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Poitiers

Colonisations, revolutions, and reinventions in early America and the Atlantic World 1600-1848

8th biannual conference of the European Early American Studies Association

This call for papers invites established scholars, post-doctoral students and graduate students to re-examine the fundamental concept of Atlantic history in light of current research on the themes of colonisations, revolutions, and reinventions, from 1600 to 1848. It is also an opportunity to examine the history of transformations in early America and, broadly, the early modern world, by taking fuller account of scholarship on the politics of primitive globalisation. We will focus on the empires that organised European settlements in disrupting and dislocating native peoples, prompting indigenous cultures to re-invent themselves; but we will also be attentive to the processes that led to the formation of new Euro-American societies in the Americas, often shaped by the enslavement of Africans and other forms of unfree labor. In the North-American colonies, the West Indies, India, Latin America, and Africa, entire peoples and their lands were reinvented by trading companies, individual administrators, theoreticians and executors of empires, as well as by those rare voices, many of who were abolitionists, who developed a critical approach to European expansion abroad.

Poitiers

Call for papers - Middle Ages

Categorising the Church (II)

Clerical and monastic communities in the Carolingian World (8th-10th)

The Carolingian era has seen by many as a time when the Church became increasingly institutionalised. One of the main aspects of this development, exemplified by the series of councils held between 816 and 819, was a (re)definition of the canonical and monastic orders and the requirement for each community in the realm to comply either with the institutiones canonicorum and sanctimonialium or with the Rule of Benedict. Despite the influential works of J. Semmler or R. Schieffer, however, the real impact of these proposed reforms is still an open question, and from this perspective, the very notion of institutionalisation can also be questioned.

Poitiers

Conference, symposium - History

Urban monasticism: 300-1300

Christianity emerged as an urban phenomenon, yet monasticism is more often than not presented as an escape from the sinful town into the wilderness, and as more concerned with the soul than with the body. Ascetics, however, have always had a vested interest in the city, and not only symbolically. Monasticism has been an important urban presence since Late Antiquity up to the Late Middle Ages, even if they were sometimes in competition with newer religious orders.

Poitiers

The sacred and speech - vows in the Middle Ages

The aim of this meeting is to work about sacrament and oath in the Middle Age. This event will allow to researchers of different relevances (litterature, philosophy, history, philology) to cross their studies.

Poitiers

Call for papers - Middle Ages

The Monastic Refectory and Spiritual Food

The CESCM (University of Poitiers and CNRS) will sponsor three sessions that explore topics dealing with "The Monastic Refectory and Spiritual Food" for the International Medieval Congress 2016 in Leeds (UK).The theme for the IMC Leeds 2016, "Food, Feast and Famine", presents an opportunity to explore the relationship between monastic refectories and food. At the heart of communal life, the refectory was an area where monks gathered, nourished their bodies but also strengthened their soul.

Poitiers

Call for papers - Geography

Migrations and new local governance

Migrinter research lab at the University of Poitiers, in cooperation with the Integrim program – Marie Curie Actions, and Mobglob, invite scholars working on international migrations and local governance in the Global North and the Global South to share their on-going research works. This call addresses scholars as well as early-stage researchers and Phd students from all fields (geography, sociology, anthropology, political sciences, demography and more).

Poitiers

Call for papers - Geography

Unprotected unaccompanied children in Europe

Appel à communications pour le colloque international « Mineurs non accompagnés et sans protection en Europe: Quelles raisons expliquent leur manque de protection? », MSHS, Poitiers, 23-24 octobre 2012. Merci de nous envoyer vos propositions de communications sur l'addrese pucafreu@gmail.com avant le 13 février 2012

Poitiers

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

Opportunities for dissertation proposal enhancement and summer research funding for doctoral students

This program will assist students in preparing for dissertation research on topics related to transnationalism and "circulation migratoire" (migratory circulation). Selected fellows will attend two training workshops and conduct summer research under the mentorship of prominent scholars in this area of research: Dr. Emmanuel Ma Mung (Director of Research, CNRS) and Dr. Khachig Tölölyan (Professor, Wesleyan University).

Poitiers

Call for papers - Political studies

International conference: The Territorial Politics of the Nation-State

Decentralisation, devolution, autonomy, (con)federation...

International ConferenceUniversité de Poitiers (France), MSHS, MIMMOC, October 14-16, 2010

Poitiers

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Listening to film?

Film soundtracks and cultural memory

Dans une perspective résolument transversale, l’enjeu de cette journée d’étude est de croiser réflexion poétique et étude anthropologique pour repenser l’écoute filmique en inscrivant l’analyse de la bande son d'un film dans le contexte social, culturel et esthétique contemporain de son élaboration.

Poitiers

Conference, symposium - Sociology

Alternative self-representation? Ethnic minority media, between hegemony and resistance

Ce colloque international s’intéresse aux personnes qui font l’expérience de la déterritorialisation / reterritorialisation et qui développent ou maintiennent des relations sociales à l’intérieur mais aussi au-delà des cadres stato-nationaux, par le biais des médias des minorités ethniques. L’un des objectifs est de comprendre le rôle croissant de la communication médiatique dans la définition des significations, des usages et des appropriations des espaces culturel, social et religieux. Quel rôle jouent les médias des minorités ethniques en imaginant et en mobilisant de nouvelles communautés d’appartenance, ou en les transformant dans le contexte de la mondialisation et de la diversité culturelle ?

Poitiers

Call for papers - Geography

La migration des mineurs non accompagnés en Europe

Unaccompanied Minors in Europe

Ce colloque prétend pouvoir générer un espace d’échanges et de discussions sur cette question qui demeure peu traitée. Ses principaux objectifs sont : d’une part, installer un dialogue entre les chercheurs et les professionnels afin de proposer un traitement social et juridique cohérent et respectant la prééminence des droits de protection de l’enfance devant les règles de contrôle des flux migratoires ; d’autre part, fédérer l’effort de recherche sur cette nouvelle question afin de mieux appréhender les dynamiques migratoires aujourd’hui à l’oeuvre et ainsi développer une réflexion méthodologique visant à accroître la connaissance des contextes sociaux d’origine de ces mineurs et saisir la pluralité des dimensions de ce depart d’un nombre croissant d'enfants quittant seuls leur pays.

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