CEPEL Seminar – October 6 and 7

On October 6 and 7, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Hélène Combes, research director at the CNRS (CERI), editor-in-chief of the journal Critique internationale, and member of the board of the French Political Science Association, to CEPEL.  

Hélène Combes is a specialist in political parties, social movements, and Latin America. She will speak at two seminars organized by the laboratory and a publication workshop.  

You are all invited to attend his various presentations, the schedule for which is provided below.   

Session 1 of the CEPEL seminar – Wednesday, October 6, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Council Room, Building 1

Title of the presentation: "A political ethnography of the Seville Fair." 

Support text:https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/sites/sciencespo.fr.ceri/files/Etude_256.pdf  

Presentation of Hélène Combes byManon Ratel, doctoral student at CEPEL, assistant professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier  

Discussant:Aurélien Djakouane, Associate Professor of Sociology at Paris Nanterre University, Researcher at CNRS (CEPEL, UMR 5112) 

Session 2 of the CEPEL seminar – Thursday, October 7, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Council Room, Building 1

Title of the presentation: "Reflecting on partisan construction based on Mexican cases. Theoretical and methodological issues" 

Supporting text: "The complex interaction between vertical interest aggregation and horizontal coordination: The PRD and MORENA in Mexico," in Juan Pablo Luna et al. (eds), Political Parties. Diminished Sub-Types and Democracy, Cambridge, 2021.   

Attached is the book; the chapter to read is Chapter 5 (Hélène Combes also recommends reading the introduction).  

Discussion moderated byJulien Audemard, Researcher at CEPEL (UMR 5112),David Gouard, Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès (IUT Figeac), researcher at the Centre d'Étude et de Rechercher Travail Organisation Pouvoir (UMR 5044) andAlexandre Dézé, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Montpellier, researcher at CEPEL.  

"Publications" workshop: doctoral seminar and Master's seminar on "Comparative Politics and Public Policy," Thursday, October 7, 2:30-4:30 p.m., LINZ room 

Hélène Combes will discuss her editorial experience with doctoral students and Master's students in research programs and offer them advice and recommendations for submitting articles.  

We look forward to seeing you there.