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• 08 aoû 2020

  Embrun

  Study days - Early modern

  Pierre Jartoux (1169-1720), the original Jesuit of Embrun and scientist in China4

  Le samedi 8 août 2020, à Embrun (Hautes-Alpes), se tiendra une journée d’étude sur l'activité des jésuites scientifiques en Chine aux XVII^e et XVIII^e siècles, à partir du cas particulier du père Pierre Jartoux (Embrun, 1669 - Pékin, 1720), avec la participation d’universitaires, historiens et archivistes, est organisée par le diocèse de Gap et Embrun, en partenariat notamment avec la ville et le Pays S.U.D.

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• 25 avr 2018

  Sibiu

  Call for papers - Modern

  Instances of power and cultural discourse

  Intercultural exchange in the age of globalization, second edition

  In the context of today’s social, political and economic changes, power is one of the governing principles of culture. Power comes in many shapes and sizes and it manifests itself under various forms: it can be tyrannical or a combination of forces (Foucault); it can be charismatic, traditional and rational (Weber) or the opposite – manipulative; it can also appear as a system of diluted forces that spring from the “social field” (Bourdieu); it can remain in the unconscious or it can manifest itself in the speech act. However it may appear, it has become clear that power shapes the course of the creation, interpretation and analysis of literary texts and other cultural products.

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