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• 15 nov 2013

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - History

  Port Cities: Comparative Perspectives on Urban Stability and Public Safety

  18th-21st centuries

  The coming of globalization was centrally anchored in the increased mobility of goods, people and ideas. Port cities were thus transformed in crucial hubs in this mobility age. Because of the heterogeneous social and cultural landscape associated with commerce and transport, port cities became increasingly known as insecure places. Hence the perceptions resulting from and the strategies adopted to deal with the insecurity and the search for a new sense of urban stability were especially acute in port cities.

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• 10 mai 2012

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Language

  Politeness: reflexions and (re)inventions

  Le congrès s´organisera en séances plénières (qui compteront sur l´intervention de spécialistes invités), et en séances parallèles réunissant des communications sélectionnées par la commission scientifique. Afin de construire cette zone de confluences entre savoirs et domaines de connaissance, la réflexion s´articulera préférentiellement autour des axes thématiques suivants : I. politesse, courtoisie et construction (rhétorique et culturelle) de la sociabilité ; II. stratégies linguistiques et textuelles de la politesse ; III. manifestations artistiques et littéraires de la politesse.

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