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• 09 nov 2020

  Laval | Pontmain

  Call for papers - History

  Pontmain, the Marian apparition on January 17, 1871: texts, contexts, interpretations

  After being defeated by Prussian troops at the Battle of Le Mans, elements of the French Army retreat to the east of the department of Mayenne on January 13, 1871. Scuffles ensue in many spots, to the gate outside Laval. The advance of Prussian troops on the territory, while Paris has been under siege for four months, preoccupies the inhabitants of Mayenne.On January 17, the Virgin Mary appears to children of Pontmain, and only to them. The villagers pray and move from anguish to joy and hope.January 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of these military events and this apparition.

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• 15 mar 2020

  Budapest

  Call for papers - Religion

  Resistance to Order and Authority (ROAR)

  CEU/ELTE/Masaryk PhD Conference 2020

  Religion has served to legitimize political power, but it has also been a basis for resistance against order and authority. Be it the Maccabean revolt, Gandhi's practice of non-violence resistance, contemporary neo-pagan religions, or the counter-system movements portrayed by Mark Juergensmeyer in his 2001 book Terror in the Mind of God, religious beliefs have motivated people to reject social order that they deem as unjust, and possibly rise against it. Even in today’s secularized societies, religion has served as the ground for social movements and manifestations addressing pressing socioeconomic threats such as climate change, social inequality, authoritarian governments and minority discrimination. These observations have encouraged new trends in scholarly debate, especially regarding the emergence of alternative religious ideas and rituals in modern societies.  old and new religious convictions legitimized various resistance movements among different communities? Which causes have influenced violent mobilizations against established social order, non-violent struggle, or the establishment of alternative community frameworks? What can these movements and ideas tell us about the role that religion plays today both in secularized and non-secularized societies?

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• 29 jan 2020

  Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

  Study days - History

  The break-up of Action catholique spécialisée (1965-1979)

  Christian Youth Workers (JOC), Christian Students (JEC), Christian Youth Independent (JIC), Christian Youth Maritime (JMC) and the Christian Youth Rural (MRJC) movements

  JOC (Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne), JEC (étudiante), JIC (indépendante), JMC (maritime) et MRJC (rurale) : comment dater, décrire et comprendre l'effondrement des mouvements d'Action catholique de la jeunesse soutenus par L'Église pour rechristianiser la société ? Le 6 décembre 2019, aux Archives nationales, une journée d'étude interdisciplinaire pose des jalons, fait le point sur les sources et les méthodes pour analyser cet aspect de la « crise catholique ».

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• 01 mai 2020

  Rodez | Toulouse

  Call for papers - Europe

  About Seignelay Colbert de Castlehill

  Between Scotland and Rouergue

  Ce colloque étudiera l'étrange figure de Seignelay Colbert de Castlehill, né à Inverness, le 13 août 1735 dans une famille presbytérienne et mort à Londres, évêque anticoncordataire et animateur de la Petite Église le 15 juillet 1811. Vicaire général de Loménie de Brienne à Toulouse, fréquentant les salons parisiens, il fut le guide de l'économiste Adam Smith à Toulouse et dans le Sud-Ouest de Bordeaux à Montpellier de mars 1764 à octobre 1765. Élevé au siège épiscopal de Rodez en 1782, il devient président de l'Assemblée provinciale de Haute-Guyenne. Député de la sénéchaussée de Rodez en 1789, il sera l'un des évêques ralliés au Tiers Etat permettant aux États-généraux de devenir l'Assemblée nationale. Cette trajectoire exceptionnelle a échappée à la prosopographie de la Révolution française comme à l'historiographie écossaise. Le colloque se propose de dresser le portrait que mérite une trajectoire aussi extraordinaire

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