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• 01 aoû 2020

  Helsinki

  Call for papers - History

  Liv­ing un­der Em­pires: A View from Be­low

  What have Meso­pot­amian Em­pires ever done for their people? Track­ing the macro in the mi­cro

  In this workshop, we aim to take the view from below and investigate in what way imperial dynamics may have affected the lifeways of people in their territories. The basic questions of this workshop are: How did the empires of the Ancient Near East affect the lives of ordinary people in their realm?  To which extent was rural life and life in smaller towns permeated by imperial agents and policies, hence by imperial dynamics? 

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• 01 jui 2019

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Administrative violence towards foreigner in France

  Les travaux du laboratoire Junior Mouvances analysent les processus de représentation et de catégorisation des migrations, et des personnes concernées, ainsi que leurs effets sociaux. Cette journée porte sur les « violences administratives envers les étranger·es », que nous définissons très largement comme « des formes de violences symboliques et/ou physiques, qui s'exercent contre des individus étranger·es en raison de leur situation administrative, mais aussi en fonction d'autres discriminations (raciales, sociales, de genre, de handicap), généralement de la part des administrations d'État elles-mêmes ». Nous étudions spécifiquement le cas français, même si des études comparées sont les bienvenues. Dans le souci de donner une visibilité et des espaces de communications de leurs recherches à des étudiant·es, doctorant·es, et jeunes chercheur·ses, nous leur réservons cet appel à communication. 

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• 15 oct 2016

  Le Mans

  Call for papers - Modern

  Conflicts of memory: arts, history, commemorations

  This conference will focus not only on historical events which fuel conflicting memories, but also on works of art – including those produced at the margins of institutions – which encourage or undermine the consensual interpretations of the past. Do artworks promoting a reinterpretation of the past help foster a new type of relationship between the present and the past? Do they open onto a different future? Some works spark off debates and suggest that memory is imbued with potentially irreconcilable sentiments. Historical materials and artworks convey this tension, articulating the gap between dominant and dominated memories. Does art help resolve conflicts or does it perpetuate them? Comparing different artists’ original takes on similar historical events may help us better understand the stakes behind conflicting memories.

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• 01 jui 2012

  Birmingham

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Rights and Representations

  Foreign Language Film Conference V

  Submissions are invited for the fifth Foreign Language Film Conference, on the theme of Rights and Representations. In this historic setting of the American South, and in conjunction with Birmingham's 50th anniversary remembrance of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, FLFC celebrates civil and human rights. Scholars will consider the question of civil rights in international cinematic traditions. How does film as an art and a genre represent civil rights, and human rights? What are the places of rebellion, terrorism, or non-violent resistance in forging individual freedoms, and how is this reflected in national cinematic traditions? How do international films address issues of discrimination, violence, repression, the struggle for social equality ? On the pedagogical side of the question, how do films about civil rights teach their viewers about international cultural and political traditions and movements ? How are these films incorporated into classroom discussions of global civil rights ?

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• 04 oct 2011

  Saint-Denis

  Study days - Sociology

  The category of "active ageing": birth, contribution, limits

  Le Groupe des jeunes chercheurs en sciences sociales sur le vieillissement vous propose d’aborder et de questionner la catégorie du « vieillissement actif » ou « active ageing ». En mettant ce terme au cœur de nos échanges, il s’agit de se demander : quel usage en faisons-nous ? L’utilisons-nous en tant que catégorie issue d’un contexte socio-politique et économique particulier, en tant que notion ? Quelle pertinence représente-t-elle pour l’étude des vieillissements ? La journée s'organise en une matinée d’introduction de la notion et des débats qu’elle suscite et une après-midi de discussions entre les participants, à partir de communications courtes.

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