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Créteil | Paris

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Extraterritoriality of languages, literatures and civilizations

Assessments and prospects

As a legal concept that appeared in the 19th century and originated in international law, extraterritoriality (or exterritoriality) initially established the principle according to which a person is not necessarily subject to the laws of the territory on which he or she is located. However, as George Steiner has shown (Extraterritorial, Papers on Literature and the Language Revolution, 1971), the concept can be enlarged and transposed within the cultural field. Applied to languages, literatures and civilizations, it suggests that, under the effects of the political upheavals of the 20th century and of contemporary globalization, the political territory has lost its old unifying and defining powers in cultural matters...

Champigny-sur-Marne

Moving borders and annexing in the medieval west (12th-15th century)

Première journée d'études

Il est dans l’Occident du bas Moyen Âge possible de changer les frontières, de « réunir », de « transporter » des territoires. Qu’est-ce qui légitime de telles pratiques ? Comment s’arroge-t-on un tel droit ? Cette première journée d’étude engage la réflexion autour de travaux menés à diverses échelles sur l’oscillation des confins et leur rôle dans la constitution des territoires.

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