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• 15 sep 2018

  Jarandilla de la Vera

  Call for papers - Religion

  Dressing Divinely: clothed or naked deities an devotees

  The XVII International Colloquium of the Association ARYS (Antiquity, Religions and Societies) is dedicated to the study of the links between religious identity and clothing within the framework of ancient societies and religions, from the perspective of the images either of the gods or of their devotees. Within the topic of religious clothing will be included the religious use of clothes and attributes, accesories, ornaments, body modifications such as mutilations or tattoos, hairstyles, nudity and, of course, the action itself of dressing or undressing, its conception and positive, neutral or negative consideration, or the act of assuming any of those human or divine complements, adornments, attributes or modifications of the body. We welcome the participation of consolidated as well as early-career specialists in the field of ancient history, archaeology, religious sciences, art history and historiography of religions.

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• 14 jui 2018

  Nanterre

  Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology

  Techno-realities and affective creations - love simulation games

  Les jeux de simulation amoureuse

  The techno-realities are seen as a threat to human relationships in “real” life, in particular when they relate to love. Such human-shaped products however multiply: domotic spouse, tactile screen’s boyfriend, holographic companion, bride for Virtual Reality glasses, interactive downloadable partner, otome games and bishôjo games characters... The purpose of this symposium is to analyze Love Simulation Devices as signals allowing users to express a variety of messages, even contradictory ones, yet to be deciphered within their specific contexts. Working on the Japanese products will provide a revealing insight of processes that still have not been analyzed and may serve as an eye-opener in the field of comparative studies in the western cultures.

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• 01 jui 2018

  Reims

  Study days - History

  Creating images and rituals - otherness

  Cette journée d’études, organisée par le Centre d'études et de recherche en histoire culturelle (Cerhic-EA 2616), traitera de l’histoire complexe du rapport ambigü à l’altérité, à travers la question des images et des liens que celles-ci entretiennent avec des rituels. Les approches développées par des historiens et historiens d’art (avec la présence de conservateurs de musées) pour la période XVI^e-XX^e siècle traiteront de questions politiques, culturelles et religieuses, envisageront la diversité des types d’images (qui sont aussi des objets) ainsi que la pluralité des pratiques qu’elles révèlent, qui les rendent agissantes ou qu’elles visent à produire.

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• 18 jui 2018

  Toulouse

  Call for papers - History

  Ancient percussion instruments

  Organology - perceptions - multi-functionality

  Percussion instruments have a renewal of interest for a few years, after being a long time poor relatives of academic research and very often relegated to the end of the catalogues of musical instruments. However, recent studies show the complexity of uses of these items which, beyond their only sonorous mechanism, are mobilized in a wide range of contexts (ceremonies, theater, funerary field, votive offerings, etc.) for numerous reasons. Special attention will be paid to idiophones, but also to membranophones when data allows it.

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