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• 01

  Jun

  2026

  Call for papers - History

  Mapping Aristocratic Spaces. Estates, Forests, and Gardens (Europe, 16th–19th Centuries)

  Whether used to map or describe a territory, to develop, exploit, or promote it, the map gradually emerged as one of the primary tools for the appropriation of aristocratic spaces in modern Europe. This cartography, widely utilized by historians of parks, gardens, forests, and estates, has however rarely been studied for its own sake. This conference therefore aims to examine the methods of its production, uses, and dissemination, while exploring its role in the transformation of the environment and in the reconfiguration of an aristocracy that considered land ownership as a foundation of its social identity. 

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  Tours

  Call for papers - Psyche

  Caring for Madness in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Approaches, Practices, and Representations

  Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, this conference seeks to examine the perception, treatment, and representation of individuals affected by madness in the medieval and early modern periods, whether madness took the diverse forms of melancholy, possession, wandering, or unreason. To this end, it proposes to engage with the contemporary notion of care, understood as an ethics of care, and to historicize it beyond its modern conceptual framework, in order to reassess the relationship to vulnerability and dependency (and interdependency), as well as the dialectic between assistance and marginalization in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  Lugano

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Modern

  Yves Klein Foundation’s First Research Grant

  The Yves Klein Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new research grant program. Its purpose is to support the renewal of scholarship dedicated to the artist and to encourage deeper exploration of his work, ideas and enduring creative legacy.This programme, held twice a year, includes a residency and a stipend of CHF 6,000. It is intended for emerging researchers of any nationality and aims to foster new narratives, situate the artist’s work within a broader cultural context, shed light on its resonance with contemporary societal and ecological challenges and consider its reception across diverse geographies.

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• 08

  Nov

  2026

  Florence

  Call for papers - History

  Time to Play

  Playful Participation as an Artistic Methodology: Histories, Curatorial Practices, Museums

  The third issue of the new series of Senzacornice Journal. Studies on the Contemporary Art System takes as its point of departure two seminal experiences centered on spontaneous and self-managed play. These are understood both as models for social and communal construction through audience engagement, and as investigations into the mutually productive relationships between human and machine, and human and object: The Model – A Model for a Qualitative Society (Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 1968, curated by Palle Nielsen) and Play Orbit (London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1969, curated by Jasia Reichhardt). In both cases, the curators conceived play as a voluntary activity—mediated or unmediated—capable of restoring to the participant a freedom of action that is increasingly constrained or denied within institutional contexts.

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• 01

  Sep

  2026

  Call for papers - Representation

  Photography as Inquiry

  Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities

  This thematic issue explores the role of photography in social science research methods from the late 19th century to the present, with an ethnographic focus on the processes of production and co-production of fieldwork data. Whilst the intertwining of the medium with the renewal of modes of scientific observation and gaze in the 19th and 20th centuries is now well established, the past and current development of visual practices at the intersection of the social sciences and photography has, for its part, been explored more recently. Building on these works, this issue aims to follow the long-term evolution of ethnographic research methods involving and/or using photography, as well as the gradual development of its contemporary forms. What constitutes a (photographic) inquiry, and for whom? What roles do fieldworkers, ethnographer-photographers, and the institutions that oversee and commission inquiries play in it?

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  Journal passés futurs

  A trilingual journal (English, French and Spanish) issued twice a year, passés futurs publishes original articles exploring the social and memorial uses of the past in contemporary contexts, along with political, national or religious issues from previous centuries. The journal welcomes submissions adopting comparative, international and interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and studies in literature, cinema, theatre, music and artistic creation.

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• 31

  May

  2026

  Lomé

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Establishment of an Endogenous Calendar and Celebration of the African New Year: Contemporary Challenges of African Unity, between history and identity

  In a context where Africa aspires to free itself from the vestiges of colonization and all other forms of cultural domination, in order to assert itself as an autonomous and self-referential power, the question arises as to what date could be chosen for the celebration of the African New Year, similar to that of other peoples of the world such as the Chinese, Europeans, Israelis, Iranians, and so on, who celebrate their New Year distinctly. However, this date must necessarily be based on a scientifically developed calendar that withstands the vagaries of time. It is for all these reasons that the Togolese Government proposes to organize an international symposium on the theme: “Establishment of an endogenous calendar and celebration of the African New Year: contemporary challenges of African unity, between history and identity”.

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  Call for papers - Language

  Patching up. Intermediality. History and Theory of the Arts, Literature, and Technologies

  Revue « Intermédialités », n° 50 (Automne 2027)

  Patching up means adding pieces—patches—to maintain, repair, and extend the life of something; at times, it goes beyond simply filling a gap to become a creative act. We start from the premise that objects and infrastructures, like bodies and communities, can be patched up—and that what is patched up is never quite “as it was before.” Its appearance, function, and meaning may shift; the pieces themselves are redefined by what they join. Patching up is therefore less about restoring a previous state than about producing something that did not exist before: a different object, a new reality. This creative, poietic, and performative dimension lies at the heart of this issue, which seeks to explore both the material act of patching up and the political gestures and worldviews that accompany it.

   

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• 31

  May

  2026

  Neuchâtel

  Call for papers - History

  La trace des dieux : empreintes surnaturelles dans le christianisme, l’islam et le bouddhisme (Moyen Âge – époque contemporaine)

  Many cultures express devotion toward objects that appear remarkably similar: footprints in stone said to have been left by celestial figures. This workshop, organized at the University of Neuchâtel on October 22–23, 2026, aims to move beyond this impression of déjà vu and to highlight the specific characteristics of devotional practices associated with such traces in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

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• 04

  May

  2026

  05 May 2026

  06 May 2026

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  The Most Important of All Ages. Children, Childhood(s) and Childlikeness in Soviet Cinema

  The profound symbolic significance of the figure of the child in Soviet cinema has elevated it to a central—if not essential—principle of that cinematic tradition. Such a dimension calls for a sustained and renewed examination of the occurrences and variations of this figure, in order to further map its historical, ideological, mythopoetic, poetic, and philosophical metamorphoses within the Soviet filmic space. Our inquiry will address both the “childlike principle” that permeates characters in Soviet cinema and the representation of childhood itself—its defining features and substance, its cultural plurality, its departure or loss, its mediation through memory, its nostalgia—as well as the historical biases that shape its conception and delimit its perception.

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• 31

  May

  2026

  Algiers

  Call for papers - Language

  “Maalim for Translation” - varia

  June 2026

  Maalim for Translation is a peer-reviewed, semi-annual journal, established in 2009 and published by the Higher Council of the Arabic Language (Algeria). The journal is dedicated to promoting scientific research in translation studies and fostering the movement of translation from and into Arabic. It aims to strengthen both theoretical and applied research, positioning translation as a central discipline among the sciences.

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• 22

  May

  2026

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Ethnology, anthropology

  Bourses Fondation Martine Aublet - niveau master

  The following disciplines are concerned : anthropology, archaeology, ethnolinguistics, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and sociology. Research in other disciplinary fields may be accepted only if a strong dialogue with the above-mentioned disciplines is maintained. Research methodologies may include ethnographic or ethnolinguistic fieldworks, archival research and documentation works (including collections), or archaeological excavations.

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• 22

  May

  2026

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Ethnology, anthropology

  Bourses de recherche Fondation Martine Aublet - niveau doctorat

  The Fondation is offering doctoral fellowships (15,000 €) to finance field research for students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD. Fieldwork may take place in Africa, Asia, Oceania, or America, must last at least six months between October 1st of the current year and September 30th of the following year.

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• 20

  May

  2026

  Tübingen

  Call for papers - Thought

  Poietics and Politics of the Pluriverse, Part II: Revolutions, Research-Crea[c]tions and Possible Worlds

  Initiated by a group of young artist-researchers from the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen and the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès (UT2J), the project Poietics and Politics of the Pluriverse, Part II: Revolutions, Research-Crea[c]tions and Possible Worlds aims to provide a space to expand and break down the boundaries of thought and creation. Focusing on revolutions (political, but also artistic, scientific, metaphysical…), “research-crea[c]tion” and possible worlds, this second conference will further explore the poietics, politics and cosmologies of the Pluriverse. It will bring together researchers and “artivists” for workshops, performances, academic presentations and discussions open to the public.

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• 15

  Jun

  2026

  La Rochelle

  Call for papers - Sociology

  “Hallyu” and the Global South: The Impact of the South Korean Cultural Industry in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

  Ce colloque vise à analyser l’évolution récente de la « vague coréenne » en phénomène culturel global, en mettant l’accent sur son impact sur la circulation et la réception des produits culturels en Asie du Sud, en Asie du Sud-Est et en Amérique latine.

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• 30 Apr 2026

  Lille

  Summer School - Early modern

  A Place in Time

  A Summer School for the Study of Women and Temporalities in Early Modern Europe

  The goal of this summer school is to help doctoral students develop an interdisciplinary reflection on the intersection between gender and time in the early-modern period. With the help of invited keynote speakers, workshops around secondary literature, primary written and visual sources (notably from the Palais des Beaux-Arts’s collections), and discussions around the candidates’ research, we aim to foster interest in this framework and complexify approaches to gender studies and key themes such as the question of agency or the inscription of women in history. 

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• 30

  May

  2026

  Rome

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Telling the World in Images during the Renaissance

  Organisées sous les auspices du CNRS/Centre André Chastel, de l’université Grenoble Alpes / LARHRA et de la Villa Médicis, ces journées constituent un pivot du projet Spectacles célestes, déployé au sein de la chaire de professeur junior ARVIGRAPH. Nous y sonderons les modalités par lesquelles les images édifient et énoncent le cosmos dans ses dimensions symboliques, sociales et esthétiques.

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• 20

  May

  2026

  21 May 2026

  22 May 2026

  Saint-Denis

  Conference, symposium - Europe

  Plurilingualism and the circulation of knowledge, imaginations, and skills. What are the dynamics and vulnerabilities?

  A la suite de l'appel à communication, nous avons sélectionné plus de 75 propositions de communication qui s'organisent autour de trois thèmes majeurs : le plurilinguisme comme valeur de référence ; la francophonie dans la transmission et la circulation des savoirs et des imaginaires  ; lee plurilinguisme et les défis sociétaux et culturels. L'événement se tient du 20 au 22 mai à l'Université Paris 8 à Saint-Denis.

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• 05

  Jun

  2026

  Conference, symposium - Epistemology and methodology

  Practicing the Archival Commons

  Publics, Power and Perspectives

  This workshop seeks to examine refigured archiving work currently undertaken in Africa as well as to learn more about the ways in which this refigures scholarship. Introducing the concept of the ‘archival commons’, it particularly aims at studying diverse forms of archiving as common, communal or communing practices that have significant effects on both preservation and critical historical work.

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• 01 May 2026

  Call for papers - Geography

  Les futurs du patrimoine méditerranéen

  Premier Forum des Chaires UNESCO de Méditerranée

  Le premier Forum des Chaires UNESCO de Méditerranée, organisé à l’Université de Corse, vise à réunir chercheurs, institutions et acteurs culturels autour des enjeux contemporains du patrimoine méditerranéen. Il ambitionne de structurer un réseau de coopération et de réflexion sur les transformations culturelles, sociales, économiques et environnementales du bassin méditerranéen.

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