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• 14

  Jun

  2026

  Call for papers - History

  Rethinking Work and Labour History

  “Mos Historicus: Critical Review of European History” Journal

  Work has always been central to the making of European societies. More than an economic activity, it has shaped everyday life, social identities, relations of power, and ideas of value across centuries. From medieval social orders and early work ethics to industrialisation, class formation, and today’s precarious labour conditions, the history of work reveals how people lived, struggled, and belonged. In recent decades, new cultural, gender, global, and digital approaches have widened the field. At a time of renewed debate shaped by automation, platform labour, and AI, Mos Historicus : A Critical Review of European History invites original contributions for its fourth issue on Labour History/History of Work.

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• 04

  May

  2026

  Poitiers

  Study days - Early modern

  Music and urban sociability in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Europe

  New methods, new perspectives

  The city is a privileged field for encounters between historians and musicologists. The work of recent decades has seen a significant renewal, particularly with regard to the Modern Age, during which music became a central component of the urban experience. The diversification of themes is the key ingredient to this renewal. Institutional studies have given way to more complex approaches that combine artistic, social, political, cultural and economic issues to show how music was negotiated in urban contexts. Through the central theme of urban sociability and an unusual periodization, this workshop aims to highlight the original work of emerging scholars in which the spatial issues of urban musical practices are predominant, in order to compare sources, methods and questions.

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• 31

  Aug

  2026

  Budapest

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Rethinking Europe Japan Relations 1868 1913

  An Interdisciplinary Unconference

  This unconference invites participants to collaboratively explore Europe–Japan relations between 1868 and 1913 – a transformative period spanning the Meiji era and the lead-up to the First World War. Rather than a traditional conference, this event emphasizes dialogue, exchange, and co-creation of ideas. We especially encourage contributions that challenge established narratives, introduce new perspectives, or explore underexamined bilateral connections across Europe and Japan.

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• 30

  Jun

  2026

  Call for papers - Thought

  The Cinema of Democracy – Event and Reinvention of the Mass

  “JSTA – Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts” (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

  Departing from approaches that reduce cinema to the construction of identifiable political subjects, that is, to a representational structure, this proposal instead foregrounds cinema as an index of the “post-foundational” character of the demos of democracy, whose manifestation never converges into a totalising figure, remaining beyond any form of political capture. 

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• 10

  Jun

  2026

  Saint-Martin-d'Hères

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  International Excellence in the Humanities Programme - Junior and Senior Research Fellowships 2027

  The International Excellence in the Humanities Fellowship Programme promotes academic diversity and interdisciplinarity and welcomes researchers with an international background to apply for post- doctoral fellowships at the MaCI. The Maison de la Création et de l’Innovation (MaCI), UGA’s International Center for the Humanities, is launching its annual Research Fellowship Programme. We offer 6 research fellowships (early career, advanced, distinguished) in the arts, humanitiesand social sciences.

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• 20

  Jun

  2026

  Beirut

  Call for papers - Representation

  Film Festivals and Middle Eastern Cinemas

  “Regards” Journal

  For the better part of a century, international film festivals have been essential to the global circulation of Middle Eastern cinema. Entanglements between festivals and cinema from the region date back to at least 1946, when the Egyptian film Dunia (dir. Mohammad Karim, 1946) screened at the first full edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Since then, films from the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey have been mainstays on the festival circuit, premiering and screening at the Big Five (Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and Venice), as well as smaller festivals around the world.

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• 10

  Jun

  2026

  Buenos Aires

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Revealing the Invisible: Visual and Audiovisual Forms in the World-Building of Religion

  This panel, part of the 2027 conference of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), explores  the relationships between visual cultures, audiovisual approaches, religions and contemporary spiritualities. It brings together contributions examining images not only as research tools but as performative practices that shape religious communities and imaginaries. Proposals incorporating image corpora are welcome.

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• 10

  Sep

  2026

  Turin

  Call for papers - History

  Encounters with Death: Macabre Imagery and Symbolism across the Arts, Texts, and Cultural Traditions

  22nd International Congress of the Danses macabres d’Europe (DME)

  The congress invites scholars to reflect on the representation of death in art, literature, and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. Taking the iconic theme of the Dance of Death as its starting point, contributions may explore both the iconographic and literary traditions associated with it, including the Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead, the Triumph of Death, the Ars moriendi, the Memento mori, the Vanitas, and eschatological themes connected with the Last Judgement. Papers may also address funerary monuments and monumental sepulchral art, including gisants, tombs, and cemeteries, as well as the social practices surrounding death, such as funeral rites, the commemoration of the dead, and obituary traditions.

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  Florence

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Silence(d): Illusory Absences and Denied Presences

  The doctoral conference Silence(d): Illusory Absences and Denied Presences aims to stimulate reflection on silence not only as the absence of voice or sound, but as a device that structures narratives, archives, memories, and processes of knowledge production. 

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• 03

  Jun

  2026

  04 Jun 2026

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - History

  The Empire that Made India: 500 Years of the Mughals

  The year 2026 marks half a millennium since the foundation of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857), the last great precolonial power, which governed most parts of the Indian sub-continent. In its heyday, the Mughal dynasty ruled over a population of more than 100 million subjects. The Mughal Empire has remained at the centre of major debates in Indian historiography on issues as diverse as the nature of political and administrative institutions, fiscal and economic systems, literary and artistic cultures as well as inter-religious cohabitation prior to colonial rule. The international conference commemorating the 500-year anniversary of the empire’s foundation critically engages with various historiographical approaches while proposing potential avenues for future research.

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• 15

  Jul

  2026

  Ljubljana

  Call for papers - History

  Those Who Serve: Service, Labor, and Social Hierarchies in Historical Perspective

  The workshop examines service as a key social relationship from the medieval period to the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe and the Habsburg lands, it brings together early-career researchers to explore forms of dependent labor across households, rural economies, and institutions. Approaching service as more than a category of employment, the workshop highlights its value as an analytical lens that cuts across class, gender, and race. Particular attention is given to rural labor and women’s work, as well as to changing forms of service in the transition from premodern to modern societies.

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• 19

  Jun

  2026

  Call for papers - Education

  Socio-ecological and territorial transition(s): policy, education, economics, management, research and social movements

  This issue of RILEA journal wishes to focus on socio-ecological and territorial transition (SETT), its design and institutional framework, its links with applied language research, and with vocational teaching in applied foreign languages.

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• 06

  May

  2026

  Athens

  Study days - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Painters of Offerings: From Sanctuary to Tomb

  Researches on an Overlooked Art from Greece to Roman Egypt

  Consacrée à l’art méconnu des peintres d’offrandes dans la Grèce antique, la rencontre programmée à l’Ecole française d’Athènes le 6 mai permettra de présenter, durant la session du matin, les recherches menées sous l’égide du Louvre et du C2RMF sur la polychromie des statuettes de terre cuite. La seconde session sera consacrée à une ouverture vers l’Egypte ptolémaïque et romaine, en examinant la question de la transmission et des adaptations de la technè grecque au contexte multiculturel de l’Egypte gréco-romaine.

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• 10

  May

  2026

  Call for papers - Religion

  The Handbook of Religion and Transmedia Storytelling: From Antiquity to the Digital Age

  We invite submissions for the edited volume The Handbook of Religion and Transmedia Storytelling: From Antiquity to the Digital Age. We invite scholars across disciplines, including religious studies, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, narrative studies, anthropology, and political science. We particularly welcome proposals that focus on a wide range of traditions and cultural contexts, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Indigenous traditions, Afro-diasporic religions, and esotericism. We also encourage contributions that examine phenomena at the intersections of religion and broader cultural domains, for example conspiracy theories, speculative fiction, nonfiction paranormal narratives, and apocalyptic narratives. 

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• 28

  May

  2026

  29 May 2026

  Bishkek

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  Reproductive Politics in Central Asian Societies

  We are pleased to share with you the programme of the two-day event on May 28–29, 2026, exploring reproductive policies and women’s labor in Soviet Central Asian societies. The event will feature a roundtable, a workshop, and a film screening.

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• 17

  Jun

  2026

  18 Jun 2026

  19 Jun 2026

  Mons

  Conference, symposium - Science studies

  What Can Body Cultures Do?

  Ontological Pluralism in Medicine and the Humanities

  This international conference asks whether the biomedical humanities can intervene in the very constitution of the phenomena they study. We propose to rethink the body as a relational entity shaped by biological, social, environmental, and existential assemblages—moving beyond traditional partitions (body/mind, nature/culture, biological/social) that structure contemporary medicine.

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• 01

  Jun

  2026

  Paris

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Framing Autonomy: Ideas and Policy Dynamics in Long-Term Care

  Since the 1990s, long-term care (LTC) policies across Western countries have undergone major transformations, notably toward marketization, aging in place, and recognition of informal caregivers. Despite this convergence, the normative and ideational dimensions of these changes remain understudied. Drawing on scholarship about the role of policy ideas in welfare state reform, the workshop invites contributions on three interconnected themes : the influence of international organizations and transnational networks on policy convergence ; the impact of shifting cultural norms around gender, family, and intergenerational solidarity ; and the concept of autonomy as both a normative framework and a practical tool for comparing LTC systems. 

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• 05

  May

  2026

  Villeneuve-d'Ascq

  Study days - History

  The Chemical Industry in Northwest Europe: Local and Global Perspectives (18th–20th Centuries)

  The history of the chemical industry has long attracted scholarly attention and continues to do so today. This workshop reflects on the current state of the historiography, including its implications for other areas of research. Focusing on Northwest Europe and its connections to other regions, the workshop provides a forum to discuss works in progress and identify avenues for future research. Those interested in attending, either in person or virtually, are encouraged to register via the link above.

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• 01

  Sep

  2026

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Emergent Urbanism and Urban Futures in the Global South

  “City Development : Issues and Best Practices” Journal

  The issue examines how urban forms emerge and configure possible futures in contexts shaped by partial infrastructures, social and environmental vulnerabilities, and the reconfiguration of public action. The issue welcomes empirically grounded work — fieldwork, case studies, and comparative approaches — on cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, in dialogue with contemporary debates in urban studies, the sociology of space, and critical geography.

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• 17 Apr 2026

  Kinshasa

  Call for papers - Africa

  Boundaries and Belonging in Central Africa and Beyond

  At this conference, we seek to highlight questions around the nature of boundaries in Central Africa and beyond - whether that means physical, political, and communal boundaries or disciplinary boundaries. How do boundaries function in the past and present within the region and in its relationships with the rest of the continent? What might it look like to build more effective bridges across boundaries to address the pressing political, economic, and social issues in Central Africa and its diasporas?

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