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• 12 déc 2016

  Call for papers - Political studies

  State, Society, Market and Europe (RESuME papers)

  ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Action

  The Resources on the European socio-economic model (RESuME) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+Jean Monnet Action for Institutions and the University of Luxembourg, aims to contribute to the study of the European socio-economic model, its origins, current characteristics and future development. The project focuses on the interaction between society, economic players and public authorities, through the prism of the notion of European competitiveness. It draws on the disciplines of contemporary history, law, economics, political science, political philosophy and sociology. To shed further light on this subject, the RESuME project is creating an innovative new series of scholarly contributions: the ‘State, Society, Market and Europe’ Research Papers (RESuME Papers).

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• 01 déc 2016

  02 déc 2016

  Montpellier

  Conference, symposium - America

  Traces and Memories of Slavery in the Atlantic World

  Dans Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity (2001), Ron Eyerman explore la formation de l'identité africaine-américaine à travers le traumatisme culturel de l'esclavage. Au-delà de son impact direct sur celles et ceux qui ont subi l'esclavage, Eyerman considère qu'en tant que processus culturel, le traumatisme est « transmis par l'intermédiaire de diverses formes de représentation et associé à la formation d'une identité et à la construction d'une mémoire collectives ». Cette conférence internationale cherche à examiner les fondements, les mécanismes et l'étendue de ces processus mémoriels.

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• 17 oct 2016

  Paris

  Study days - Urban studies

  Urban cosmopolitanisms: Methodological and theoretical issues

  This worshop seeks to investigate cosmopolitanism through an urban lens. It aims to provide a situated approach to cosmopolitanism, using the analytical framework of urban and social theory alongside social geography and building upon empirical research. Our purpose is to frame a grounded theory of urban cosmopolitanism that would take the paradigms and empirical findings of various social sciences into account. Our interest lies in a cosmopolitanism of encounters incarnated in contacts, mobilities and cultural consumption and the spatial dimension of the social and power relations that are at stake in cosmopolitan encounters. We shall focus on cities as sites, but also actors in processes of cosmopolitanisation.

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• 15 sep 2016

  La Defense

  Call for papers - Geography

  Before and after tourism

  The post-tourism future and civil society

  The aim of this call for papers is to elicit experiences and/or analyses of the beginning or end of tourism, as well as interpretations of the end of the differentiation between the tourist and ordinary worlds which we are currently observing. Comparisons and attempts at modelling will be welcome. The papers may be proposed by researchers, practitioners or associations and may be jointly authored. They must deal with one of the three topics described below, which are to be the subject of three successive seminars.

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• 03 oct 2016

  04 oct 2016

  Nantes

  Conference, symposium - Law

  Economic challenge and new maritime risks management: what blue growth?

  5th International Human Sea - Marisk Symposium

  New energies to forage at sea, deeper drillings further and further from the coast, increasingly bigger ships, these are the challenges that man must overcome to accomplish “blue growth”. There are economic opportunities to grab, but also new risks concerning safety and security, and marine environmental protection. These new challenges will be at the heart of the 5th edition of the Human Sea – Marisk symposium, a major event bringing together the best international experts and taking into account the latest scientific and technological advances in the maritime and port sector.

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• 03 jui 2016

  Granada

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Challenges of Cultural Diversity in Europe and the Arab World

  The era of globalization arises numerous challenges to accept plurality, differences and management of cultural diversity, especially, with the return of the ingredient of culture to the field of political action in a context in which culture has a central role in the post Cold War world. Globalization has tried to widespread certain values, practices and cultural expressions, whereas in numerous Arab and Western countries, refuge has been sought in cultural singularity and identity. Therefore, cultural factors have had their impact in the design of national, regional and international policies.

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• 30 jui 2016

  Lausanne

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Who is in - who is out? The categories of tourism and migration and the dynamics of socio-political inclusion and exclusion

  The main theme of this meeting will be to place anthropology front and center in the face of emergent contemporary conflicts, dilemmas, and possibilities. And our panel will explore the following questions: How do politically and socially constructed categories such as migration and tourism affect the mobility of people and what strategies are employed by persons to deal with, and challenge, these competing definitions of travel? How does the nation-state interfere with peoples’ habits of travel? What are the experiences of persons with travel categories and how is the interplay with other categories such as nationality, gender, ethnicity, age, or sexuality?

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• 30 jui 2016

  30 sep 2016

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science

  The Florian Znaniecki Scientific Foundation founded in 1989 plans to publish a volume, as part of the Sociological Monographs series, with a working title “Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science”. Therefore, we would like to invite you to send us the original, previously unpublished, English-language works devoted to the application of Florian Znaniecki’s thought in contemporary migration research.

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• 08 jui 2016

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme (2017-2018)

  The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 18 participating Institutes: Aahrus, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Edinburgh, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Zürich. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars.

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• 01 jui 2016

  Natal

  Call for papers - America

  2nd conference in political geography, geopolitics and territorial management

  II congrès de géographie politique, géopolitique et gestion territoriale

  A ciência geográfica todos os anos é colocada à prova em diferentes encontros, congressos e seminários no Brasil e no exterior. Entre os dias 5 e 8 de outubro de 2016, ocorrerá, em Natal-RN, no campus da UFRN, o II Congresso Brasileiro de Geografia Política, Geopolítica e Gestão do Território (II CONGEO) com a temática central intitulada: A integração Sul-Americana e a inserção das regiões periféricas.

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• 01 jui 2016

  Aswān

  Call for papers - Geography

  Borders and territorial reconfigurations in the Middle East and the Sahel

  The Arab uprisings lead to many political and sociological analyses but few of them consider the spatial and territorial consequences of the misnamed Arab Springs. This international conference aims to explore this turn in the Middle East and the Sahel: five years after the birth of the South Soudan state and the beginning of the Arab uprisings, what changes have occurred with respect to borders? Can the collapses of some states be seen as the end of borders or the disintegration of national spaces and the outline of a new enduring and alternative territorial order?

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• 30 avr 2016

  Kyoto

  Call for papers - Geography

  New contribution to Geoarchaeology

  Word archaeological congress 8

  Geoarchaeology, defined as the application of geosciences and geographical methods to prehistory, archaeology, and history, is now widely applied to study key subjects such as occupation patterns, territory and site exploitation, palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironemental, and palaeogeographical changes, as well as anthropogenic impacts and system responses. The multidisciplinary and multiscalar dimensions of geoarchaeological approaches have encouraged continuous development and innovation of methods and approaches that have opened new possibilities for explorations in geographical sectors previously inaccessible, the development of large-scale data acquisitions and treatment, and also the development of microscopic scale analysis precision. This session will highlight global research in geoarchaeology with particular emphasis on innovative methods or cutting edge research using established approaches.

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• 31 mai 2016

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Etnográfica | 20 years

  The journal Etnográfica invites recently qualified PhD and postdoc researchers (with completed theses or post-doctoral research projects completed or ongoing in 2015 or 2016) to submit original, unpublished articles for a commemorative issue.

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• 30 mar 2016

  Paris

  Summer School - Europe

  International Franco-German-Polish summer university "Europa von "unten""

  Le CIERA organise une université d’été internationale sur le thème « Europa von unten ». Elle réunira une trentaine de participants issus du réseau mondial des centres d’études allemandes et européennes du DAAD. Le programme sera conçu de manière assez large pour ouvrir le dialogue entre représentants de différentes disciplines et de différentes aires culturelles. Cette rencontre représente l’occasion de faire connaître son travail à un public de chercheurs et d’experts spécialisés dans différents domaine en s’insérant dans un réseau réellement international. En collaboration avec le Willy Brandt Centrum de Wroclaw, la Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität de Münich (Graduiertenschule für Osteuropäische Studien) et la Maison Heinrich Heine.

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• 30 avr 2016

  Bogotá

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Cities and conflicts in Latin America: yesterday, today and tomorrow

  Territorios, the journal of urban and regional studies - No 36, 1st semester 2017

  La revue Territorios convoque des chercheurs nationaux et internationaux pour la réalisation d'un numéro thématique sur le thème « Villes et conflits en Amérique latine : hier, aujourd'hui et demain ». La revue accepte des articles présentant des réflexions générales ou des études de cas relatives à des villes latino-américaines et construites depuis les différentes disciplines des sciences sociales.

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• 18 fév 2016

  19 fév 2016

  Paris

  Study days - Sociology

  Scales of the Alimentation: an Asian Perspective

  The international conference “Scales of the Alimentation: an Asian Perspective” aims at bringing together the French and international scholars of Asia in order to promote a global approach to Asia and to bring together different research institutions based in Europe, therefore to develop the exchanges between different international scholars of Asian societies and experts related to the themes of the food. Our objective is to deliver in-depth analysis and innovative methods arising from research in social and human sciences. We aim to better understand economic, political, institutional, cultural, technological and organizational dynamics of past and present dietary practices in Asia. In particular, we will focus on how the state of food practices and their knowledge is interwoven with other social and technological developments, that are the legacies of expanding and shrinking empires and the mass industrialization.

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• 05 fév 2016

  Louvain-la-Neuve

  Call for papers - Sociology

  The production of subjectivity under neo-liberal governance

  Neoliberal governance and its structures, and dispositifs, are at the core of contemporary debates in the human sciences. David Harvey (2006) considers neoliberalism a theory that places individual freedom as the final goal of all civilisations. Private property rights, free markets and liberal democracy are the means through which individual freedom is best protected and society flourishes, according to neo-liberal views. The primary role of the state is to enforce property rights, while market forces govern the economy. Neo-liberal ideas have shaped global and national policy for over three decades, introducing the primacy of private property and market rationality in all range of public life from education to healthcare, from land governance to environmental protection. Workers' rights in the global North as well as in the South are devalued in favour of individual responsibility.

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• 16 oct 2015	11 déc 2015	18 mar 2016
  15 avr 2016	13 mai 2016

  Paris

  Seminar - Urban studies

  Migrants in Global Metropolises

  MAGMET research and doctoral seminar

  L'objectif de ce séminaire consiste à articuler transformations urbaines, migration et mondialisation pour mieux comprendre la fabrication des villes-mondes plurielles, marquées par de très forts taux d’immigration et de part de population étrangère. Partant des pratiques et des représentations des différents acteurs sociaux, économiques et politiques qui produisent et vivent dans ces villes, il s’intéresse aux modalités d’incarnation socio-spatiales de la diversité, ainsi qu’à sa gestion. En pensant simultanément les connexions et les ancrages, en jouant systématiquement sur l’articulation des échelles, l’enjeu du séminaire est d’élaborer un cadre analytique théorique comparatif afin de réfléchir aux modes de transformation des métropoles plurielles, engagées dans des dynamiques de mondialisation, en fonction de leur insertion dans les réseaux globalisés, de leur taille démographique et de leurs héritages et contextes politiques.

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• 15 jan 2016

  Nantes

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Questioning self-medication

  A socially and geographically situated bricolage

  Treating oneself is a controversial practice: scorned in the name of the health risks it runs, self-treatment may also be praised in the name of the independence it expresses. The messages of public health authorities are at the heart of the controversy, emphasizing risk one moment and their potential for patient responsibility the next. Such contradictory injunctions also affect the practices of care providers. The conference has chosen to allow comparisons and confrontations between these various disciplinary approaches as well as distinct research field sites (North/South, North/North, South/South). These practices and their determinants have to be more finely mapped and analyzed to put these analyses – by definition always partial, and theoretically, historically, and geographically situated – in perspective.

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• 31 jan 2016

  Pessac

  Call for papers - America

  Journeys, exile and migrations in Latino-American literature of the 21st century

  15 years of migrant writing 2000-2015

  Quelles sont les  stratégies discursives à l’œuvre dans la représentation des migrations internes et externes ? Comment les déplacements plus ou moins lointains sont-ils transfigurés dans la littérature contemporaine latino-américaine ? Comment sont construites les identités mobiles ? Par quelles voix/es s’expriment les personnages voyageurs ou migrants ? Parmi les nombreux auteurs représentatifs de ces nouvelles orientations qui clôturent le boom et l’étape post-boom, on citera Jorge Benavides, Tomás González, Wendy Guerra, Carla Guelfenbein, Eduardo Lalo, Guadalupe Nettel, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, Andrés Neuman, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Hebe Uhart, Leonardo Valencia.

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