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• 13 fév 2015

  14 fév 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - History

  The Politics of Carnival

  Transnational, Transhistorical Perspectives

  This international conference on carnival will bring together historians, anthropologists, and sociologists to explore the links between carnival and politics as showcased by carnivals in Europe, North America, the Caribbean and Latin America. The purpose of the meeting will be twofold: (1) discuss the evolution of "carnival studies" since the publication of Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World fifty years ago; (2) use case studies covering a wide range of geographical areas and historical periods (from the Renaissance to the 21^st century) to produce a coherent synthesis of the relationship between carnival and politics.

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• 10 fév 2015

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  XIIth World Congress on Earthen Architectures (Terra 2016)

  Terra 2016 is the twelfth in a series of international events organised since 1972, bringing together academics, professionals and experts, and a broad audience gathering around earthen architectures. The congress is organised under the aegis of the ISCEAH Committee of ICOMOS international, in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP). The 2016 edition will focus mainly on issues dealing with sustainable development, particularly in urban areas. This event will gather more than 800 participants from the fields of heritage conservation, archeology, architecture and urban planning, engineering, social sciences, as well as fields related to local sustainable development and crisis intervention.

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• 01 déc 2013

  Saint-Dizier

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Cast iron French art around the world: the paths of distribution

  Plus de 300 villes dans 70 pays étrangers, sans compter les milliers de monuments en France : la fonte d'ornement et la fonte d'art d'origine française ont été largement diffusées et, malgré les aléas du temps, ornent de nombreux parcs, jardins, espaces publics. Pourtant, lors de l'inventaire de ces richesses, il est souvent difficile de mettre à jour les mécanismes de diffusion : il y a une part commerciale classique (revendeurs) mais il y a aussi une part de relations diplomatique, politique des réseaux confessionnels, le rôle d'influence de professionnels de l'aménagement urbain... et bien sûr l'image du Paris haussmanien, de Versailles ou des collections du Louvre. Le colloque cherche à mettre en évidence ces jeux d'infliuence et, au-delà, ce que les Anglo-Saxons appellent le soft power : ici à la française.

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