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  • Neuchâtel

    Lecture series - History

    Manufacturers and merchants : making and exporting clocks and other luxury goods in the 18th century

    Roger Smith is an independent historian who was educated at the University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006. He is chiefly interested in the organisation of the manufacture and sale of clocks, watches and related luxury articles in the eighteenth century, including international aspects like the migration of craftsmen. He has done much research into the Anglo-Swiss watchmaking firm of Vulliamy of London, and is currently working on a major study of James Cox and his competitors in the trade in clocks and watches from Western Europe to Asia. As well as publishing extensively on such topics, he has acted as historical adviser to museums and auction houses, including the loan exhibition SingSong, Treasures from the Forbidden City at the Museum Speelklok, Utrecht in 2010-11.

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  • Angers

    Study days - Representation

    Waiting bodies / Expected bodies

    Après avoir exploré les écritures de l’attente, les questions du temps (« Le compte à rebours »), de l’espace (« Cartographies de l’attente »), lesdimensions linguistiques (« Approches linguistiques ») et religieuses (« Attentesmessianiques ») cette dernière journée se propose de réfléchir sur l’attente à la lumière d’une question omniprésente ces dernières décennies dans le domaine des sciences humaines et sociales, à savoir celle du corps. À travers ce titre « Corps attendants / corps attendus » nous souhaitons menerune réflexion sur la place du désir de l’autre dans l’attente, sur la tensionet l’attention portée à cet autre, sur le corps comme lieu de concrétisationsymbolique de l’attente.

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  • Fribourg

    Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

    Lecturer position in contemporary history

    La Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Fribourg (Suisse) met au concours un poste de Professeur-e ordinaire en histoire contemporaine à temps plein.

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