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In France, as abroad, questions of democracy span multiple social fields. The University appears as a privileged place for observation and reflection. As a space for academic and civic education, for the transmission of knowledge and collective experimentation, it also constitutes a laboratory for democratic practices.

Call for papers - Sociology

The world in crisis(es)

Collection Société(s) : Langue(s) et culture(s) en dialogue

The word crisis, derived from the Greek word krisis, means judgment, decision. Conceptually speaking, “a crisis is an illness” (a conceptual metaphor justified diachronically by its etymological meaning of “the decisive phase of an illness”), or “it is a war”, if we focus on the meaning of “an outbreak with violent manifestations”. It is, therefore, a moment of major change. Our societies are plagued by successive and often overlapping crises, enabling them - if not forcing them - to evolve and transform themselves. The conference will focus on two parallel and complementary themes: “The economic crisis / The economy of the crisis” and “Discourse in a time of crisis”.

Munich

Call for papers - History

(Un)Doing Democracy. Practices of Participation and Contestation (19th–21st Century)

17e colloque du Comité franco-allemand des historiens (CFAH)

A l’heure où la crise de la démocratie est sur toutes les lèvres, le colloque vise à apporter un éclairage sur l’ambivalence de la participation et de la protestation et à les analyser dans leur articulation complexe avec les processus de démocratisation et les systèmes étatiques démocratiques. En effet, si la participation et la protestation sont indispensables à la pensée et à l’action démocratiques, elles peuvent aussi dans certains cas constituer une menace pour les démocraties représentatives. En analysant comment la « démocratie » a toujours été générée, transformée, élargie, mais aussi remise en question par des pratiques concrètes, le colloque entend contribuer à une histoire critique de la légitimité démocratique du XIX^e siècle à nos jours. L’accent sera principalement (mais pas exclusivement) mis sur l’Allemagne et la France.

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

Politics of the Enlightenment - Postdoc

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA), offers a temporary position as part of the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group (RTG 2999/1), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 (60 months), as a Scientific Employee (m-f-d) Full time.

Halle

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

Politics of the Enlightenment - 8 positions as Research Associate

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (65 %, 48 months)

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies, offers 8 temporary positions as part of the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2029 (48 months), as a Research Associate (m-f-d) Part time (65%). The Research Training Group (RTG) examines the politics of the Enlightenment from the 18^th century to today. Its approach is twofold: firstly, it asks – in terms of the genitivus subjectivus – how both the historical Enlightenment of the 18^th century and also later Enlightenment enterprises think and act in a political sense. Secondly, it questions – in terms of the genitivus objectivus – how the conception of Enlightenment is constructed and perpetually renewed through political aims and decisions: How does the Enlightenment shape politics? And how do politics shape the Enlightenment?

Call for papers - Political studies

Antiféminismes

Revue « Traverse », 2025/3

La revue Traverse lance un appel à contribution sur le thème des antiféminismes. Revue transpériode et bilingue français-allemand, la revue cherche des contributions qui examinent les antiféminismes sous différentes perspectives pour amener des éclairages variés. Si l’antiféminisme à proprement parler se situe essentiellement dans la période contemporaine (long XIX^e siècle – XXI^e siècle), les propositions portant sur des manifestations misogynes prenant place dans des périodes antérieures, et pouvant ainsi être considérées comme des mouvements précurseurs de l’antiféminisme, sont également bienvenues. Il en va de même pour les contributions conceptuelles qui s’intéressent aux questions de définition et s’interrogent sur les différences et les points communs entre l’antiféminisme, la misogynie et le sexisme.

Berlin

Conference, symposium - Thought

Mass and individual in capital modernity

The notion of the “mass” is back on the agenda. Recent large-scale popular protests, the extraordinary importance acquired by social networks, the current appeal of conspiracy theories, as well as so-called “populist” phenomena, have triggered a renewed discussion around this concept. Since its emergence at the beginning of capitalist modernity, the idea of the 'mass' has implied a certain reactionary conception of collective action, according to which the individual's judgment capacity is eclipsed by irrational behavior. The First World War and the rise of fascism apparently brought to reality this representation: the individual, weakened by social atomization, succumbed to a tyrannized mass.

Saarbrücken

Call for papers - History

Trans-Europe-Express. The circulation of popular music in Western Europe during the 1960s

Jusqu’à présent, l’histoire des musiques populaires en Europe occidentale (chanson, Schlager, pop, rock, jazz...) a été traitée de manière très inégale en fonction des pays, des disciplines et des angles de recherches. Alors qu’en Grande-Bretagne, l’histoire des musiques populaires fait partie intégrante de la recherche historique et qu’elle obtient une place de plus en plus solide en Allemagne, elle en est encore à ses balbutiements en France, Italie, Espagne, et dans d’autres pays européens. Ce colloque a pour but de mettre en avant l’aspect transnational de l’histoire des musiques populaires en Europe. Sans exclure les influences américaines, centrales dans l’évolution des musiques populaires, il s’agira ici de mettre l’accent sur les échanges intra-européens. L’objectif est de mettre au jour la variété des influences musicales en Europe au cours des « longues » années 1960.

Berlin

Call for papers - Thought

Figures and Perspectives on the Mass and the Individual in Capitalist Modernity (19th-21st century)

How is it possible to use the notion of mass without making it collapse into a complete condemnation of collective action or into an acritical celebration of the crowd? From there on, the relationship between mass and individual can be addressed in many fashions: Are there any specific ways for the mass to organize itself as a political subject? What are means whereby artworks represent and transform the linkage between mass and individual? What are the mutations undergone by the mass qua object of the social sciences? How does capitalist modernity affect the moral and psychic autonomy of individuals?

Call for papers - Sociology

Associative Worlds : Grasping Politics by doing Ethnography on Associations

Special issue 2021, vol. 47(3) of the Swiss Journal of Sociology

This special issue aims to discuss ethnographic approaches that allow to shed light on the plurality of associations, societies and clubs. The aim is to examine the plurality of associational practices and meanings of associations, in order to contribute to a new scrutiny of the political dimension of associations. On the one hand, the papers will allow, by relying on ethnographic enquiries, to grasp the large variety of situations and worldviews that the world of associations entails, and through this, to open the way for underlying sociological questions. On the other hand, they shall question the contribution of ethnography to an exploration of the political potential of associational action - without limiting themselves to an organizational or motivational approach of the origins of an association.

Luxembourg City | Vienna

Call for papers - History

Naturalisation and legitimation of power (1300-1800)

An attempt of comparative history

Ces deux colloques ambitionnent de cerner de manière collective et interdisciplinaire les différents usages du concept de naturalité en Europe entre 1300 et 1800. L'objet est de réaliser une synthèse collective d'histoire comparée sur le sujet.

Lyon

Conference, symposium - Political studies

Gustav Landauer (1870-1919), philosopher and revolutionary

Considéré en son temps comme « l’agitateur le plus important du mouvement révolutionnaire radical » en Allemagne, le philosophe et activiste anarchiste Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) bénéficie aujourd’hui d’un vif regain d’intérêt. Un siècle après son assassinat, ce colloque international – le premier organisé en France à son propos – entend rendre compte de ce renouveau.

Budapest

Call for papers - Political studies

Counter-enlightenment, Revolution and Dissent

Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence / PJCV

Reason and rational modes of thought are often seen as the bastion against the acceleration of conflict into violence and the goal of the Enlightenment tradition was, in a large part, to liberate individuals from those irrational superstitions and beliefs which were at the base of these conflicts. However, many critiques of the Enlightenment project, both historical and more contemporary, see the imposition of universal reason as itself a form violence, ignoring claims of comprehensive traditions, identity and history on the individual. The aim of this special edition of the Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence is to examine possible counter-enlightenment approaches to violence, conflict and conflict resolution.

Frankfurt

University and politics - lecturers, students and public powers in Europe (1848-1945)

Professeurs, étudiants et pouvoirs publics en Europe (1848-1945)

Cette journée d’études ambitionne, sur la période d’un siècle allant des révolutions de 1848 à la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, d’interroger la relation entre l’université et le politique en Europe. Onze communications permettront de réfléchir sous de multiples angles aux liens hétérogènes entre acteurs du champ universitaire, qu’ils enseignent, étudient ou administrent, et acteurs du champ politique, dans l’espace européen. Une problématique centrale qui traverse l’ensemble des exposés, qu’ils traitent d’un individu, d’un groupe d’individus ou d’une discipline, est celle de l’autonomie du champ universitaire, de sa constitution et de son éventuelle limitation, par rapport au champ politique, dans une période où l’institution universitaire est en pleine expansion et transformée par la formation de nouvelles disciplines.

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