About the Center

Fernand Braudel Center for International and European Studies (CIES) was created as a scientific body of the World History and International Relations Department at Irkutsk State University (ISU) with the assistance of the House of the Sciences of Man under supervision of Professor Gennady N. Novikov in March 2004.Now the staff of the Center includes professors of several History faculty departments.Fernand Braudel Center carries out European Studies program at ISU and realizes individual and joint research projects on European integration, European social and foreign policy, Italian and UK studies. Professors of the Center teach a range of courses on various aspects of European integration: History and theory of European integration, Social Europe and EU social policy, EU common foreign and security policy, EU-Russia relations, European identity. The Center provides students and faculty stuff with information on European research and education programs, fosters academic mobility, organizesopen lectures for wider public on EU-related topics.

The Department of WorldHistory and International Relationsand Fernand BraudelCenter have gained considerable experience inthe field of European Studies. In 2003 the Department has become a participant of Siberian network of EU Studies Centers (Tempus/Tacis MP_JEP 23068-2002). In 2007-2008 it took part in Tempus project "Double Master Degree in EU Studies" (Tempus/Tacis SM_SCM-T083B06-2006 (DMDEUS). The projects resulted in the introduction of EU Studies program at History faculty of Irkutsk State University. Since 2010Fernand Braudel Center was involved in "EU Center in Siberia" (EUCES) program.EUCES was established at Tomsk State University and was supported by the grant of the EuropeanUnion. Irkutsk State Universitytogether with otherSiberian State Universities(Altai, Kemerovo and NovosibirskTechnical University) acted as apartnerorganization in the project. The network of Siberian Universities wascreatedin order to implementjoint educational and research schemes. A series ofevents -conferences, summer schools, public lectures, presentations and discussionsrelated to the problemsofEuropean integration and Russia-EU relations was organized on the basis ofpartner universities. Currently, the developmentof European Studies inthe Center is supported JeanMonnet Program (2015-2018).