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The Classics in the Pulpit. Ancient Literature and Preaching in the Middle Ages
The aim of the conference is to shed new light on this both striking and irritating practice. Papers (25 min) can deal with topics such as the reasons and occasions for the use of the classics in preaching, the hermeneutic and literary strategies applied in order to adapt pagan mythology to homiletic needs, the social and educational background of preachers and their audiences, the connections of classicizing sermons with other fields of literature such as vernacular poetry, or the discourse they provoked within the clerical milieu. Applications from all relevant disciplines (e.g. history, literature, theology, philosophy) are welcome.
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London
Revolutionary cosmopolitanism. Transnational migration and political activism, 1815-1848
The period 1815-1848 not only was characterized by several waves of revolution in Europe, the Atlantic world and beyond, but also by large movements of migration. Although these migrations can often be associated with political uprisings, only few connections have been made between the study of migration history and history of political thought and practices. This one-day conference aims to bring together these different strands of research and to discuss how experiences of migration and cross-boundary mobility contributed to the formation of common revolutionary cultures in the period 1815-1848.
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Cambridge
Conference, symposium - Thought
The thought of Henri Bergson (1859-1941), one of the most influential theorists of time of the twentieth century, has primarily been confined to the so-called “continental” tradition of philosophy. In the past few years this has started to change; his work has begun to receive ingenious reassessment from philosophers outside the field of “continental” philosophy in general and within analytic philosophy in particular. The aim of this conference is to capture this moment and use it to provide new perspectives on Bergsonian philosophy, expanding and reassessing Bergson’s legacy and producing a major permutation in the philosophy of time.
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Oxford
Women and violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500
A two-days conference in Oxford exploring the assumptions linking violence and femininity in the late medieval mediterranean (Byzantium, Western Europe, Islamic world).
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Leeds
Text as object in the Middle Ages
The International Medieval Congress (IMC) is the largest medieval studies conference in the world. In line with the Special Thematic Strand in 2019 “Materialities” and the recent creation of the strand “Manuscript studies”, we organize sessions on “Text as object in the Middle Ages”. Texts, indeed, are at the same time an idea and a form. The latter is the result of a combination of inherited social uses and specific intentions by the various actors involved in transmitting the text as idea. This process begins with the authors, continues to the craftsmen (parchment and paper makers, copyists and chancery clerks, painters and illuminators, sculptors and weavers, booksellers…) and then on to possessors, readers, archives and libraries. All textual artefacts are concerned: manuscripts, charters, inscriptions, tapestries, seals, coins, etc.
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Oxford
Scholarship, prize and job offer - Europe
History of Science, Technology and Medicine – Visiting Senior Research Fellowship
La Maison Française d’Oxford souhaite accueillir annuellement des chercheurs invités dans le domaine de l’histoire des sciences et des techniques pendant Hilary term, traditionnellement entre janvier et mars du calendrier universitaire de l’université d’Oxford.
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Preston
Women’s spring: feminism, nationalism and civil disobedience
The aim of this conference is to explore the ways in which female activists and artists responded the resurgence of the far-right nationalism and the twin evil of religious fundamentalism. We want to take a closer look at grassroots emancipatory movements, women-led voluntary associations, as well as cultural texts by women – performances, installations, artworks, films and novels – in which authors take a stance against religious bigotry, xenophobia, homophobia, racism and misogyny. But we also invite contributions that focus on women’s endorsement of and participation in ultra-conservative national and orthodox religious campaigns.
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Oxford
Call for papers - Early modern
Printing and misprinting: Typographical mistakes and publishers’ corrections (1450-1600)
This one-day symposium – opening with a keynote lecture by Anthony Grafton (Princeton) – aims to explore the notions of typos and manuscript or stop-press emendations in early modern print shops. Building on Grafton’s seminal work, scholars are invited to present new evidence on what we can learn from misprints in relation to publishers’ practices, printing and pre-publication procedures, and editorial strategies between 1450 and 1600.
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Paris | Arles | Stirling | New Haven
New training program for translators in philosophy, the humanities and social sciences
ATLAS, association pour la promotion de la traduction littéraire, lance un appel à candidature pour quatre ateliers intensifs d’une semaine en résidence, consacrés à la traduction en sciences humaines et sociales (anglais-français). Encadrés par deux traducteurs expérimentés, ces ateliers réunissent de jeunes chercheurs francophones et anglophones pour approfondir leurs compétences traductives dans leur domaine de recherche. Consacrées aux domaines de l'histoire, de la philosophie, de la sociologie et de l'anthropologie et de la pensée critique, ces quatre sessions se tiendront respectivement à l'université de Stirling (du 04/12/17 au 08/12/17), à Arles (CITL, du 18/12/17 au 22/12/17), à Paris (EHESS, du 08/01/18 au 12/01/18) et à l'université de Yale (États-Unis, du 16/01/18 au 20/01/18).
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Oxford
The century of lightness: emergences of a paradigm from the 18th century in France
Au dix-huitième siècle, le concept de légèreté semble envahir tous les domaines des connaissances humaines, de la morale à la physique, des inventions aérostatiques aux créations artistiques. Perpétuant cette image d’un âge léger, depuis le dix-neuvième siècle bourgeois, industrieux mais aussi nostalgique du temps des fêtes galantes, jusqu’à notre époque célébrant la frivolité (et la commercialité) des années de Marie-Antoinette et de Fragonard, le dix-huitième siècle français en sa légèreté n’a jamais cessé de séduire. Ainsi, qu’elle soit l’objet d’une conquête (scientifique, morale, esthétique, etc.) ou de constructions historiques, la légèreté du dix-huitième siècle s’impose comme un paradigme dont il s’agira de soulever les enjeux, dans une perspective critique et historiographique.
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London
Revisiting Early Modern Prophecies (c.1500 – c.1815)
A three-day, international conference on prophecy in early modern Europe and the Mediterranean world. To be held at Goldsmiths, University of London on 26–28 June 2014.
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Reading
Conference, symposium - History
Academic Culture and the Culture of Academic Competitions in Early Modern Europe
Academic Culture and the Culture of Academic Competitions in early Modern Europe. Annual Symposium of the Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading, 26 April 2013.
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Oxford
Conference, symposium - Religion
Elementary Forms of Religious Life: A Dialogue between the Disciplines
Conference organised by School of Anthropology and Museum Studies (SAME), University of Oxford with The British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, Maison Française d'Oxford, and All Souls College, on Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 July. -
Oxford
Conference, symposium - Science studies
Sites of Chemistry in the 18th Century
Conference organised by the Maison Française d'Oxford, on the July 4th and 5th, 2011. -
Oxford
Conference, symposium - Thought
The Natural Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes: Its Context and Development
The conference "The Natural Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes: Its Context and Development" takes place at the Maison Française d'Oxford, on February 3rd and 4th, 2012. -
Loughborough
Call for papers - Political studies
Real Democracy and the Revolutions of Our Time
Anarchist Studies Network Conference: Making Connections
Le stream « real democracy and the revolutions of our time » propose d'explorer les implications pour la théorie et praxis de la révolution de certains mouvements récents, dont Occupy et le printemps arabe serait exemplaires. Il se déclinera en trois panels, qui sont tous ouverts non seulement à des communications classiques, mais aussi à des interventions artistiques, des témoignages, et des propositions orientées vers l'action. -
Cambridge
Conference, symposium - History
Cities and Alternatives in the 19th Century
Imagined Civities is an interdisciplinary conference examining the changes in the Victorian city. Stemming from The Guild, the 19th century seminar held at Cambridge University, the conference aims to explore any aspect of cultural and intellectual responses to urbanisation in the 19th century. The keynote address will be delivered by Prof. Peter Mandler.For more information and registration, please see http://theguild.posterous.com/ -
Oxford
Maison Française d'Oxford conference cycle
L'axe de recherche « Nation et mondialisation » a notamment privilégié un programme pluridisciplinaire relatif à l’analyse des élites. D’un point de vue politologique, il concerne l’analyse comparative des représentants politiques au sein des démocraties européennes et d’autre part celle de la symbolique, appréhendée notamment du point de vue des rituels politiques. Dans une perspective davantage sociologique, il ambitionne de favoriser le développement d’études comparatives autour de la question de la distinction élitiste, y compris avec le concours d’historiens ou d’anthropologues susceptibles d’introduire, pertinemment, des dimensions temporelles et culturelles. -
Leeds
Medieval Scripts and the Rules
Call For Paper, Leeds, 2012
Apices et l'IRHT patronent des sessions au dix-neuvième congrès international de Leeds (19th International Medieval Congress, 9-12 juillet 2012), dont le thème pour cette année est « Rules to Follow (or Not) : Règles à suivre (ou pas) ». L'écriture médiévale faisant partie du processus de communication interpersonnelle devait nécessairement suivre des règles assurant la lisibilité et la compréhension des textes par les acteurs de la communication. Ces sessions étudieront les écritures médiévales et les règles. -
London
Court Medicine: Healthcare Personnel and Sanitary Politics in European Courts, late 15c-18c
Court medical practitioners changed in numbers, occupations and functions during the Renaissance and early modern period (15c-18c) practitioners focused on different specialities within body-care, and took on different roles in the government of Europe’s states. Building on recent work that has concentrated on the history of body care at courts, this workshop will explores changes in court medical politics, practices and practitioners and the consequences they had for, firstly, medical thought, regulation and practice and, secondly, the activities, management and evolution of early modern states.
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