CEPEL

Hubert PERES

Career History

  • Professor of Political Science at the University of Montpellier (since 1999). On secondment to AERES-HCERES since September 1, 2012: CSP (Scientific Advisor for Steering) of the SHS2 group—Social Norms, Institutions, and Behavior—Research Evaluation Department.
  • Associate Professor of Political Science at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux (1993–1999).
  • PRAG at the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux (1981–1994).
  • Associate Professor of Social Sciences in Gironde (1978–1981).
  • Certified Teacher of Economics and Social Sciences (probationary) (1977).

Degrees

  • Agrégation from the Universities of Political Science, 1999.
  • Qualification to Supervise Research in Political Science. “Politics, Space, and Time,” defended on September 13, 1994, at the University of Bordeaux I (Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies). Advisor: Albert Mabileau.
  • PhD Political Science. “Individuals Between Village and Nation: An Experience of Identity in the Formation of Republican France.” Dissertation defended on January 8, 1993, at the University of Bordeaux I (Institute of Political Studies). Advisor: Albert Mabileau.
  • Agrégation in Social Sciences, 1978.
  • Bachelor's Degrees in Economics and Social Sciences, 1977.
  • Master's Degree in Political Science (Local Government and Local Administration), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux I, 1976.
  • Master's Degree in Sociology, University of Bordeaux II, 1976.
  • Degree from the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux I, 1975.

Awards, honors, and coordination of or participation in research projects

  • Co-director of the LEA (European Associated Laboratory) ETAPES (Spaces and Temporalities of Public Action in Southern Europe) at the CNRS and the University of Barcelona (2004–2011).
  • Scientific Director of the FEDERES program (Training and Development of Expertise in Resources in Southern Europe), INTERREG III-B Southwest Europe (2002–2006).
  • Co-organizer (with William Genieys) of the roundtable discussion “Democratic States and the Recognition of Diversity: A Comparative Analysis of the Renewal of Political Pluralism,” 9th Congress of the French Political Science Association, Toulouse, September 5–7, 2007.
  • Co-organizer (with Mohammad-Saïd Darviche) of the panel “Policies toward Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Identity in Comparative Perspective,” European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2005, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, September 8–10, 2005.
  • Paper: Local Governance and Identities from a Comparative Perspective (GP8-72), 19th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress, Durban, June 29–July 4, 2003.
  • Co-director of the Tempus TACIS program at the IEP in Bordeaux and Grenoble – University of Barcelona – Baku Institute of Public Administration (Azerbaijan), 1998–2001.

Administrative Responsibilities, Research, and Commercialization

  • Scientific Advisor for Program Management (CSP) for the SHS2 Group—Social Norms, Institutions, and Behaviors—Research Evaluation Department.
  • Director of CEPEL (Center for Political Studies of Latin Europe), UMR 5112 CNRS-UM1 (2004–2014).
  • Expert with the FRS-FNRS (Scientific Research Fund), Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Belgium, since 2013.
  • Program Director for the Master 2 program in “International Cooperation and Development” (since 2008).
  • Elected member of the UM1 Scientific Council (2008–2014).
  • Elected member of the Board of Directors of the IPAG (Institute for Preparation for General Administration) in Montpellier (since 2008).
  • Member of the jury for the African Agrégation in Political Science, Cotonou (2009) and Abidjan (2011).
  • Head of International Relations for the Faculty of Law and Political Science (UM1) (2010–2011).
  • Chair of the UM1 Committee of Political Science Experts (2001–2008).

Interactions with the Environment

  • Occasional consultant (on radio, television, and print media) on Spanish politics: France Info – RFI; Vatican Radio; RCF; Radio Classique; France Inter, France Culture, NRJ; Radio Nostalgie; La Croix; Sud-Ouest; Le Progrès, etc. Regular political consultant for France Bleu Hérault, France Bleu Gard-Lozère (Radio-France group), and FR3.
  • “The Catalan Crisis: What to Expect from the December 2017 Elections?”, Diplomacy. Strategic Affairs and International Relations, No. 90, January–February 2018, pp. 24–28.
  • “On Identity,” *Les Cahiers de Science & Vie*, No. 149, October 2014.
  • Contributor to *L’Encyclopédie de l’Etat du Monde* (La Découverte), responsible for the section on Spain (2008–2012); “Spain’s European Roots: ‘Spain on the Move,’” *Alternatives Internationales*, No. 32, Sept.–Oct. 2006.
  • Public lectures (Spain, Catalonia, diversity, integration, immigration, nation, anti-Semitism, conflicts in the Middle East, etc.).

The 5 Most Representative Works

  • (ed.) (with Christophe Roux), *Spanish Democracy: Institutions and Political Life*, PUR, 2016.
  • “A Strange Subject of Debate: Secularism in Hospitals in Public Discourse (2003–2011),” in Vincente Fortier and François Viala (eds.), The Hospital Through the Lens of Secularism, Les Etudes Hospitalières, Bordeaux, pp. 33–94, 2013.
  • “Towards the End of National Models for the Integration of Immigrants in Europe? Britain, France, and Spain in Comparative Perspective” in Adam Luedtke (DS.), *Migrants and Minorities: The European Response*, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2010, pp. 272–310.
  • “A Different Perspective on the Dynamics of National Identity in France and Spain,” in Emmanuel Nadal, Marianne Marty, and Céline Thiriot (eds.), with Daniel-Louis Seiler (contributor), *Faire de la politique comparée. Les terrains du comparatisme*, Paris: Karthala, 2005, pp. 187–202.
  • “The Village in the French Nation under the Third Republic: A Cumulative Configuration of Identity,” in Denis-Constant Martin (ed.), *Cartes d’identité: How Do We Define Ourselves in Politics?*, Paris: Presses F.N.S.P., 1994, pp. 209–228.

The 5 Most Representative Articles

  • “The Spanish General Elections of December 20, 2015, and June 26, 2016,” Pôle Sud No. 45, 2016, pp. 139–154.
  • “The Origins and Context of an Invention: Juan Linz’s Questionnaire—Between Subjective Identity and Nationalist Claims,” *Revue internationale de politique comparée*, No. 4—Volume 144, 2007, pp. 515–530.
  • “Erving Goffman and Social Life Through the Ages,” *Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie*, vol. CVII, July–December 1999, pp. 405–428.
  • “Between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment: Hunting in Chalosse,” *Etudes rurales*, no. 147–148, January–December 1998, pp. 99–113.
  • “Communal Identity, the Republic, and Communalization: On Village War Memorials.” Revue Française de Science Politique, vol. 39, no. 5, October 1989, pp. 665–682.