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• 31 oct 2016

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Meanings of rituals

  Incense and religion in ancient societies

  Although several studies have drawn attention to the role of incense as an ingredient in ritual and a means of communication between men and gods, there remains no comprehensive examination of the practical functions and cultural semantics of incense in the ancient world, whether as a purifying agent, a performative sign of a transcendent world, an olfactory signal to summon the deity, a placatory libation, or food for the gods. Moreover, recent archaeological research has provided evidence (alongside literary, epigraphic and iconographic evidence) that the physical origins and chemical constituents of incense are complex and diverse, as are their properties : resins, vegetable gums, spices, and a welter of aromatic products that could be exhibited and burned before ancient eyes and noses. These were components of a multi-sensory religious experience in which music, colourful costumes, lavish banquets and tactile encounters defined the ritualsensibilities of the community.

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• 30 jui 2016

  Yaoundé

  Call for papers - Africa

  The meaning of immaterial and material human productions

  The perspective of archaeology and related sciences (the humanities and social sciences, physical and natural sciences, etc) on African cultural heritage

  Les productions culturelles africaines se distinguent par leur diversité. De l’immatériel au matériel, les expressions sont foisonnantes et variées, du point de vue des supports, des formes, des styles, des techniques et des significations. La nature, les systèmes de représentations, de symboles, de valeurs et de normes, entre autres, ont, à coup sûr, servi de socle à la création des produits culturels devenus, pour leur valeur, et à juste titre,  objets d’observation de plusieurs disciplines scientifiques.

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• 21 avr 2016

  22 avr 2016

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Science studies

  New dynamics for cultural research - the Culture-CNRS agreement 2016-2020

  L'accord-cadre Culture-CNRS 2016-2020

  Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC) et le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) développent une politique scientifique partagée sur des thématiques communes faisant appel à de multiples domaines de la science, avec une forte prise en compte de l’interdisciplinarité. Ainsi, sciences humaines et sociales, chimie, physique, mathématiques, écologie, géologie ou sciences du numérique contribuent au dynamisme de la recherche dans les domaines du patrimoine, de la création, des médias et des industries culturelles. Cette politique est formalisée depuis 1992 par un accord-cadre, régulièrement renouvelé.

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• 20 mai 2016

  Nantes

  Call for papers - Geography

  Surviving the End of the World as We Know It

  Historical and Geographical Perspectives

  Great natural disasters which have struck populations (floods, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, massive droughts, etc.) are part of the intricate history of human communities and their relationship with their environment, contributing to social and cultural changes within these communities. This call for papers focuses on a multidisciplinary  approach and suggests that applicants: Study and investigate the various responses given to disasters in ancient and modern times; Analyze the evolution of public policies dealing with natural risks and their consequences on land planning; Study long term factors of adaptation to risk which reveal a territory’s resilience; Provide a specific interest in coastal regions.

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