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• 30 avr 2014

  Burgos

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Palaeolithic Archaeozoology

  Advances on hunter-gatherer’s subsistence

  During the last years, archaeozoological studies carried out on palaeolithic assemblages have shown a great improvement in several topics of special interest regarding the subsistence behaviour of ancient human societies, the development of economic systems and social and Taphonomical studies, experimental archaeology and ethological and ethnological information have provided a great amount of new interpretative procedures about past human societies which need to be updated.This session aims to propose integrated approaches allowing new insights about the livelihoods of Palaeolithic human groups whatever the geographical area and the chronology concerned.

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• 01 sep 2014

  Call for papers - Economy

  Cooperative systems in mountain regions

  With its international Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in 2012, the United Nations acknowledged the worldwide impact of cooperatives on economic and social development. Thanks to their democratic organisational structure and their economic outlook, in many mountain regions cooperatives contribute significantly to the growth of social capital, social integration, worksite creation, and the reduction of poverty. This serves to help stabilizing economic cycles and strengthen local employment. Several mountain regions as for example in Italy and Austria have a historic tradition and also a relevant presence of cooperative systems. Furthermore one can register a growth of cooperatives in times of economic crises (EURICSE, 2010).

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• 15 avr 2014

  Nancy

  Call for papers - Modern

  From « Traditional » Games to Digital Games

  Since the early 2000’s, the importance of studying digital games has increased to take a significant place in the academic literature dedicated to entertaining phenomena, to such a point that many articles offering to make an inventory of current “game studies” primarily focus on work related to games on this media. In this context, we cannot ignore the fact that work aimed at conceiving and studying digital games is also regularly referred to as reflections on (non-digital) “traditional” games, whether to build their theoretical framework, or to conduct comparative and contrastive studies. According to us, this kind of mutual lighting encourages researchers to examine the peculiarities and complementarities of the two areas, as well as the theoretical interest of connecting or of confronting them. Therefore, in order to analyse the relations established between “traditional” games and digital games, this call is divided into five themes that give a broad overview of the different kinds of possible links. All types of research, fundamental or applied, as well as disciplinary approaches are welcome.

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• 14 mar 2014

  Paris

  Call for papers - Law

  Law and Boundaries Conference

  Annual International Conference / Sciences Po Paris / May 19th and 20th 2014

  The conference seeks to create a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue between students coming from European and foreign universities. The project was initially driven by the feeling that legal scholarship has remained largely silent in the aftermath of the economic crisis, especially concerning the role of lawyers and legal templates. Another underlying impetus is the concern over the relative absence of European legal scholarship in debates concerning cutting-edge global governance issues. The challenge is to explore how European legal thought can help to understand problems brought about by globalization.This year the conference will be held in Sciences Po Paris on May 19th and 20th 2014.

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• 30 avr 2014

  Porto

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Trench art and the trenches in art. The Great War, a hundred years on

  Pour signaler le centenaire du début de la Première Guerre Mondiale, l’Institut de Littérature Comparée de la Faculté de Lettres de l’Université de Porto s’associe aux organismes officiels – Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Mairie de Porto – qui organisent plusieurs activités  commémoratives de l’éphéméride à Porto. Dans ce Colloque Inters-disciplinaire, il s’agira d’approfondir le débat autour de la participation portugaise à la Première Grande Guerre,  moyennant  une réflexion générale et articulée qui, au-delà des questions purement historico-politiques,  touche les différents domaines artistiques, tout particulièrement le domaine de la littérature.

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• 15 mar 2014

  Antwerp

  Call for papers - Thought

  Paul Ricoeur: Thinker of the Margins?

  Paul Ricoeur est bien connu comme philosophe du dialogue. L’originalité de sa pensée consistait non pas à rechercher l’impossible ou à faire communiquer les extrêmes, mais bien plutôt à rendre possible une médiation dans l’opposition conflictuelle entre les penseurs ou entre les systèmes de pensée. Là où les autres parlent de rupture ou de dichotomie, Ricoeur essaie d’établir un rapport. C’est pourquoi il est possible de qualifier sa pensée de dialectique. Or, cette approche dialectique ne risque-t-elle pas d’aboutir à une harmonisation des points de vue irréductibles ? Cette conférence veut questionner l’approche herméneutique de Ricoeur tout en la confrontant avec ses limites. À cet effet, elle veut engager le point de vue de Ricoeur sur des questions philosophiques, sociopolitiques et religieuses de première importance à l’heure actuelle dans un échange avec d’autres penseurs plus « radicaux ».

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• 01 mar 2014

  Vancouver

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  Troubadour Poetry : "Lieux de mémoire"

  In keeping with the 2015 Presidential theme for the 130th MLA Annual Convention (Vancouver, BC; 8-11 January, 2015) the MLA Provençal Discussion group seeks proposals for its session devoted to troubadour poetry and 'lieux de mémoire,' or sites of memory.

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• 27 fév 2014

  Tallinn

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Conflicts & Social Violence in an Uncertain Interconnected World

  Panel 033 EASA 2014. Collaboration, Intimacy & Revolution 
- innovation and continuity in an interconnected world

  This panel wants to question the issue of ordinary violence and its dynamics in interconnected but uncertain contemporary societies. Whatever their shape, these social violence appear to be very different from spectacular collective forms of political or economical violence. Ordinary violence is violence experienced by ordinary people in their ordinary everyday lives. Occurring everywhere, they are ordinary and daily routine though always culturally or locally specific in their achievements. They take place in relationships or interactions undermined by power abuse or exploitation. Previous studies have focused on the social construction of ordinary violence in ‘face to face’ interactions. But, the kind of ordinary violence springing from distant interconnections and from a growing feeling of uncertainty has not been suited as such. Then, it is from these contexts that we want to investigate anew the issue of ordinary social conflicts and violence.

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• 01 mar 2014

  Lille

  Call for papers - Language

  The teaching of Arabic and European languages policies

  Institut Avicenne des sciences humaines (IASH) 8th annual conference

  Les objectifs du colloque sont 1) l’apprentissage de la langue arabe aux niveaux B1/B2 selon le Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, 2) la suggestion d’un manuel d’apprentissage, conforme au Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, 3) la mise en place d’une approche intégrée au programme d’apprentissage et d’enseignement de la langue arabe aux niveaux B1/B2 selon le Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, 4) la mise en place des critères de qualité concernant les enseignants de langue arabe aux non-arabophones, avec une acquisition des compétences et des capacités nécessaires, 5) la conception un programme de formation pédagogique pour les enseignants de langue arabe aux non-arabophones, avec l’acquisition des compétences et des capacités nécessaires et 6) encourager les recherches dans le domaine de l’apprentissage de la langue arabe afin de l’immerger dans le système éducatif européen.

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• 28 fév 2014

  Nairobi

  Call for papers - History

  Slavery in Africa: Past, legacies and Present

  International Conference, Nairobi, Kenya October 27, 28 & 29 2014

  In Africa, the effects of slavery and slave trade are still alive and there is no doubt in their historical importance and weight in the relationships between the various components of African societies in general, and in particular, the process of building nation-states. Legacies of Slavery are numerous, diverse, sometimes painful and extremely sensitive. Important efforts have been made in African research, primarily in the study of the Atlantic slave trade, but also to some degree, the Indian Ocean islands shaped by plantation labour. However, while the voices of memory are strong in countries such as Senegal and Benin, they are just emerging in East Africa today. The question of slavery in history, its legacies and presence in African societies are at the heart of this conference which is expected to contribute to its entry into the domain of recent public debates.

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• 27 jan 2014

  Madrid

  Call for papers - Information

  Congreso 2014 de la SEECI (Sociedad Española de Estudios de la Comunicación Iberoamericana)

  Congreso sobre Innovación y Docencia

  The Congress of the SEECI 2014 treats on the last advances in Innovation - investigation and Teaching in the university area. The texts can be presented in the languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. The Congress results will be published in 3 books of paper each one by his own ISBN, one in USA (in English), other one in Portugal (in Portuguese) and other one in Spain (in Spanish or French, as it is the language of the original contribution). The author only will write in a language and the publishing houses of USA and Portugal they will translate it into his languages for his books.

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• 04 mar 2014

  Medellín

  Call for papers - Language

  Translation Studies in Brasil

  Os Estudos acadêmicos brasileiros no âmbito dos Estudos da Tradução, tem-se caracterizado nas últimas décadas por uma intensa produção bibliográfica, tanto teórico-acadêmica quanto de traduções. Além disso, as pesquisas nos Estudos da Tradução no Brasil têm assumido um caráter sempre mais transdisciplinar com contribuições advindas da Antropologia, da Crítica Genética, da História Social e Política, da Sociologia, entre outras disciplinas. Convidamos todos os tradutores e os pesquisadores brasileiros, que atuam nesses âmbitos de reflexão e produção, a enviarem seus trabalhos para este número temático da nossa revista voltado aos Estudos da Tradução no Brasil.

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• 31 jan 2014

  Brussels

  Call for papers - History

  Renovatio, inventio, absentia imperii

  From the Roman Empire to Contemporary Imperialism

  At the heart of the present conference will be the ‘reception’, ‘Nachleben’ or ‘permanence’ of the Roman Empire, of an idea and a historical paradigm which since Classical Antiquity has supported the most widespread claims to obtain and consolidate power. The focus will be on ‘culture’, this latter concept intended in a broad sense, i.e. including not only the arts, architecture, literature etc., but also philosophy, religion and, most importantly, discourse. As such, a wide array of themes will be subjected to academic scrutiny. Whereas the main focus will be on Europe and North America, this conference will also reach out towards non-Western contexts, whether or not directly related to the Roman example.

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• 31 jan 2014

  Call for papers - History

  Food Security and the Contemporary World

  In view of the interpretations suggested by all these studies, the special issue of Contemporanea aims to engage in a reflection on food security in the widest sense of the term, which includes the political and economic choices made by institutions, relations between states, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, the connection between the availability of food and international stability. We also intend to look at the circulation of cultures and practices within the transnational space that historically defines the relationship between food, health, individual and collective well-being.

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• 15 jan 2014

  Budapest

  Call for papers - History

  Religion in social relations

  Thematic issue of the Hungarian Historical Review 2014/4

  The social interactions of individuals and groups belonging to different denominations was and is one of the everyday experiences of social manifestations of otherness. Ever since the Middle Ages, Central Europe has been home to various and varying religious and ethnic groups who have lived side by side. The region has been a meeting point for the Latin, Orthodox, Islamic, Christian, and Jewish worlds, and the Reformation made it even more religiously diverse. We encourage the submission of papers that examine the phenomena of religious and cultural diversity in the region from the perspectives of political history and the history of ideas, and we are particularly interested in submissions that address the social, economic, and cultural aspects of religiously and denominationally diverse coexistence.

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• 15 déc 2013

  Belo Horizonte

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Work, social relations, education and identity

  SITRE - international conference

  A produção científica promovida por instituições e pesquisadores dedicados às diversas áreas do conhecimento tem congestionado o calendário acadêmico brasileiro e internacional com inúmeros eventos; muitos deles dimensionados para reunir milhares de pesquisadores, professores e estudantes, que procuram apresentar e discutir seus trabalhos, assim como os de seus colegas pesquisadores. Frequentemente esses eventos são, também, pensados para tratar de temas dentro de áreas de conhecimento muito específicas. O SITRE é o lugar onde se encontram e se recobrem em suas interfaces as Ciências Humanas e Sociais Aplicadas, as Ciências Exatas, a Educação, as Engenharias, a Filosofia. Onde se encontram pesquisadores, mas também docentes dedicados ao estudo da educação, do trabalho e da identidade e questões relacionadas ao gênero e ergologia.

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• 15 mai 2014

  Neuchâtel

  Call for papers - Language

  Interactional Competences in Institutional Practices 14

  Institutionally appropriate communication is a major issue in organizations today. The ability to interact within institutional contexts represents a set of practices society members have available for sharing information and communicating, complaining, negotiating, solving problems, bringing off specific tasks, transmitting knowledge and learning. Responsive to context-specific motivations and at the same time transcending any specific interaction, interactional competences are not abstract abilities but are constructed within rich interactional environments, assessed and interpreted according to collectively shared and valid principles. 

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• 01 déc 2013

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  The Transnationalization of Religion through Music

  The transnationalization of religion refers to the relocalization of beliefs, rituals and religious practices beyond state lines, in real or symbolic spaces, with the help of new imaginaries and narrative identities. Although the analysis of religious transnationalization has revealed the various ways religion transcends borders, the role of music in this process is rarely addressed. Yet this role is essential in the transnationalization of universal religions like Islam and Christianity. Music also contributes to the migration of local religions, neotraditionalist movements, and cults associated with a particular area, such as Haitian Voodoo, Cuban Santería, or Brazilian Candomble. Such musical phenomena, far from being new, gave birth to early religious globalizations.

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• 25 mar 2014

  Boulogne

  Call for papers - Modern

  Borders, limits and exchanges in the poetic and narrative creation of Raúl Zurita

  From "Áreas verdes" (1975) to the present day

  Ce colloque international, le premier consacré à l’oeuvre de Raúl Zurita, organisé à l’occasion du 40^e anniversaire da la publication d’ Áreas verdes et des 65 ans du poète, se propose d’étudier les frontières, les limites et les échanges dans la création poétique et narrative de Raúl Zurita (tout au long de ces 40 ans de production et à travers ses différentes oeuvres), ces termes et concepts étant polysémiques.

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• 28 nov 2013

  Dakar

  Call for papers - Africa

  Public Policies and Mobile Development Practices

  Opportunities, Constraints and Role of Stakeholders

  This panel intends to examine firstly the place of public policies (or lack thereof) through the role of government and regulatory bodies, and secondly, concrete practices and trends of mobile applications and mobile uses for development (mHealth, mEducation, mEconomics, mAgriculture etc.). Papers should focus on constraints, opportunities, practical experiences of various formal and informal groups of mobile application development.

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