27/10/2025
Celebration of 30th Anniversary of the Institute of European Studies of Macau
The Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) celebrated its Pearl Jubilee Anniversary through a hybrid event (online plus presential) in its main premises on the evening of 23rd October 2025. IEEM was established in 1995 with the goal of facilitating knowledge, dialogue and understanding between Chinese and European cultures through various types of international conferences, activities and training programs. Prof Rui Martins, Vice-Rector of University of Macau and Dr Leonor Yi Zhong, Vice-President of Macau Foundation, congratulated and gave remarks on its successes and fruitful results. The President of IEEM, Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro introduced its activities and achievements over the past 30 years and also the new actions, exchanging views with professors, graduates and friends. The Institute and the University of Macau have been jointly offering the master program in European Studies since 1997, having led to the graduation of more than four hundred students specialized in this area studies about the integration process in Europe. The conferences on Intellectual Property Law and of the Academy of International Trade and Investment Law have been going on since 2000. The European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Conference and the first edition of the Academy of Sustainable Development and the Green Transitions have just been successfully completed, respectively in June and September. The Macao Model European Union that started in 2013 will also launch its new edition on 26th October 2025. In recent years, IEEM has also been offering language courses, weekend talks about Macau’s culture, history and architecture as well as academic seminars and workshops on contemporary international issues related to China and Europe, like the annual conferences on Multiple Modernities since 2016. The Institute has equally promoted publications and research projects on international relations, economic, legal and other matters. Its project, Creative Macau, has been serving the local arts and creative communities for 23 years to facilitate the development of the creative sector of Macau and its economic diversification. All the audience expressed recognition and praise for the Institute’s functioning over three decades and contributed ideas regarding new ways for the Institute to pursue its mission for the benefit of the community.