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Oxford

New Directions in the Study of Social Distinction

Colloquium organised by the Maison Française d'Oxford, on Friday, 10th December, 2010.Research programme: Nation and Globalization

Lisbon

Seminário de Estudos africanos (2010-2011)

Seminário de Estudos africanos do Centro de Estudos Africanos - ISCTE-IUL.

Addis Ababa

Conference, symposium - Religion

The Roles and Values of Menzuma : Islamic panegyrics in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

The songs of praise called menzuma, sung by a soloist accompanied by a choir and percussion are popular all over the Muslim areas of Ethiopia where the practice of Sufi Islam is still well rooted. The purposes of this workshop are many : to study Menzuma genre from different perspectives and in the different languages in which it is performed ; to study the role of Menzuma as a social performance in public or private spheres ; to understand the relations between the oral performance and the written text of Menzuma ; to explore the different levels of significance of Menzuma texts, i.e. Religious, moral, historical, artistic, etc. ; to observe the circulation, exchange and transformations of Menzuma among different societies of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

Brussels

Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology

"African Churches" in Europe. Mediating Imaginations

"African Churches" have been present in Europe for some decades now, but their developments have taken a new dimension with the intensification of African migrations to Europe in the 80s and 90s. Beyond their doctrinal and institutional diversity and divergences, these churches have in common to be carried by African populations who all too often remain stigmatized and marginalized at the social, political and juridical levels. From the diverse issues of identity, networks and circulations of religious actors, relations to the public sphere, and gender, contributions to the conference will seek to show how African Christian worlds of Europe are now situated at the very heart of dynamics of reconfiguration of African imaginations of Europe, but also of European imaginations of Africa.

Toronto

Call for papers - History

The Relationship and Continuity between the First and Second French Colonial Empires

French Colonial Historical Society annual meeting

Le 37ème congrès de la Société d’histoire coloniale française se tiendra à Toronto du 2 au 4 juin 2011. Il aura lieu sur le campus central de l’Université de Toronto. Le thème principal portera sur « Liens et continuités entre les premier et second empires coloniaux français », mais comme toujours, des propositions de communication sur d’autres aspects de l’histoire coloniale française peuvent aussi nous être adressées. La Société encourage des chercheurs de toute discipline à soumettre des propositions. Les interventions ne doivent pas être déjà publiées, ni présentées ou programmées à un autre colloque. Chaque intervenant disposera de 20 minutes de présentation.

Lisbon

Call for papers - Modern

The End Of The Portuguese Empire In A Comparative Perspective

In 1961, Portuguese rule in Africa came under severe stress. In its colony of Angola an attempt to release political detainees from the Luanda prisons by Angolan nationalists unleashed a wave of reprisals against the inhabitants of the muceques, thereby undermining the regime's cherished image of racial harmony.

Saint-Denis

Violence coloniale, scandales coloniaux. Table ronde autour de l'affaire Voulet Chanoine (1899)

Le projet MSH-Paris Nord « la construction des crises sanitaires en Afrique » vous invite à une table ronde autour de l'affaire Voulet-Chanoine (1899).

Call for tender - Geography

IRD Chaires croisées project, call for proposals 2010

Le programme Chaires croisées a été instauré en 2007 afin de promouvoir des démarches scientifiques d’excellence dans le domaine de la recherche pour le développement. Une chaire croisée réunit deux chercheurs ou enseignants-chercheurs confirmés, l’un du Nord, l’autre du Sud. Le « croisement » n’implique pas un échange de postes mais un échange d’idées et d’activités autour d’un projet de recherche et de formation commun élaboré en partenariat avec une unité de recherche de l’IRD. La durée du financement est d’un an, renouvelable une fois.

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Family Dynamics and Practical Kinship in Africa

Call for papers

By taking practical kinship as a point of departure, this workshop aims at reflecting upon current changes in African gender identities, in relations between generations on the continent, as well as in the place of extended families, or lineages, in the everyday life of African households.

Cergy

Call for papers - Africa

Changing Images of India and Africa

A colloquium organized by SARI (Sociétés d'activités et de recherches sur les mondes indiens) and CICC (Civilisations et identités culturelles comparées des sociétés européennes et occidentales) at the Salle des conférences, Université Cergy-Pontoise on the 3rd and 4th June 2010.

Montpellier

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Congo Basin Hunter-Gatherers

The international conference is being held to share and evaluate recent research on Congo Basin hunter-gatherers. It has been almost ten years since international researchers have convened to discuss research and development issues facing Congo Basin hunter-gatherers. We are especially interested in field-based research reports from any discipline, but encourage participants to consider their data and conclusions within the scope of development, global change and the fate of Congo Basin peoples. Extensive cultural diversity exists and not all Congo Basis huntergatherers actively hunt and gather (e.g., they may have cash crops or live near cities). We are interested in understanding cultural diversity and processes of culture change, but the focus is on peoples and groups with a long history of living in and strong identity with the tropical forest. Papers on Congo Basin farmers and fishermen are encouraged if they include a history of or relationships between hunter-gatherers and farmers or fishermen. Papers that compare Congo Basin hunter-gatherer with farmers/fisherman or Congo Basin hunter-gatherers with hunter-gatherers in other parts of the world are also welcome.

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Berlin

Seminar - History

Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar (2009-2010)

Post-Ottoman Cities

What is the historical experience of cities in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire - in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa - in dealing with the impact of global changes and the transformation from Empire to nation States? How did people of different cultural, social and religious backgrounds live together? How are such examples of conviviality, conflict, migration, and urban regimes of governance and stratification conceptualized? And how have urban traditions been reinterpreted, and what bearing does this have on modern conceptions of civil society, multicultural societies, migration, or cosmopolitanism. These and other questions will be addressed in this year’s Seminar in Ottoman Urban Studies. Séminaire organisé par Ulrike Freitag et Nora Lafi.

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Call for papers	18,002
Conference, symposium	10,329
Study days	7,629
Seminar	4,274
Miscellaneous information	2,247
Scholarship, prize and job offer	2,121
Lecture series	801
Summer School	304
Call for tender	258

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