NEWS

ÉRIGAL Call for papers: When the light gets in during the darkest days: new democratic initiatives in authoritarian 21st century Latin America

ERIGAL is very pleased to share with you this call for papers, for a seminar followed by the publication of a book coordinated by two ERIGAL professors: Charmain Levy (UQO) and Dan Furukawa Marques

Françoise Montambeault publishes an article on FPIC protocols and indigenous participation, co-authored by Martin Papillon

Françoise Montambeaut publishes an article titled Repoliticising indigenous participation: FPIC protocols in Canada and Brazil, co-authored by Martin Papillon, in The International Journal of Human Rights

ÉRIGAL & LLACS at CALACS Congress

A summary of ÉRIGAL & LLACS panel at CALACS Congress 2022

Congratulations to the four recipients of ERIGAL s doctoral fellowships for 2022-2023!

Rose Chabot (Mc Gill) & Danielle Coenga (UQAM) each received a writing fellowship, while Jonas Lefebvre and Garance Robert (UdeM) each received a field grant.

Congratulations to ÉRIGAL PhD Students who received FRQSC Scholarships!

Juan Manuel Morales and Garance Robert were both awarded the FRQSC scholarship for their doctoral projects.

Annabelle Dias Felix succesfully defends her doctoral thesis!

Former ERIGAL coordinator, Annabelle Dias Felix successfully defends her doctoral thesis entitled Police work in the streets, from Mexico to Rio de Janeiro

ERIGAL team at LASA Congress 2022 !

Seven ERIGAL professors participated in the 2022 LASA Congress, from May 5 to May 8

Congratulations to the ÉRIGAL students who received SSHRC scholarships!

Étienne Sinotte received the JA Bombardier Scholarship for the Master’s degree, while Martine El-Ouardi was awarded the JA Bombardier Scholarship for the PhD!

Congratulations to Romain Busnel for winning three awards for his PhD dissertation!

Romain Busnel has received three awards for his PhD thesis, defended in November 2020

Success of the two February 2022 ERIGAL online conferences, with Kevin Parthenay and Maxine Molyneux!

February was a busy month of exciting lectures at ERIGAL, with Kevin Parthenay’s Crises en Amérique latine, les démocraties déracinées and Feminism s Fourth Wave, Feminism, Time and History, with Maxine Molyneux.

Julián Durazo-Herrmann co-edit a special issue of Brazilian Journalism Research on Populism, Media and Journalism

This special issue which presents debates on Journalism and Populism was co-edited by Julián Durazo-Herrmann, Tania Gosselin and Allison Harell (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Congratulations to Charmain Levy for her recent publications!

Charmain Levy co-wrote and co-published an introduction, a chapter and a book that we present here

Launch of the third ERIGAL video capsule of the Diálogos-Dialogues series!

Launch of our second video capsule of the series Diálogos-Dialogues entitled "Espaço Coruja : A feminist childcare law in Rio"

Success of the Workshop The Politics of Indigenous Participatory Rights: Latin America in Comparative Perspective

The online Workshop on the Politics of Indigenous Participatory Rights in Latin America in Comparative Perspective, a collaboration between ERIGAL, the Chair of Participation and Citizenship, the CPDS and the CRIDAQ was a success!

First hybrid ERIGAL seminar at UQAM: Social Movements in Subnational Authoritarian Enclaves by Trix Van Mierlo

ERIGAL was pleased to organize its first hybrid seminar at UQAM on social movements in authoritarian enclaves at the sub-national level, presented by Trix Van Mierlo.

Launch of the second ERIGAL video capsule of the Diálogos-Dialogues series

Launch of our second video capsule of the series Diálogos-Dialogues entitled Invisible work : UTRASD s Struggles for Domestic Worker s Dignity in Colombia

Jean-François Mayer is editing a special issue of the Bulletin of Latin American Research : Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces

Congratulations to Jean-François Mayer for editing a special issue of the Bulletin of Latin American Research : Exploring the Repertoire of Strategies of Resistance to Routinised Violence in Informal Workplaces and his article : Resistance to Chronic Violence in Informal Workplaces: The Strategies of Domestic Workers in Brazil (2003–2018)

Dan Furukawa Marques publishes an article on Brazilian landless workers experience of the political

Dan Furukawa Marques publishes an article on the political experience of the landless in Brazil, based on the practical use of Merleau-Ponty’s political phenomenology as an ethnographic method in his field of investigation.

Successful completion of the CERIUM summer school led by ERIGAL and OPALC!

Successful completion of the CERIUM summer school piloted by ERIGAL (Françoise Montambeault) and OPALC (Olivier Dabène), as part of the CERI-CERIUM Chair in International Affairs.

Congratulations to the recipients of the ÉRIGAL 2021-2022 scholarships!

ÉRIGAL is pleased to award three Ph.D’s writing scholarships worth $2,500 each and two Master’s research grants of $1500 each for the year 2021-2022

ERIGAL was at LASA Congress 2021

Last week took place the annual Congress of LASA, the Latin American Studies Association, online from Vancouver. This year’s theme was the global crisis, inequalities and the centrality of life. Several of ERIGAL’s faculty members participated in this central scientific activity of the Latin American academic world.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021-2022 SSHRC and FRQSC Scholarships!

ERIGAL is proud to announce that five of its student members have been awarded SSHRC/FRQSC scholarships at the Master’s and PhD levels for the 2021-2022 competitions. We take this opportunity to introduce them and their work!

Many thanks to Annabelle Dias-Félix for her wonderful work during the last five years!

New coordination at ÉRIGAL : Many thanks to Annabelle Dias-Félix for her wonderful work during the last five years!

ERIGAL launches a series of video capsules entitled Diálogos. Dialogue

ÉRIGAL is proud to launch its series of capsules ÉRIGAL Diálogos. Dialogue which consists of a series of short video interviews with local Latin American actors, practitioners and academics.

Garance Robert, member of ÉRIGAL, publishes a post on the situation in Guatemala on the COVIDAM blog

Garance Robert, Ph.D candidate and member of ÉRIGAL, publishes a post on the COVIDAM blog entitled: The Covid-19 pandemic in Guatemala: State weakness and citizen responses

Annabelle Dias Felix receives the SQSP writing scholarship for Phd students

Annabelle Dias Felix, member and coordinator of ÉRIGAL, receives the Société Québécoise de Science Politique (SQSP) writing scholarship for Phd students

Françoise Montambeault, Director of ÉRIGAL, is editing a special issue on participatory institutions in Brazil with Wagner Romão (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Frédéric Louault (ULB, Belgium)

Françoise Montambeault, director of ÉRIGAL, and her colleagues Wagner Romão (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Frédéric Louault (ULB, Belgium) are editing a special issue on participatory institutions in Brazil in the Brazilian journal Caderno CRH

Congratulations to the four recipients of the ÉRIGAL 2020-2021 dissertation support scholarships!

Congratulations to Alice Bezerra de Mello Moura (applied social sciences, UQO), Andréanne Brunet-Bélanger (political science, UdeM), Liam Dunbar (political science, Concordia) and Daniel Vasquez (political science, UdeM) who received an ÉRIGAL writing support scholarship worth $2,500 each!

Julián Durazo Hermann talks about Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera for the Musée mational des Beaux-arts du Québec

Julián Durazo Hermann, professor of political science at UQÀM and ÉRIGAL member, offers some reflections as part of the event Public Art, Private Lives: Reflections on the 20th Century in Mexico and Elsewhere.

The Creation of a Chair between CÉRIUM (Université de Montréal) and CERI (Sciences Po Paris)

ÉRIGAL is pleased to announce the creation of a CERI-CERIUM Chair linking ÉRIGAL and the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (OPALC) at Sciences Po Paris.

Manuel Balán, Professor Member of the ÉRIGAL, won the McGill Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Manuel Balán, professor in the political science department at McGill University won one of the four Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations!

ÉRIGAL 2019-2020 Dissertation support and Fieldwork Scholarships Recipients

Congratulations to the four recipients of ÉRIGAL’s first writing and field work scholarships!

Nora Nagels receives a SSHRC Research Grant for 2019-2021

Nora Nagels, Professor at the Department of Political Science at UQÀM and member of ÉRIGAL, receives a SSHRC Grant for 2019-2021. Congratulations!

Julian Durazo Herrmann publishes the co-authored volume ‘Les espaces publics, la démocratie et les gauches en Amérique latine’ with Laval University Press.

Julian Durazo Herrmann is releasing his new book with Laval University Press entitled ‘Les espaces publics, la démocratie et les gauches en Amérique latine’ which brings together 12 authors.

ÉRIGAL receives a renewal of its FRQSC funding support for research teams for 2019-2023

The application to renew FRQSC funding support for ÉRGIAL’s research teams has been accepted! ÉRGIAL has secured the funding for the next four years.