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• 01 mar 2016

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Immigration in the Electoral Rhetoric of the Americas

  While immigration has always been an important issue in the election debates, the current centrality of this topic invite us to question its rhetoric power (evocative terms, objectives pursued, instrumental efficiency…). Beyond the political scenes of Canada and United States (main arenas), will also be considered critical readings of electoral experiences in the Latin-American political world. This workshop will aim to shed the light on this matter in order to question (through politics, sociology, economics, law, history…) the reminiscence of what seems to be a modern form of identity resurgence in a specific framework: the electoral arena campaign, a real national trajectory catalyst.

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• 30 oct 2015

  Amsterdam

  Study days - History

  Denim on stage

  University meets industry at Denim City in Amsterdam

  The aim of this one-day conference is to explore the evolution of denim from its origins in the French town of Nîmes, through the American invention of the modern blue jeans, to the contemporary global manufacturing and marketing of denim and jeans. Blue denim jeans are the most worn garments in the world. Even though denim is often perceived as a symbol of American culture, the denim fabric originated in Europe and has a long history. Yet it was only when denim trousers were riveted that the first modern pair of jeans were created in the late XIX^th century. Since this invention, jeans have made grand transformations from a worker’s garment, through a uniform of non-conformity and youth protest, to an item of fashion design. Recently, the Netherlands has become an international marketing cluster for the global denim industry.

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• 17 jui 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Economy

  Third Sector. Towards a collaborative Public Service

  XIVth edition of the International Public Management Symposium

  There is a trend for governments to try developping partnerships with the Third Sector (non-profit associations, foundations, social enterprises and cooperatives...) which is being recognized as one of the main economical and social actor. We may quote, as an example, the governmental project of Big Society in the United-Kingdom. This international symposium will gather researchers and practitioners to debate the place of the Third Sector in the process of creating a collaborative Public Service. Many questions will be at stake: How to define the Third Sector? What is the impact of cultural characteritics on its development? How does it imply the participation of civil society to the co-production of Public Services? Is it a "miracle cure" in this time of pressure on the public purse?

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• 15 sep 2014

  Agadir Igourrou

  Call for papers - Economy

  Euro-African sustainable development of renewable energies. Financial oxymoron and social and environmental complementarity

  Oscar for Euro-African EnR businesses and Oscar for the Euro-African AGR EnR associative fabric

  Les communications et les contributions de ce Symposium International : « Le développement durable euro-africain des énergies renouvelables : oxymore financier et complémentarité sociale et environnementale » visent à présenter des résultats de recherches empiriques et/ou théoriques. Elles apportent une contribution d’ordre théorique, conceptuel, méthodologique ou épistémologique, compte tenu de l’état actuel des connaissances. Ce symposium international a pour objectif de promouvoir la recherche scientifique action et assurer les actions de transfert de connaissance sur les énergies renouvelables et l’efficacité énergétique aux niveaux : national, régional et international, y compris par le biais d’un Think Tank de séminaires et de conférences.

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• 30 nov 2012

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  Debt, Democracy, Citizenship

  A Political History of Public Debts (Europe and the United States, since the Late Eighteenth Century)

  This is call for papers for a symposium to be held in Paris in June 2013. Its main theme is a political history of public debts since the end of the eighteenth century. Organized as a workshop, this symposium aims to explore the public debt as the locus for political debates and conflicts. Our goal is to bring together various case studies, using different approaches, but all analyzing aspects of the link between politics (especially in its social or participative dimensions) and the indebtedness of states. This should help shed new light on such central concepts for our understanding of the modern political world as sovereignty, citizenship, democracy, and solidarity.

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• 15 déc 2007

  Call for papers - Geography

  Géographie(s) rurale(s) en question(s)

  Appel à contributions pour Géocarrefour-Call for Papers for Geocarrefour

  Ce numéro de la revue Géocarrefour se propose donc d’explorer les questionnements théoriques, épistémologiques et méthodologiques de la géographie rurale d’aujourd’hui.Les principaux thèmes sur lesquels des contributions sont attendues (sans exclusive) sont : 1) la question des dynamiques économiques et de l'emploi rural; 2) les différenciations sociales au sein de la population rurale; 3) la question des seuils (de densité et d’équipement), de distance, d’éloignement et d’accessibilité peut permettre de questionner et de préciser l’objet géographique ‘rural’. Le rural est-il encore une catégorie d’espace pertinente, en termes scientifique et praxéologique ?

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