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• 30 Jun 2015

  Beijing

  Call for papers - Asia

  Creative Misunderstanding

  34th World Congress of Art History – Session 15

  In the spirit of the Section’s proposal we can read: "The focus here is on misunderstanding and misinterpretation in the history of art. It intends to further study the problem of the reception of foreign, heterodox and non-traditional cultures." Everybody knows the 19^th century misinterpretation of the cloud and fog representation in the Chinese landscape painting as early impressionistic sign of atmosphere. Another example of a (tragic) mistake from the 20^th century is the destruction of the Montecassino abbey by an American bomber because of a misunderstood verbal instruction. (The American decoder thinks the German word "Abt" (abbey) for the abbreviation of German "Abteilung" (military department).) However, our understanding of the Section title is based on the confrontation of the two concept creativity and misunderstanding.

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• 17 Jun 2015

  18 Jun 2015

  19 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - History

  South-South Axes of Global Art

  The decentered internationalism espoused by the Havana, Dakar, and Gwangju biennials invites art historians to depart from an exclusively North Atlantic focus. Such a shift in purview seriously considers cities and regions that have been marginalized by previous academic emphases, more so than by their historical circulations of art and culture with the rest of the world. Historicizing and measuring the circulation of art on the former margins is now a decisive task if we want to evidence, nuance, or contest the “provincialization” of Europe and North America in recent art history. Artl@s’ upcoming conference aims to gather an international and transdisciplinary group of researchers to collectively investigate the formation and impediments of what we call “South-South” axes from decolonization to the present day.

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• 15 Jun 2015

  16 Jun 2015

  Florence

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  Towards a graphic culture: studying drawing

  Drawing seems nowadays to know unprecedented expansion and to invest all domains of the expression and the communication: book industries, cartoons and animation movies, video games, corporate communication… And we indeed face kind of a paradox: widely present, drawing seems almost impossible to define and some philosophers like Jean-Luc Nancy even invite us to accept the "unthinkable" nature of the drawing. The international conference we organize on June 15^th and 16^th of this year in the villa Finaly of Firenze (Italy) does not intend to adopt similar position. Without wishing necessarily to produce a definition of the drawing, we intend to progress towards its understanding.

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• 20 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  War Memories

  Commemoration, Re-enactment, Writings of War in the English-speaking World (XVIIIth-XXIst century)

  The wars of the past have not left the same imprint on collective memory. Wars of conquest or liberation have marked the history of the British Empire and its colonies in different ways. American foreign policy seems to be motivated by what is sometimes viewed as an imperialist vision which led the army into the quagmire of Vietnam and more recently into controversial involvement in the Gulf. Whether they end in victory or defeat, or are a source of patriotic pride or collective shame, wars are commemorated in museum exhibitions or through literature and the cinema in which the threads of ideological discourse and the expression of subjective experience are intertwined. In the wake of the 100th anniversary of the Great War, when the links between memory and history are central to historiographical preoccupations, this international conference will encompass the representations of wars in the English-speaking world during the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

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• 01 Nov 2015

  Pessac

  Conference, symposium - Language

  The Enclave in the Anglophone World

  Surrounded by a larger territory belonging to someone else, an enclave is a portion of territory where specific moral or social laws create a situation of isolation. The enclave is thus the privileged venue for particular phenomena that may only exist in this confined territory. It may be considered as an absolute alternative to the outside world, a utopia or a dystopia. By providing the possibility of a new start, the enclave raises the issue of escape or resistance, and brings up the problematic relationship that links it to the surrounding territory. The enclave thus creates a gap between interior and exterior, which allows it to contrast certain aspects, similar to a magnifying mirror. Beyond the territorial rupture, this symposium will explore and develop the network of complex relationships, which, from a geological, ontological and esthetic point of view, the enclave calls into question.

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• 14 Jun 2015

  Vienna

  Call for papers - Economy

  The central bank balance sheet in a long-term perspective

  How to construct it, how to read it, what to learn from it

  The purpose of the workshop is to gather scholars who have worked with historic central bank balance sheets to put these current debates into a longer-term perspective. We particularly welcome contributions that highlight the challenges posed by analyzing balance sheets both in a cross section and over time, notably by potentially different meanings of balance sheet categories and changes in the underlying operations.

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• 14 Jun 2015

  Vienna

  Call for papers - History

  Financial development and economic growth in South-East Europe. A historical and comparative perspective

  Xth Conference of the South-East European Monetary History Network (SEEMHN)

  The purpose of the conference is to gather scholars working on financial development (e.g. banks, central banks, and financial markets) and economic development (e.g. growth and structural change) in Southeastern Europe to get new, challenging, and exciting insights into the interrelationships between the financial sector and the real economy. Quantitative and qualitative research as well as national case studies and cross-country comparative work can be presented at this conference.

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• 10 Jul 2015

  Santo Tirso

  Call for papers - Representation

  Public Art: Place, Context, Participation

  The Instituto de história da arte, Faculdade de ciências sociais e humanas, universidade Nova de Lisboa is organising the International conference « Public Art: Place, Context, Participation », taking place on 23 and 24 October 2015 at Fabrica Santo Thyrso, in Santo Tirso, based on a proposal by the city council of Santo Tirso. The conference is linked to a reflection on the works developed since 1991 by the international symposia on contemporary sculpture, headed by sculptor Alberto Carneiro and professor and art critic Gérard Xuriguera, whose tenth and final edition, currently ongoing, will allow the conclusion of the International museum of contemporary sculpture of Santo Tirso.

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• 15 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Summer School - Science studies

  Research, pedagogic sessions and tools for controversy mapping

  FORCCAST Summer School 2015

  In 2014, we started the FORCCAST summer school with a provocative question: “What is a good controversy?”. We began by lining up case studies selected by participants which were then discussed by  participants in small groups. We would like to continue this exercise by inviting scholars working on controversies to present their case study and situate the notion of “controversies” in relation to more established and used social sciences concepts. It is not unfair to detect a somewhat casual use of “controversies” as an analytical resource. Against this trend, we encourage scholars to present research that falls within this area, and also to refine the coarse nature of the very term “controversy”. Over the years, we will build a repository of case studies that should help all of us to analyze the diversity behind the use of the term “controversies”, to identify some patterns, and hopefully to build a common typology.

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• 05 Jun 2015

  06 Jun 2015

  Oxford

  Conference, symposium - Law

  Law's Hermeneutics

  Other Investigations

  The Maison française d’Oxford in co-operation with the Kent Centre for European and Comparative Law is organizing a critical and interdisciplinary workshop entitled "Law’s Hermeneutics: Other Investigations" to take place in Oxford on 5-6 June 2015. The aim of this workshop, which will be open to the public, whether lawyers or non-lawyers, is to gather approximately 10 leading academics hailing from different scholarly and cultural horizons with a view to revisiting legal hermeneutics by making particular reference to philosophy, linguistics and translation studies. 

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• 17 Jul 2015

  Tübingen

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

  Two PhD positions in the Emmy-Noether junior research group on "power and influence: influencing emperors between Antiquity and the Middle Ages"

  Since rulers of the Imperial Roman Period and the Early Middle Ages occupied the highest (secular) position, individuals who exerted influence on them enjoyed a great extent of power. As a consequence, there was bitter rivalry between the various agents and much thinking about legitimate and illegitimate influence. These exercises and concepts of personal influence are the topic of a new Emmy-Noether junior research group, which is offering two PhD positions.

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• 18 Jun 2015

  19 Jun 2015

  Florence

  Conference, symposium - Information

  Books and reading in an age of media overload

  By the Book 2015

  This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. This is the second conference to bring together researchers and teachers of publishing studies from a range of countries.

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• 15 Jun 2015

  Paris 05 Panthéon

  Call for papers - History

  Europe and the Arabian Peninsula (19th-21th centuries)

  This international workshop will deal with the relations between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula in the Modern Era, from the beginnings of globalization until the most recent economic and strategic developments. In order to study both the evolution and the contents of such relations, two main topics will be given a more particular interest: Cultural and Scientific Relations in connection with the change of mutual understanding from the 19^th to the 21^th century; Evolution of Economic relations from the 19^th to the 21^th century.

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• 20 Jul 2015

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Call for papers - Early modern

  New Perspectives on Censorship in Early Modern England

  Literature, Politics and Religion

  Placed under the aegis of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), this international conference will reassess the notion and the hermeneutics of censorship in early modern England. How was censorship organized? Did it prevent or promote creativity? Why and when did writers decide to enter "the safe territory of the oblique" (Annabel Patterson)? Participants are invited to provide a variety of interpretative answers and to develop a new understanding of how censorship refashioned the social, political and artistic life of Shakespeare's contemporaries.

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• 04 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Asia

  Singapour mon amour : The emergence and vicissitudes of an art scene

  This colloquium proposes a theoretical perspective on the visual art, film, performance and literature modules of the project Singapour mon amour curated by Lowave. Thematic sessions according to these art genres will draw a bigger picture of the artistic creation in Singapore and will inscribe it into an international art discourse. As a young country, Singapore's art history is still the process of being written and the colloquium aims to collect as many direct sources and witnesses as possible.

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• 02 Jun 2015

  03 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Science studies

  Engaging Society in Innovation and Creativity

  Perspectives from Social Sciences and Humanities

  The trend of change from science and technology policy to science, technology and innovation (STI) policy becomes remarkable in Japan but also in Europe. Policymakers intend to break down the sense of economic and social stagnation by creating innovation driven by science and technology. In order to solve complex social issues, innovation is definitely essential. However, it is also obvious that creating “real” innovation needs some other elements than just the development of hard science and technology. Innovation needs integration of knowledge beyond disciplines. Recently the role of social science and humanities (SSH) in the innovation process is being highlighted and science, technology and innovation policy of many countries now expects SSH to play important role in conceiving, realizing and adjusting the policy.

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• 29 Jun 2015

  30 Jun 2015

  01 Jul 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Economy

  Pricing Practices, Ranking Practices

  Evaluation in Economic Life

  The international conference “Pricing practices, Ranking Practices: Evaluation in Economic Life” takes advantage of the anniversary of Zelizer’s book to explore a variety of subjects related to the question of evaluation, from compensation practices to cultural algorithms. By putting in dialogue American, European and French scholars working on evaluation, what can we learn about the construction, implementation, and consequences of pricing and ranking practices in the modern world?

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• 18 Jun 2015

  19 Jun 2015

  Villetaneuse

  Conference, symposium - History

  Historians and the Margins: from North America to Former Empires

  En s’intéressant aux « marges », les organisateurs engagent les participants à s’interroger sur les discussions actuelles à propos de l’écriture de l’histoire et ses représentations fictionnelles ou artistiques comme sur les rapports complexes entre histoire professionnelle et mémoires, entre histoire critique et mises en scène muséographiques et commémorations.

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• 01 Jun 2015

  20 Jun 2015

  30 Jun 2015

  London

  Call for papers - America

  Radical Americas Symposium 2015

  The aim of the event is to bring a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives to bear on radicalism throughout the Americas. Our definition of radicalism is a broad one, encompassing both political radicalism as an object of study, and radical analytical approaches to the societies and cultures of the Americas. We welcome proposals that deal with any aspect of radicalism, from the democratic and republican radicalisms of the nineteenth century; to the socialist, anarchist, communist, and populist radicalisms of the twentieth century; as well as contemporary identity politics, social movements, and twenty-first century radicalisms.

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• 11 Jun 2015

  12 Jun 2015

  Paris

  Study days - Modern

  Digital Humanities Experiments

  #DHIHA6

  This conference addresses the gap between the research culture with which Digital Humanists are equipped via their disciplinary backgrounds and the research culture they foster in this field. Why does experimentation play a crucial role in Digital Humanities? How does it contribute to define the relationship between method and research questions? Can we identify barriers which currently prevent Digital Humanities from developing their full potential, leaving little room for iteration, comparison or failure? The conference itself is conceived as an experimental set-up with labs, data experiments and round tables.

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