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• 31 oct 2013

  Nanterre

  Call for papers - History

  Mediasphere, Culture, Soft Power

  In the wake of the London Olympics, which opened with a popular and populist ceremony depicting the Britain of yesteryear while celebrating the vibrancy of a modern multicultural society, it is timely to consider this deployment of soft power against the backdrop of contemporary Britain. More specifically, the aim of the conference is to explore and draw together common threads and themes – individual expression and freedom, an inherent consciousness of the past and a continuing national identity and iconoclasm – and to consider their influence in the context of broader political and social developments, including Britain’s faltering relationship with the EU, the response to the financial crisis and to Scottish devolution.

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• 30 jui 2012

  Mulhouse

  Conference, symposium - Early modern

  Radical Voices, Radical Ways: Articulating and Spreading Radical Ideas in the British Isles, 17th-18th centuries

  « Voix / voies radicales : dire et diffuser le radicalisme dans les îles britanniques (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles) ». Colloque international interdisciplinaire, Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse (France) – 11-13 avril 2013, organisé avec le soutien d’ILLE (Institut de recherche en langues et littératures européennes, EA 4363).

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