International Institute for Research and Education
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The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) is a research and educational centre based in Amsterdam
, The Netherlands. It conducts training and publishes research for and by progressive activists around the world.
The Institute was established in Brussels in 1982 by Royal Charter
. It relocated to Amsterdam in the late 1980s.
The IIRE is often associated with the ideas of two of its founding Fellows. Ernest Mandel
and Livio Maitan
were leaders of the Fourth International
in the decades after the Second World War. Their writings have both been published by the Institute. After Mandel's death the IIRE was selected to house the Ernest Mandel Study Centre, which opened in 1995.
In 2006 the IIRE moved out from its old premises near Vondelpark
. The new premises, in Zeeburg
were inaugurated in September 2007.http://www.iire.org/content/view/98/1/lang,en/
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, The Netherlands. It conducts training and publishes research for and by progressive activists around the world.
The Institute was established in Brussels in 1982 by Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
. It relocated to Amsterdam in the late 1980s.
The IIRE is often associated with the ideas of two of its founding Fellows. Ernest Mandel
Ernest Mandel
Ernest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter , was a revolutionary Marxist theorist.-Life:...
and Livio Maitan
Livio Maitan
Livio Maitan was an Italian Trotskyist, a leader of Associazione Bandiera Rossa and of the Fourth International...
were leaders of the Fourth International
Fourth International
The Fourth International is the communist international organisation consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky , with the declared dedicated goal of helping the working class bring about socialism...
in the decades after the Second World War. Their writings have both been published by the Institute. After Mandel's death the IIRE was selected to house the Ernest Mandel Study Centre, which opened in 1995.
In 2006 the IIRE moved out from its old premises near Vondelpark
Vondelpark
The Vondelpark is a public urban park of 47 hectares in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the stadsdeel Amsterdam Oud-Zuid, west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein. The park was opened in 1865 and originally named the "Nieuwe Park", but later renamed to "Vondelpark", after the 17th...
. The new premises, in Zeeburg
Zeeburg
Zeeburg is one of the boroughs of Amsterdam. It has 52,701 residents and is 19.31 km². The construction of new islands to the east called IJburg makes it the most rapidly growing borough of Amsterdam.-History:...
were inaugurated in September 2007.http://www.iire.org/content/view/98/1/lang,en/
Fellows
The Institute's Fellows are:- Gilbert AchcarGilbert AchcarGilbert Achcar is a Lebanese academic, writer, socialist and antiwar activist. He lived in Lebanon until moving to France in 1983. He taught politics and international relations at the University of Paris VIII until 2003, when he took up a position at the Marc Bloch Centre in Berlin...
(Lebanon/France), SOAS, political scientist and author of books including Clash of Barbarisms and Eastern Cauldron , editor of The Legacy of Ernest Mandel. - Daniel BensaïdDaniel BensaïdDaniel Bensaïd was a philosopher and a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. He became a leading figure in the student revolt of 1968, while studying at the University of Paris X: Nanterre.- Life and career :...
(France), Université de Paris VIII, author of numerous studies in philosophy, sociology and politics including Les discordances du temps. - Susan Caldwell (Canada), Dawson CollegeDawson CollegeDawson College was the first English CEGEP and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dawson College is located near the heart of downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on 4.85 hectares of green space...
, lecturer in psychology, women's studies and North-South studies - Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskyAvram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
, (USA) - James Cockcroft (USA/Canada), author and Latin Americanist whose new books in 2000-01 were La esperanza de México, América Latina, Latino Visions, and Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSalvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
. - Stephanie CoontzStephanie CoontzStephanie Coontz is an author, historian, and faculty member at The Evergreen State College. She teaches history and family studies and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 2001-2004. Coontz has authored and co-edited...
(USA), Evergreen State College, historian, author of feminist studies including The Social Origins of Private Life and The Way We Never Were. - Peter Drucker (USA / Netherlands)
- Penelope Duggan (Britain / France)
- Eva Ferraren (Philippines / Netherlands)
- Janette Habel (France), Université de Paris VIII, author of Ruptures à Cuba.
- Michel Husson (France), Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, author of workers including Sommes-nous trop?
- Claudio Katz (Argentina)
- Michael LöwyMichael LöwyMichael Löwy is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is presently the emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS and lectures at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales...
(Brazil/France), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCentre national de la recherche scientifiqueThe National Center of Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe....
-Paris, sociologist of religion and author of many books including Redemption and Utopia. (see his articles in French on ecosocialism and in Spanish on Che Guevara ) - David Mandel (Canada), Université du Québec à MontréalUniversité du Québec à MontréalThe Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
, political scientist and editor of the bilingual Russian-North American journal Alternatives. - Braulio Moro (Mexico), economist.
- Pierre Rousset (France), former IIRE director, author of works on both East Asian politics and ecology, and chair of the ecology working group of ATTAC.
- Catherine SamaryCatherine SamaryCatherine Samary is a lecturer at the Dauphine University, Paris and previously a central leader of the reunified Fourth International. She is a co-founder of its largest section, the Revolutionary Communist League....
(France), Dauphine University, ParisDauphine University, ParisParis-Dauphine University , often referred as Paris-Dauphine or Dauphine is a public research and higher education institution in Paris...
, economist and specialist on Eastern Europe, author of works including Yugoslavia Dismembered. - Anthony Arthur Smith (USA), Iowa State UniversityIowa State UniversityIowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
, philosopher and author of books including Dialectical Social Theory and Its Critics. - Eric ToussaintEric ToussaintEric Toussaint is a PhD in Political Science from the University of Liège and Paris VIII , Senior lecturer at the University of Liege, President of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt CADTM, member of the International Council of the World Social Forum since it was founded in...
(Belgium), director, Committee for Cancellation of Third World Debt, author of works on Latin American history and international political economyInternational political economyInternational political economy , also known as global political economy, is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably ...
. - Josette Trat (France), Université de Paris VIII, author of works of feminist theory and former editor of Cahiers du féminisme.
- Marcel van der Linden (Netherlands), International Institute of Social HistoryInternational Institute of Social HistoryThe International Institute of Social History is a historical research institute in Amsterdam. It was founded in 1935 by Nicolaas Posthumus. The IISG is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences....
, labour historian and co-editor of The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914. - Francois Vercammen (Belgium), Ernest Mandel Foundation, director of the IIRE's Brussels research centre.
- Peter Waterman (Netherlands/UK) specializes on the new social unionism, on the new global solidarity movements and on global solidarity culture and communications. He has recently written or co-edited, Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalisation, Globalisation, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms, Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms, and Labour Rights in the Global Economy. He also writes about and is active on the internet.