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• 30 mar 2017

  Paris

  Call for papers - Religion

  The Ganden Phrodang Army and Buddhist

  TibArmy symposium

  A number of publications have addressed the question of the coexistence of Buddhism and violence, ultimately concluding that there is no paradox between the two. In various cultural and historical contexts in Asia, the presence of Buddhism as the state religion has often involved the recourse to violence and the maintenance of an army as a necessity of government. Likewise, the policies of Buddhist rulers have repeatedly invoked religious reasons to justify military activities aimed at defending the Dharma. We invite research contributions based on primary sources illustrating the role of the Tibetan Army vis-à-vis different aspects of the Buddhist religion during the historical period of the Ganden Phodrang.

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• 31 mai 2015

  Aix-en-Provence

  Call for papers - History

  Voicing Dissent in the Long Reformation

  The 8th Triennial Conference of the International John Bunyan Society

  The conference will concentrate on the expression and representation of Protestant Dissent, Nonconformity and Puritanism (1500–1800), with an emphasis on the relationship between written and oral cultures. Topics might include: preaching, singing and praying; public and private devotion; conferences and disputations; epistolary conversation; religion and politics; rumour and defamation; reading and publishing Dissent; the representation of emotions...

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• 31 jan 2014

  Lyon

  Call for papers - History

  British Philanthropies 1750-1914

  Reforming and Redeeming the World and the Metropolis

  This one-day conference wishes to explore those concurring and complementing aspects and the evolutions that philanthropy underwent between 1750 and 1914 in the British Empire and the metropolis. PhD and postgrad students whose researches focus on philanthropic endeavours and societies, missionary organizations and/or philanthropic literature from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century are more than welcome to speak on this occasion. Speakers are also invited to reflect on the historiographical perspectives of those issues and discuss their representations and treatment in school curricula, commemoration events and ceremonies, such as the 2007 Bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the UK.

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• 30 jui 2012

  Call for papers - History

  The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet, 1713-1784

  Le colloque « Le monde atlantique d’Antoine Benezet » aura lieu les 30, 31 mai et 1er juin 2013 à Paris (Universités Paris Diderot et Paris 8 – Vincennes). Le colloque commémore le tricentenaire d’ Antoine Benezet, huguenot né à Saint-Quentin en 1713 et qui, devenu quaker à Philadelphie, inspira la croisade antiesclavagiste à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Le colloque aura pour axes de réflexion: – la France, les huguenots et le Refuge dans sa diversité ; – l'histoire sociale et spirituelle des colonies britanniques d’Amérique du nord ; – le combat antiesclavagiste des Quakers nord-américains.

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