanhimäki, Georges-Henri Soutou and Basil Germond is now available. It represents the outcome of the Pierre du Bois Conference organized by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the Fondation Pierre du Bois on "Transatlantic Security Issues from the Cold War to the 21st Century" which took place in Geneva in 2009. More information on the Handbook can be found here.
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Conférence annuelle Pierre du Bois 2010 |
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Activities 2010 - Preliminary programme |
15 January (deadline)
Two new Pierre du Bois Scholarships for the academic year 2010-2011 will be awarded to Latin American students preparing a PhD in International History and Politics at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (called hereafter The Graduate Institute). The first two scholarship holders, from Chile and Colombia, started their PhD research in the academic year of 2008-2009. For the academic year of 2009-2010, a third scholarship was offered to a Masters student from Mexico.
18 and 19 March
The Foundation will participate in the Symposium «Les Amériques latines: Héritages et mirages des Indépendances (1810-2010)» to take place at The Graduate Institute in Geneva.
It will offer the dinner in the honour of participants.
Auditorium Jacques-Freymond, Rue de Lausanne 132, 1202 Genève
20 May
The Pierre du Bois Foundation Annual Lecture, co-organised with The Graduate Institute, will be given in Geneva by
Daniel Cohn-Bendit,
Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the GREENS/EFA Group in the Europe Parliament, on
"L'Europe post-nationale: un défi, une chance, un espoir?"
Thursday, 20May 2010, 18h30
CICG - Centre International deConférences Genève, Rue de Varembé 12 - 1202 Genève.
25 June
The Foundation will participate in and support the workshop «La construction d'un espace euro-méditerranéen. Genèses, mythes et perspectives.» organised by the International Research Network of Young Historians of European Integration (RICHIE) to take place in Paris, at the Sorbonne University.
16 and 17 September
The Foundation will participate in and support the Workshop «Le Parlement européen et les transformations de l’Europe communautaire » to take place at the University of Geneva. It will offer the dinner in honour of the participants.
17 September
The Prix Pierre du Bois will be awarded to the best PhD thesis in the field of current history presented in the Unit of International History and Politics of The Graduate Institute in the academic year of 2009-2010. The two first laureates were Dr. Katrin Milzow in 2008 and Dr. Sophie Huber in 2009.
14 and 15 October
The Symposium «Europe Twenty Years after the Cold War. The New Europe, New Europes?», co-organised with The Graduate Institute, will take place at the Graduate Institute in Geneva.
Auditorium Jacques-Freymond, Rue de Lausanne 132, 1202 Genève
The Foundation will continue to regularly publish on its website the «Papiers d'actualité/Current Affairs in Perspective».
A network of young researchers has been formed within the Foundation. Specialized working groups will be created and the network is open to new people and new ideas.
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The Pierre du Bois Foundation launches the publication of "Papiers d'actualité/ Current Affairs in Perspective" |
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The Pierre du Bois Foundation's papers series "Papiers d'actualité/ CurrentAffairs in Perspective" puts current events into a historical perspective in order to better understand them.
To-day, maybe more than ever, it is difficult, if not impossible, to understand the world we are living in without knowing the past that led to it. Therefore, "Papiers d'actualité/ Current Affairs in Perspective" emphasise the value of historical phenomenon and their commemoration in today's world.
Are you interested in a particular subject? Do you want to contribute to "Papiers d'actualité/Current Affairs in Perspective", or react to one of the published papers?
Contact us!
New! No 5, July 2010
The Rhetoric of Dependence and Reconstruction in Haiti
Shaloma Gauthier, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
No 4, June 2010
2009 The UN International Year of Reconciliation
Seung-hoon Heo, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
No 3, April 2010
La déclaration Schuman du 9 mai 1950: "Un texte qui a changé le monde"
Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, Université de Strasbourg
No 2, March 2010
EU Cultural Policy between Community-building and Market-making: putting the EU’s Cultural Agenda into Historical Perspective
Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 1, February 2010
Thirty Years of War: Soviet Legacies and Today's Challenges in Afghanistan
Nathaniel Powell, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 11, decembre 2009
The Presidential Elections in Romania: Turning Point or Stalemate?
Bogdan Christian Iacob, Central European University, Budapest
No 10, December 2009
Chileans (Or At Least Some) Prepare To Vote For Their New President
Carlos Rodrigo Sáez-Muñoz, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
No 9, November 2009
The EU’s Marketing Standards for Fruit and Vegetables: The End of a Myth?
Katrin Milzow, Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History
No 8, September 2009
General Elections in Germany on 27 September 2009
Bernhard Blumenau, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 7, September 2009
Une réflexion sur l'actualité de la pensée et de l'action de Jean Monnet
Gilles Grin,Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe et Université de Lausanne
No 6, July 2009
International Criminal Law, International Security and the Global Ordre Public
Joris Larik, European University Institute, Florence
No 5, June 2009
Touchant au coeur du régime islamique, la crise est loin d'être terminée
Mohammad-Reza Djalili,Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 4, June 2009
Un Parlement européen en quête de légitimité populaire
Axel Marion, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 3, June 2009
Sixty Years of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bernhard Blumenau, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
No 2, May 2009
5 mai 2009 - Le Conseil de l'Europe a soixante ans
Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, Université de Strasbourg
No 1, May 2009
Obama's NATO: A New Transatlantic Partnership?
Jussi Hanhimäki, Graduate Institute of Internation al and Development Studies, Geneva
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The Pierre du Bois Prize is awarded to the best Ph.D. thesis in International History and Politics defended during the previous academic year at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. The 2009 Prize was awarded to Dr. Sophie Huber for her Ph.D. thesis on « Polyphonie sur l'identité européenne. Aux origines d'un discours identitaire, 1962-1973 » which was supervised by Prof. Andre Liebich and which was defended in August 2008. The prize is valued at CHF 5000 and was awarded for the first time in October 2008 to Dr. Katrin Milzow for her thesis entitled « ‘National interests' and European integration: Discourse and Politics (1997-2004) ». Katrin defended her thesis in February 2008, under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Arcidiacono, after many long years work under the guidance of Prof. Pierre du Bois.
 Summary of the winning thesis from September 2009
Huber Sophie, Polyphonie sur l'identité européenne. Aux origines d'un discours identitaire, 1962-1973 , IHEID, 2009.
Cette thèse s’attache à éclairer les pratiques discursives relatives à l’identité européenne dans la décennie précédant l’adoption de la Déclaration sur l’identité européenne de décembre 1973. Elle démontre que le discours sur l’identité européenne ne naît pas avec la Déclaration de 1973, mais s’ancre, dès 1962, dans un effort des responsables nationaux et communautaires européens pour redéfinir l’image de l’Europe communautaire face aux interrogations des pays tiers. Cet effort de redéfinition, non coordonné, s’articule alors en grande partie autour d’une dynamique de différentiation entre l’Europe communautaire et l’Europe des nations qui la précède, l’Europe et l’Amérique, l’Europe et l’Est et l’Europe et le Tiers Monde. De cet effort naissent des –et non un seul- discours d’auto-identification que la thèse interroge par le biais d’une analyse discursive. L’emprunt d’outils conceptuels et analytiques aux sciences sociales est également au coeur de la réflexion.
Summary of the winning thesis from October 2008
Milzow Katrin, ‘National Interests' and European Integration: Discourse and Politics (1997-2004), IHEID, July 2008, 405 pages.
The thesis analyses the public statements by the Heads of State or Government of Britain, France, and Germany between 1997 and 2004 on European Security and Defence Policy, agricultural policy, and the EU's recent eastern enlargements. It asks whether political discourse amounts to anything but random rhetoric, how it relates to events and policy priorities, and what it might say about the underlying dynamics of European integration. As a conceptual, legitimising, and bargaining tool, political discourse may not only be indicative of events but may also contribute directly to the dynamics of European politics. Focusing on discourses of ‘national interest', the study finds that they constitute a focal point for domestic legitimisation but also underlie calls for compromise, thus building a bridge to the ‘European'. Notwithstanding concerns about a (re)nationalisation of European politics, it then seems that discourses of ‘national interests' may play a constructive role in the process of integration.
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