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• 31 déc 2019

  Beirut

  Call for papers - Representation

  Narrative forms and co-production in Arab cinemas

  Norms, constraints, and margins of freedom

  Film industry in the Arab world remains generally underdeveloped. Arab countries still depend on international film support funds, mainly European. This puts Arab producers, scriptwriters and filmmakers in a subaltern position in relation to European producers and funders, whose expectations in terms of content as well as narrative and aesthetic forms end up strongly impacting the film creation process. On the other hand, margins of freedom and resistance can be created within this system. This edition of Regards aims at addressing the complex relation between Arab cinemas and international film support funds.

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• 07 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Miscellaneous information - Education

  Teaching Gender. Theory and society in the classroom

  Now more than ever, gender as an analytical concept is being heavily contested from diverse quarters inside as well as outside academia. The panel discussion addresses key questions of how to teach gender as  critical theory in the light of current societal and political tensions on the one hand and institutional constraints inside the university on the other hand. How can we teach “critique”? What does teaching gender mean in terms of methods and topics? And how can we engage in critical research and teaching while responding to societal expectations as to relevant output and knowledge transfer?

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• 07 avr 2017

  08 avr 2017

  Zurich

  Study days - Sociology

  Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of women and gender in transnational perspective

  The Department of Gender Studies and Islamic Studies of the University of Zurich is organizing the first workshop of the Gender in University and Society (GENiUS) network on “Concepts that Matter! Terminologies of Women and Gender in Transnational Perspective”. GENiUS is an informal Swiss-Arab Network of academics specialized in the field of Gender Studies in and on the Arab region that aims at fostering scientific exchange on the levels of research, teaching and institution building.

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• 04 nov 2016

  05 nov 2016

  Lyon

  Conference, symposium - Asia

  Persona: the Power of Human Images in the Ancient Near East

  Ce colloque reunit les spécialistes de l'iconologie et des textes sur les problèmes du corps et de l'identité dans la région syro-mésopotamienne. Il s'articule sur 4 thèmes principaux : le corps à travers les âges ; le corps à travers le genre ; le corps à travers le statut ;du corps « idéal » au corps déformé/battu/grotesque.

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• 15 fév 2016

  San Antonio

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Encoding Data for Digital Collaboration (ASOR 2016)

  Data encoding entails an analog-to-digital conversion in which the characteristics of an object, text, or archaeological site can be represented in a specialized format for computer handling. Once encoded, data can be stored, sorted, and analyzed through a variety of computer-based techniques ranging from specialized data-mining algorithms to user-friendly mobile apps. Especially when encoded data is open-source, researchers around the world can collaborate on the collection, encoding, and analysis of data.

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• 13 nov 2014

  14 nov 2014

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  Recherches actuelles sur le genre dans le monde arabo-musulman et en France

  Ce colloque international sera l’occasion de réfléchir à l’impact récent des évolutions sociales et des ruptures politiques des sociétés arabo-musulmanes sur les rapports de genre. Les femmes sont particulièrement concernées par ces changements sociaux et politiques, comme le montre leur présence active dans les mouvements urbains. Elles se mobilisent, expriment leurs revendications, développent des stratégies de contournement des normes établies pour arriver à leurs fins, témoignant ainsi de ce qu’il est d’usage d’appeler aujourd’hui en sciences sociales, l’agentivité (agency). Certaines femmes se sont à cet égard imposées comme des actrices essentielles des révolutions arabes, en prenant part à la contestation, défiant de la sorte de nombreux interdits tout en affirmant leur capacité d’autonomisation (empowerment).

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• 01 nov 2013

  Rennes

  Call for papers - Representation

  Bodies and disorder in the Arab world

  Le colloque abordera la question des représentations du corps physique dans le monde arabe, en lien avec la notion de désordre envisagée comme élément porteur d'un nouvel ordre. Dans cette perspective, la réflexion sera centrée sur les effets d’écart, de rupture et d’évolution que suscite la corporéité dans les différents domaines de l’existence individuelle et sociale arabe, permettant la rencontre des approches historiques, sociologiques, artistiques, littéraires, etc.

   

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• 08 nov 2013

  09 nov 2013

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  Implications of Migration on Emancipation and Pseudo-Emancipation of Turkish Women : 35 years later

  The point of departure of this conference, organized by the Paris Institute for advanced Studies, is the question raised by Nermin Abadan Unat in 1977 on the implications of migration on emancipation and pseudo-emancipation of Turkish women.

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