The European Research Council-funded research project RESIST "Human Rights versus Democracy? Towards a Conceptual Genealogy of Skepticism about Human Rights in Contemporary Political Thought" located at the Center for Political Theory (Prof. Justine LACROIX) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) calls for application for a three-years doctoral grant, starting on October, 1st 2012.

More informationavailable here.

24/02/2012

New book: Justifying Interventions in Africa: (De)Stabilizing Sovereignty in Burundi, Liberia and the Congo by Nina Wilen

Nina Wilén answers the paradoxical question of how to stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She examines the justifications for international and regional interventions in the cases of Liberia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

14/10/2011

New book: Politics of Religion in Western Europe. Modernities in conflict? (CEVIPOL)

François Forêt has co-edited a new by on religion in politics in Europe (Routledge 2011).

More information available here

07/10/2011

New volume on Party membership (CEVIPOL)
Edited by Emilie van Haute, a new volume has just been published at Brussels university press.
More information available here.

27/09/2011

(REPI)

This workshop will explore the interactions between the institutional and discursive dimensions of EU foreign policy. Confirmed participants include profs Vivien Schmidt (Boston University), Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University), Knud Erik Jørgensen (Aarhus University), Ben Rosamond (University of Copenhagen) and Thomas Diez (University of Tübingen). Organizers will cover travel and accomodations expenses for all authors and discussants. Please submit a paper proposal (500-800 words), a biographical not and contact details to Dr. Caterina Carta by October 10th 2011 at Caterina Carta ccarta@ulb.ac.be. Full call for papers AVAILABLE HERE

08/02/2011

Two full-time academic positions in political science at ULB

Two positions, one in political theory and one in political sociology, are open at ULB.

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2011

More information on the position in political theory

More information on the position in political sociology

25/05/2010

European Master in Political Science - Central and Eastern European Politics and Societies

Next year the Department of Political Science of the ULB will be organising jointly with the University of Bucharest and the University of Wroclaw a master degree in Central and Eastern European Politics and Societies.

For more information you can download the following document.

For the programme click on the following link.

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