Congratulations to Lin Centre (RGCS and RGGJ) members Arash Abizadeh and Daniel Weinstock, newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada!

The Research Group in Constitutional Studies is hoping to build a permanent endowment that will provide long-term funding for students.
https://www.mcgill.ca/arts/article/young-alumni-supporting-crowdfunding-initiatives-mcgill24

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that two of its scholars have been named Canada Research Chairs. Professor Evan Fox-Decent (member of the Research Group on Constitutional Studies) has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice, and Professor Sébastien Jodoin has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Human Rights and the Environment.

Daniel Weinstock, a founding member of the Lin Centre's faculty and a member of its Research Group on Constitutional Studies, has been appointed as the next holder of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy in the Faculties of Law and Arts.
https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/daniel-weinstock-pearson-chair-322537
Five recent books by RGCS faculty members have been recognized with prestigious prizes awarded by scholarly associations from around the world.
Reviews of Arash Abizadeh, Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics
Ioannis Evrigenis, in Perspectives on Politics
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592719001889
Devin Stauffer, in Political Theory
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0090591719868430?journalCode=ptxa
Two visiting professors and one postdoctoral fellow will join the Research Group on Constitutional Studies this academic year.
Congratulations to these postdoctoral fellows from the Research Group on Constitutional Studies and the Research Group on Global Justice who are moving on to new appointments in 2019-20!
Samuel Bagg (RGCS) has been awarded a two-year Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University.
RGCS hosts a visiting Fulbright Chair for stays of one semester, extendable to up to one year. The Chair receives a stipend of $US 25,000, and is expected to be in residence at McGill conducting research throughout the term of the award. The Chair will be a Fellow of RGCS during his or her stay, expected to take an active part in the Group's intellectual life, including regular participation and one presentation at the RGCS faculty and fellows workshop. There is no teaching requirement.
The McGill Research Group on Constitutional Studies ( http://www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/
https://www.facebook.com/RGCSMcGill ) is accepting applications for its 2019-20 Student Fellowship.
