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• 10 Jul 2023

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Asia

  Slavery and Post-Slavery in the Arabian Peninsula

  At the crossroads of literature and social sciences

  Les pays du Golfe sont parmi les derniers pays au monde à avoir aboli l’esclavage légal. Or, malgré la centralité de l’esclavage dans l’histoire sociale de la péninsule Arabique, son étude reste très peu investie par les sciences sociales. Face au vide historiographique et anthropologique, la fiction contemporaine s'est emparée de cette question. Ce colloque a ainsi pour ambition d’explorer les voies d’un dialogue entre littérature et sciences sociales, en confrontant la vision historiographique de l’esclavage dans la péninsule Arabique à la place de celui-ci dans l’imaginaire littéraire. S’inscrivant dans une perspective comparatiste, il souhaite approfondir les débats autour de « l’esclavage oriental » et de ses résurgences contemporaines afin de proposer de nouvelles grilles de lecture au-delà de l’historiographie de l’esclavage aux Amériques ou aux Caraïbes.

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• 31 Jul 2023

  Lausanne

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  « Sports for the Planet? » La durabilité des grands événements sportifs - postdoctorat en sociologie du sport

  You will be engaged in a research project titled “Sports for the Planet? The Sustainability of Major Sports Events”, which is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. As resource-intensive and highly visible undertakings, major sports events have a heightened responsibility to be sustainable. Yet, the sustainability of these events is largely under-studied. This project aims to fill this gap by developing a conceptual model, indicator framework and contextual analysis of the sustainability of major sports events.

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• 02 Oct 2023

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Questioning Technology in a Time of Global Upheaval

  This thematic dossier puts forward the hypothesis that technology today represents a space of differentiation and a place for negotiating plural and conflicting interests, with a direct impact on material production, the organisation of work and labour, and the definition of space. Why and how is technology defined in contemporary architectural, urban and territorial production? What political and social projects does technology embody? What are the issues and controversies involved? To further explore this hypothesis and to help answer these questions, this call for papers aims to build an open debate on an international scale, to shed light on current controversies and to question the place and role of technology in a time of global upheaval. Papers may focus on one or more of the following topics.

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• 15 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - History

  For a Comprehensive and Global History of the Second World War’s Impact on Canada

  The eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War is fast approaching. This seems an appropriate moment to begin the publication process for a new series of articles dealing with the conflict’s impact on Canadian society in a way that takes recent historiographical trends and debates into account. We are lauching a joint call for papers for special issues of Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies (no. 97, December 2024) and the Bulletin d’histoire politique (2025) related to a global and comprehensive history of Canada during the Second Wolrd War

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• 15 Jul 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - History

  Writing German Colonial History Today: Renewed Issues and Perspectives

  What are the new issues and perspectives of writing German colonial history today? This conference attempts to provide an overview of the latest works on German colonialism after more than two decades of research upon that subject. It focuses on four major topics, which are at the core of recent historiographical debates: transimperial connections, the agency of indigenous actors, the extent of German imperialism and postcolonial Germany.

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• 04 Sep 2023

  Medenine

  Call for papers - Language

  Frontières, marges et périphéries en langue, art et littérature

  The notions of frontiers, margins and peripheries are frequently tackled from different research perspectives. Closely interrelated, these concepts pave the way for understanding the idea of limits, and to explore spaces of transition or contact between diverse cultures, literary genres, styles, modes of expression, linguistic and artistic forms, etc. Researchers are invited to question the notions of frontiers, margins, and peripheries from multidisciplinary perspectives.

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• 01 Nov 2023

  Lausanne

  Call for papers - Epistemology and methodology

  Practices and Theories of Diffusionism in the Study of Religion (1850–1950)

  This conference seeks to explore the many facets of diffusionism as it was practiced in the academic study of religion between 1850 and 1950. What were the main theoretical and methodological orientations of this analytical model? Where did they find their origins? What were their distinguishing features ? What did it mean to be a diffusionist historian of religions? What were the guiding principles, the underpinning worldviews, and the scientific values at stake for those who propounded diffusionist theories? 

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• 15 Dec 2023

  Call for papers - Sociology

  From the Montreal Olympics and the Toronto Paralympics to the Paris Olympics

  Renewal and transformation of sport participation issues for people with disabilities

  Profitant de l’occasion apportée par les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques à Paris en 2024, ce numéro de la revue Aequitas souhaite porter un regard attentif aux évolutions qui touchent tout autant le sport compétitif de haut niveau que les diverses formes d’activités sportives, physiques ou motrices de loisir pour les personnes ayant des incapacités. Ainsi, qu’en est-il de la transformation du regard sur la participation sociale à travers la participation des sportifs dans le domaine international du para-sport, dans celui du sport pour tous les publics spécifiques, particuliers ou vulnérables, de l’handisport et du sport adapté ou encore du sport partagé, collaboratif ou participatif dans des institutions particulières ? À cette question de la participation sportive qui apparaît désormais moins comme une question relative à l’éducation, la rééducation ou même la santé que comme une question de droit, répond en écho à celle de la visibilité des personnes ayant des incapacités dans le sport.

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• 25 Jun 2023

  Fribourg

  Call for papers - History

  The Red Cross and the Red Star: Humanitarianism and Communism in the 20th century

  Throughout the 20^th century, humanitarianism and Communism developed complex relations made up of confrontations, challenges and (often frustrated) opportunities both at an ideological and practical level. This conference aims to explore the reciprocal interactions between the Red Cross Movement and Communist (or more generally of Marxist inspiration) regimes and organizations, between 1917 and 1991.

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• 01 Sep 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Modern

  La sirène de paris, 150 years of music practice

  In 2024, La Sirène de Paris will celebrate an exceptional 150 years of longevity. Central elements of this symposium include: Its history, its repertoire and instrumentarium, its recruitment history, its audience, its institutional framework. It will make it possible to make the most of an exceptional collection that has been seldom used to date; consisting of a large historical part, the collection holds score library, administrative and accounting archives, collections of programs and posters, instruments and various artifacts linked to the history of the orchestra covering the years 1874 to the present day. Gradually, these artifacts will be made available to researchers.

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• 15 Dec 2023

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Corps et graphies

  Revue « Parcours anthropologiques »

  This issue of Parcours Anthropologiques calls upon researchers in a wider sense (who define themselves as theorists and/or practitioners), from various areas and disciplines, in and beyond the social sciences. We invite contributions that privilege reflection on “new” “graphies”, with particular attention to the concrete and sense-oriented dimensions of experience and to the dialogue between what is experienced, what is thought and techniques that are mobilized. This issue is an opportunity to draw an initial state of the art of works and reflection on that topic and to engage in diverse exploration of ways that open up to the sensorial, practical and theoretical stakes of a “Corps&Graphies” project.

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• 15 Jun 2023

  Paris 02 Ancien - Quartier Palais-Royal

  Miscellaneous information - History

  After the Yalta by Piotrowski

  Questioning Europe in the History of Art and Architecture

  En 2009 paraissait la version anglaise de Yalta : Art et avant-garde en Europe de l'Est. Avec cet ouvrage de Piotr Piotrowski l’histoire de l’art de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle s’ouvrait sur un nouvel horizon géographique et franchissait le mur de Berlin. La parution récente de la version française aux Presses du Réel prolonge ces questionnements géographiques et rebat les cartes de la hiérarchie des acteurs dans l’histoire de l’art, de la transitivité des méthodes entre les périodes et des liens entre art et politique. La rencontre sera l'occasion de discuter avec le public de l’actualité de ces questions et de la réception de l’œuvre de Piotr Piotrowski (1952–2015) dans les historiographies de différentes langues.

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• 15 Jun 2023

  Paris

  Study days - Sociology

  Studying Demands for State

  From Practical Tensions to Generalised Crises

  This study day intends to interrogate the notion of “demand for state” in different fields and from different social sciences disciplines such as sociology, history and political sciences. By “demand for State” we mean the process by which social groups come to invoke a certain ideal of the state through criticism, demands and reflexive practices. We will pay attention to the different levels at which these demands for State become manifest, in order to open up some major areas of discussion: how to overcome the 'civil society/State' opposition, the emergence of demands for a social State in different historical and national contexts, or the place of demands for State in generalised crises. 

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• 15 Jun 2023

  16 Jun 2023

  30 Jun 2023

  Lille

  Study days - Representation

  The Invention of Greek origins in the textual and visual cultures of pre-modern Europe (1100-1600)

  Ces journées d’études envisagent d’explorer les emplois, les fonctions et les finalités des discours sur les origines grecques et la polysémie de ce concept entre 1100 à 1600, dans les cultures textuelles, visuelles et matérielles européennes, autour des questions suivantes : comment la notion d’origine /d’origines est-elle alors pensée par les auteurs et les artistes ? Qu’est-ce qui à la fois l’unit et la distingue de l’héritage ? Pourquoi les Grecs ? Quelle(s) Grèce(s) sont pensées comme des origines ? De qui et de quoi sont ces origines ? Quelles modalités de représentation et quels processus d’appropriation apparaissent ? Dans quels buts et pour quels publics ?

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• 23 Jun 2023

  Toulouse

  Study days - History

  Circuits et matérialités de l’entraide à l’égard des diasporas religieuses dans l’Europe moderne (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)

  The materiality of giving. Networks and practices of solidarity towards religious diasporas in early modern Europe (17th-18th centuries)

  Qu´est-ce que donner, de son temps, de son argent ou de ses biens, veut dire, au XVII^e et au XVIII^e siècles, pour ceux qui aident les minorités religieuses, catholiques, protestantes et juives, en situation diasporique ? Dans les dispositifs de solidarité mis en place en Europe à cet effet, comment se déploient, concrètement, les circuits de l’entraide ? Du (très) local au transnational, du donneur au receveur, en passant par toute une gamme d´intermédiaires et d´instances de collecte, contrôle et redistribution des secours, comment et avec quoi recueillir, recenser, acheminer et dispenser l’ensemble des biens matériels ou des flux financiers ? C´est la question de la matérialité de l’entraide, de ses pratiques et de ses circuits destinés à alimenter une économie solidaire, non pas pensée comme universelle mais comme communautaire, que nous aimerions interroger ici.

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• 07 Jul 2023

  Call for papers - History

  Foreign Consulates and Consular Agents in France in the 20th Century

  The presence of embassies, consulates and other foreign diplomatic representations in France is a relatively undocumented subject, particularly in contemporary history, although it lies at the crossroads of the history of diplomacy and international relations, economic history and the history of immigration. This call for papers aims to generate contributions for the second year of our webinar, intending to continue the exploration and unravelling of French international and diplomatic history 'from below' in the 20^th century.

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• 19 Oct 2023

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  21 Oct 2023

  Tours

  Miscellaneous information - Epistemology and methodology

  Initiation in the XML-TEI Coding of Patrimonial Texts

  Trainee

  La TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) est une initiative universitaire pluridisciplinaire visant à uniformiser autant que possible le codage de documents en vue de leur échange, mais aussi de leur analyse. L’équipe « Bibliothèques virtuelles humanistes » du Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance organise une nouvelle session de la formation d’« initiation à l’encodage XML-TEI des documents patrimoniaux (imprimés et manuscrits) ».

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• 15 Jun 2023

  16 Jun 2023

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Early modern

  The landscape at its margins

  Classée hiérarchiquement après la peinture d’histoire, le portrait et la scène de genre par André Félibien dans la préface des Conférences de l’Académie, la peinture de paysage n’en demeure pas moins un art apprécié des collectionneurs et des amateurs. Discutée dans les traités, tels ceux de Roger de Piles, Jean-Baptiste Du Bos ou Charles Batteux, la peinture de paysage occupe une part croissante dans la critique d’art au XVIII^e siècle : dans son Salon de 1767, Diderot décrit longuement l’expérience totale qu’il vit en regardant les tableaux de paysage de Vernet. Ce colloque investiguera la notion de paysage aux XVII^e et XVIII^e siècles.

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• 20 Jun 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  “Voces”. Latin Middle Ages through Key Words

  Expressing and Performing Emotions

  The conference cycle “Voces. Latin Middle Ages through Key Words” aims to take a closer look at Latin words that have played an important role in the medieval culture. Every two year we propose to focus on a different major medieval concept and its linguistic expressions. This year’s edition will focus on Expressing and Performing Emotions.

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• 20 Aug 2023

  Yaoundé

  Call for papers - Africa

  Les femmes dans les processus de paix et de sécurité en Afrique

  From the Women’s Decade instituted by the UN between 1975 and 1985 to the Beijing Conference in 1995 to its evaluation in 2005 at the Beijing +10 meeting in New York, the gender issue has taken an increasingly important place in international meetings on human development. While gender equality is still a topical issue, the debate is shifting towards the role of women in pre- and post-conflict situations, particularly in conflict prevention, mediation, negotiation and resolution. This call for contributions aims to understand the reasons for the absence of women in the decision-making spheres of conflict prevention, mediation and resolution. Moreover, the final objective is to propose solutions for an increased representation of women in these mechanisms.

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