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• 15 Jul 2023

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Is a woman a reader like any other ?

  Gender and reception in contemporary fictions

  How are female readers of fiction represented in contemporary literature? If female readers have long been associated with a form of vulnerability linked to the topos of the dangers of reading on the one hand, and with an eroticized vision of reading on the other, it is clear that the contemporary age is making an effort to change these images. The rise of feminist thought, reflections on gender, and the pragmatic turn of reception theories are all new critical inheritances that twist the literary representation of women, and that change its female readers. Figures like these thus give us the singular opportunity of thinking reading practices through the lens of gender.

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• 01 Oct 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Europe

  Drinking in the Nordic and Germanic Countries

  Vice & Virtue Project

  As the first part of the international, multi-annual “Vice & Vertu” project, the aim of the “Drinking in the Nordic and Germanic countries” conference is to examine past and present practices of “drinking” and to explore the normative issues involved, from the medieval period to the present day. “Vice et Vertu” (V&V) is a multi-year international research programme supported by the Universities of the Sorbonne, Caen, Turku/TIAS, Umeå and Oslo. The V&V project also aims to integrate young and up-and-coming researchers into Northern European and Francophone research networks through seminars, workshops and colloquia organised at partner universities in France and Northern Europe.

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• 15 Oct 2023

  Call for papers - Europe

  Ruins in the garden

  Issue 46 of the Cahiers de Mariemont undertakes to explore the various ways in which ruins, real or fake, have been incorporated into the art of gardening. This volume therefore calls on historians, art historians, archaeologists, architects, town planners, botanists, gardeners and other garden design specialists to identify the common features and major developments in the practice of integrating and enhancing the value of ruins into European gardens over the centuries.

   

   

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• 15 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  Medioevo e femminismi

  In the wake of Madeline Caviness's seminal article, what assessment can be made of the fertile links between the Middle Ages and feminism? In its wake, the next issue of Perspectives médiévales invites us to take a fresh look at the reciprocal contributions of medievalism and feminism, as part of an epistemological and historical reflection on the Middle Ages and the present. The aim of this issue is to explore contemporary feminisms by exploring the Middle Ages and their representations. In other words, in what way is the Middle Ages an object of investigation both for feminist thought and by feminist thought?

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• 05 Nov 2023	06 Nov 2023	07 Nov 2023
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  Ascona

  Conference, symposium - History

  Uses, practices and functions of historical herbaria

  Au XVIII^e siècle, tandis que la botanique se développe et s’institutionnalise, les fonctions de l’herbier se diversifient. Instrument d’acquisition, d’enregistrement, d’échange et de diffusion des connaissances sur le règne végétal, l’herbier mérite d’être envisagé sous l’angle scientifique, aussi bien qu’artistique, économique et social. Le colloque « Usages, pratiques et fonctions des herbiers historiques » s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet de recherche « Héritages botaniques des Lumières : explorations de sources et d’herbiers historiques à l’intersection des lettres et des sciences » qu’une équipe de botanistes, historiens des sciences, historiens de la littérature et informaticiens mène à l’Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse) autour de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Fusée-Aublet (1723-1778) et Jean-Frédéric Chaillet (1747-1839).

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• 12 Oct 2023

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  14 Oct 2023

  Poitiers

  Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

  Blood and Virtue. Nobility of Blood and Nobilities of Soul in the Middle Ages

  This conference will look at the theoretical debates surrounding the concept of nobility, its social repercussions and nobility of soul as a discriminating criterion, not only in the aristocratic social group but in the whole society. How does the ethical dimension associated with the notion of nobility help to justify its social pre-eminence? Do medieval authors agree or, on the contrary, oppose each other in resolving the contradiction between a moral quality and its hereditary transmission? How did these theoretical concepts translate into practice? Do they give rise to expectations or even social demands?

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• 31 May 2024

  Call for papers - History

  The Boundaries of Work

  Defining the constituent elements of work in ancient societies is a challenge for historians, as they generally do not correspond to contemporary conceptions of the professional world, which are often ill-suited to the semantic richness and fluidity of the categories in use in the ancient and medieval worlds. For this tenth issue of Frontière·s, authors are therefore invited to identify and question the boundaries of work in protohistoric, ancient and medieval societies.

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• 18 Sep 2023

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Modern

  Giacomo Puccini, 1924-2024 : Puccini et la France

  Centenaire de la disparition de Puccini

  One of the greatest masters of musical theatre of all time, Puccini met with immense popular success in France starting from the first performances of his operas, despite the recurring reservations of critics, who severely rejected his music and librettos that were often judged vulgar and irrelevant. The purpose of this conference is to examine the close links between Puccini and France, both through the works themselves and their reception, from his lifetime to the present day. The papers, cultivating an interdisciplinary perspective, will focus on staging, musical dramaturgy, the production systems, as well as on the literary and musical sources and forms of Puccini’s operas, insofar as these are linked to France. 

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• 07 Aug 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology

  Archaeologie(s) and Provenance(s)

  Developments, research and perspectives

  At the of initiative five doctoral students, and to mark the opening of the new master 2 program “Biens sensibles, provenances et enjeux internationaux”, the Centre de recherches de l'École du Louvre is organizing a study day on the theme Archaeologies and provenances: developments, research, and perspectives. This event was created for young researchers from different disciplines with the aim of establishing a dialogue between art historians, archaeologists, museum professionals and legal professionals. The study day will be organized in the format of four workshops during which speakers debate and explore the questions and notions raised by the session's theme in greater depth and in relation to their own research projects.

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• 31 Aug 2023

  Auxerre

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  Centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre Bulletin (BUCEMA) – Varia section

  Issue 27.2

  The Bucema, Bulletin du Centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on medieval studies. Following the principle of promoting open access research in progress, the Bucema emphasizes the interdisciplinarity between human and social sciences, as well as natural sciences and mathematics. It aims to publish contributions offering new methods, reporting on experiences in digital humanities and new technologies, and questioning the epistemological and conceptual implications of research on the Middle-Ages. It also features in-depth studies and reviews in the fields of archaeology, history and history of art, and offers insight on the most recent research.

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• 31 Jul 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - America

  Fantasies of France: Exploring Transatlantic Misunderstandings from the 18th Century to the Present Days

  This one-day symposium for PhD students and early-career researchers aims to reflect on the French fantasies of North American authors and, conversely, on the North American fantasies of their French receptors and intermediaries. Participants are encouraged to think about the ways in which misunderstandings shaped the transatlantic literary relations which developed between North America and France from the 18th century up to the present days. The symposium hopes to foster discussions about these misunderstandings along three lines of investigation : that of literary criticism, with a focus on the emergence of a ‘fantasy of France’ in the works of North American authors (and on the disenchantments and surprises that go hand in hand with fantasies) ; that of the French reception of these same writers ; and, finally, that of translation.

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• 15 Sep 2023

  Lyon

  Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology

  Materiality in History of Architecture and Urban Planning: evolutions of techniques, perceptions and analyzes

  The session questions old and new virtual materialities in the history of architecture and urbanism: architectural surveys of building archaeology, photogrammetry, laser scanning, geomatics, etc. This materiality influences the perception and analysis of space, but to what extent?

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• 15 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - History

  Matter Materiality

  The 36th Congress of the Comité internationial d’histoire de l’art Lyon creates a bridge between sciences, professions, generations and continents on current issues. It will provide an opportunity to share approaches from different fields, to promote countries where art history is an emerging discipline, to encourage the participation of young researchers from all over the world - the researchers who will shape art history and heritage in the future - and to provide a starting point for future scientific advances. The congress will provide five intense days of scientific exchanges, conferences, round tables, debates and visits.

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• 31 Jul 2023

  Bucharest

  Call for papers - Language

  Métaphores de la guerre

  War Metaphors

  Le débat toujours croissant sur la question de savoir si la propension à la guerre est une caractéristique innée des êtres humains ou, au contraire, une construction sociopolitique et un phénomène culturel, a suscité plus de partisans des deux camps que de réponses exclusives. Ce numéro de la Revue de philologie et de communication interculturelle s’intéressera à la guerre à travers les croyances, les métaphores et les termes qui lui sont associés. Les propositions pourront traiter de ces sujets à travers la littérature, les arts visuels, les études culturelles, les études sur le genre et l’identité, la philosophie, l’anthropologie, la linguistique ou encore l’acquisition des langues.

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• 30 Sep 2023

  Seville

  Call for papers - History

  At the heart of the transnational allophone press

  Production, financing, distribution, circulation and reception (XIX°-XX° centuries)

  Long ignored by specialists, the foreign-language press exists in most countries at the margins of the global media system. In some countries, especially in those that attract large flows of immigrants, exiles and expatriates, these periodicals are numerous and of a great variety. For the 10^th Transfopress Encounter, we invite papers on the organization and functioning of the allophone press, its funding, its distribution, circulation and reception by its readres.

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• 20 Aug 2023

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Housing Caring Land

  Housing through Gender Studies

  Ce colloque entend nouer un dialogue entre les théories du care, la sociologie du logement, l’anthropologie de l’habitat et les études de genre. Quelles sont les implications d’ordre éthique, épistémologique, méthodologique et théorique d’un tel croisement disciplinaire ? En quoi le care permet-il de questionner la binarité d’espaces et d’activités habituellement pensés comme relevant de deux sphères distinctes : le public et le privé ? L’analyse du logement sous l’angle du care implique-t-elle nécessairement de « faire du terrain en féministe » (Clair, 2016) ? Dans quelle mesure l’application du cadre conceptuel du care au champ des housing studies permet-elle de saisir les ressorts socio-spatiaux et transcalaires de l’articulation entre travail productif et travail reproductif ? Quelle est la portée heuristique de penser les pratiques et modes de production et de gestion du logement et de ses abords au prisme des processus de division sociale, sexuelle et raciale du travail domestique ?

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• 15 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - Europe

  Les femmes et le modernisme

  La revue Modernism entend consacrer le numéro monographique prévu pour le 2025 au thème des femmes et du modernisme, afin de donner une image, au niveau le plus international possible ou au moins européen, de la présence de personnes ou de groupes qui peuvent être rattachés au réformisme féminin du début du XX^e siècle. 

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• 01 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - Geography

  In the manufacture of mobility regimes in Africa

  In Africa, debates on the development of migration policies and borders are at the core of many studies. Over the past two decades, the transformation of mobility regimes, the strengthening of borders and the emergence of multiple actors in migration “management” have been addressed mainly through the process of externalisation of borders and the role played by actors of the international migration government. Without questioning the asymmetric and postcolonial dimensions of African-European state relations, this topical collection aims to take a different and innovative look at the historical, social and political trajectories of African states and societies in the government of mobility. It thus aims to interrogate the ways in which a wide variety of actors, both state and non-state, invest, contest and reuse the socio-political spaces of migration government through their practices, discourses or mobilities.

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• 25 Nov 2023

  Dakar

  Call for papers - Africa

  L’exploitation des ressources naturelles et la question socio-environnementale sur la bande sahélienne

  Africa is one of the less developed continent in the world. If some of the reasons of this situation are historical, diverse geographical causes could also be mobilised to explain  the situation. This project invites to analyse socio-environmental issues on the sahelean corridor from the west to the east. More than 10 subsaharan countries are impacted by the situation. The concerned area is recognised as a fragile zone due to its semi-arid climate which reduces the local agropastoral productivity and exposes the population to poverty. Two kind of natural resources exploition are practiced in the concerned space: communal and none aggressive exploitation and industrial but aggressive exploitation. These industrial exploitations povoke new and more complicated challenges because the are reducing farming space and making very dangerous pollution. The reality poses the general problem of natural resources exploitation in fragile spaces. Thus, this project ambition to analyse the place of these resources exploitation in the socio-environnemental situation that face the sahelean zone.

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• 01 Aug 2023

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Social Movements

  Convergences of Popular Dance, Justice, and Media

  Au vingtième et au début du vingt-et-unième siècles, les mouvements pour la justice sociale ont souvent mis en avant les mouvements des corps : pour attirer l’attention sur les inégalités et la violence, pour célébrer l’altérité face aux régimes hégémoniques de la suprématie blanche, du patriarcat, de l’hétéronormativité et du capacitisme, et pour manifester des modes plus justes de communauté et de socialité. Les danses populaires, définies au sens large comme les danses exécutées par le peuple et/ou qui sont populaires dans les médias de masse, ont animé les mouvements activistes contre le racisme, la misogynie et les projets coloniaux de l’empire et du capitalisme néolibéral.

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