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• 22 oct 2015

  Aix-en-Provence

  Study days - Europe

  Migrations and mobilities: what perpsectives today in the humanities and social sciences?

  Mimed

  Les migrations internationales sont devenues, dans nos sociétés contemporaines, un enjeu majeur dont l'actualité se fait quotidiennement l'écho. En témoignent les recherches nationales et internationales sur les migrations, qui ont connu un plein essor ces dernières années en sciences humaines et sociales.

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• 15 jui 2015

  Paris

  Call for papers - Religion

  Strangers and Pilgrims

  Displacements and spatial transformations of religion in the English-speaking world

  The experience of migrating, moving away from familiar places—sometimes against one’s will—and relocating in foreign territories is deeply ingrained in the spiritual and historical legacy of monotheistic traditions. The Reformation, the colonial era and the contemporary globalized world have greatly amplified the phenomena of transplantation and mass migrations; in turn these uprootings have deeply transformed the religious geography of the English-speaking world. This two-day conference aims to explore the multiple dimensions of the spatial transformations of religion not only in the light of the experience of diasporas and other exiled or migrating religious minorities, but also from the point of view of merchants, travellers, missionaries, settlers, soldiers, etc.

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