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• 20 jan 2016

  21 jan 2016

  Nantes

  Conference, symposium - Law

  Theological Foundations of Modern Constitutional Theory: 16th-17th Centuries

  Fondements théologiques de la théorie constitutionnelle moderne : XVIe-XVIIe siècles

  This conference aims to assemble different studies laying bridges between modern constitutional theories and theology from the perspective of intellectual history. Though modernity of law and politics has been usually accounted in the context of Reformation, the paper-givers’ approaches to the question will not be restricted in any confessional perspective, Protestant or Catholic. For, whatever the word ‘theology’ may have connoted in the time of religious confrontations, theoretical attempts to legitimize human rights and political authority at those days can be regarded as part of the general current of philosophical investigations, in a new manner and with different foci than ever, into the concept of justice with reference to that of God.

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• 16 oct 2015	11 déc 2015	18 mar 2016
  15 avr 2016	13 mai 2016

  Paris

  Seminar - Urban studies

  Migrants in Global Metropolises

  MAGMET research and doctoral seminar

  L'objectif de ce séminaire consiste à articuler transformations urbaines, migration et mondialisation pour mieux comprendre la fabrication des villes-mondes plurielles, marquées par de très forts taux d’immigration et de part de population étrangère. Partant des pratiques et des représentations des différents acteurs sociaux, économiques et politiques qui produisent et vivent dans ces villes, il s’intéresse aux modalités d’incarnation socio-spatiales de la diversité, ainsi qu’à sa gestion. En pensant simultanément les connexions et les ancrages, en jouant systématiquement sur l’articulation des échelles, l’enjeu du séminaire est d’élaborer un cadre analytique théorique comparatif afin de réfléchir aux modes de transformation des métropoles plurielles, engagées dans des dynamiques de mondialisation, en fonction de leur insertion dans les réseaux globalisés, de leur taille démographique et de leurs héritages et contextes politiques.

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• 01 mar 2016

  Créteil | Saint-Denis | Paris

  Call for papers - Language

  On Homophonic Translation

  For the past fifty years, homophonic translation (traduction homophonique, sound translation, Oberflächenübersetzung) has been practiced internationally by an ever-increasing number of writers from the USA, the UK, Germany, France and beyond. Following pioneers such as Louis Zukofsky, Ernst Jandl and members of the Oulipo group, this heterodox genre (between translation and creation) has spread widely, to the point where it is among the exercises practiced in creative writing classes. Although some consider it as an unacceptable, illegitimate, and unethical practice, it is nonetheless true that such an approach to translation has acquired a crucial place within experimental writing, and notably in the poetic field.

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• 26 nov 2015

  27 nov 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Economy

  Basic rights, relational ethics and financial constraints

  The Conference "Basic rights, relational ethics and financial constraints" will explore, from a philosophical perspective, the various ways in which basic rights, interpersonal, professional and institutional relations, and financial constraints interact. Given the gap between the generality of basic ethical principles and the norms of practice in various areas of social life, there is usually no direct or obvious way from principles to detailed and effective regulation.

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• 17 nov 2015	18 nov 2015	19 nov 2015
  20 nov 2015

  Uccle | Paris

  Conference, symposium - Thought

  Second International Conference on Uyghur Studies

  2e colloque international sur les études Ouïghoures

  The Uyghurs are one of the ten most populous stateless nations in the world. While they have a long history of cultural accomplishments and political influences, they have remained marginal in international scholarship given their ambiguous position both in regional studies and in geopolitics. This conference is the second attempt to bring together a broad spectrum of the international community of scholars whose research is focused on the Uyghur people’s history, culture, society.

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• 18 nov 2015

  Neuilly-sur-Seine

  Miscellaneous information - Sociology

  Towards a History of Socioeconomic Rights

  This research workshop is organized by Charles Walton, fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies.

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• 15 jan 2016

  Nantes

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Questioning self-medication

  A socially and geographically situated bricolage

  Treating oneself is a controversial practice: scorned in the name of the health risks it runs, self-treatment may also be praised in the name of the independence it expresses. The messages of public health authorities are at the heart of the controversy, emphasizing risk one moment and their potential for patient responsibility the next. Such contradictory injunctions also affect the practices of care providers. The conference has chosen to allow comparisons and confrontations between these various disciplinary approaches as well as distinct research field sites (North/South, North/North, South/South). These practices and their determinants have to be more finely mapped and analyzed to put these analyses – by definition always partial, and theoretically, historically, and geographically situated – in perspective.

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• 25 oct 2015

  Rennes

  Call for papers - Representation

  Architectural criticism: a part of public debate or an autonomous "discipline"?

  Mapping Architectural Criticism first International Workshop

  This call concerns the first of a series of three international workshops, which will take place in January 2016 (Rennes 2 University), Spring 2016 (University of Bologna) and Fall 2016 (Paris and Rennes). The aim of these three workshops is to foster scholarship on history of architectural criticism and to facilitate exchanges between scholars involved in this field of research. This first workshop is to be held at Rennes 2 University on Monday, January 18, 2016. It will deal with the relationship of criticism with "public opinion" and on the opposite side, its relation to architecture as an autonomous discipline.

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• 31 jan 2016

  Pessac

  Call for papers - America

  Journeys, exile and migrations in Latino-American literature of the 21st century

  15 years of migrant writing 2000-2015

  Quelles sont les  stratégies discursives à l’œuvre dans la représentation des migrations internes et externes ? Comment les déplacements plus ou moins lointains sont-ils transfigurés dans la littérature contemporaine latino-américaine ? Comment sont construites les identités mobiles ? Par quelles voix/es s’expriment les personnages voyageurs ou migrants ? Parmi les nombreux auteurs représentatifs de ces nouvelles orientations qui clôturent le boom et l’étape post-boom, on citera Jorge Benavides, Tomás González, Wendy Guerra, Carla Guelfenbein, Eduardo Lalo, Guadalupe Nettel, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, Andrés Neuman, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Hebe Uhart, Leonardo Valencia.

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• 25 sep 2015

  Paris

  Study days - Language

  Negation, Singlish and Negation in Singlish

  Cette journée d'étude de linguistique est consacrée à la négation et au contact des langues en anglais de Singapour (Singlish). Plusieurs grands spécialistes internationaux de ces questions présenteront leur recherche : Peter Siemund, Tania Kuteva, Bao Zhiming, Johan van der Auwera, Viviane Deprez, Luwen Cao et Debra Ziegeler.

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• 15 nov 2015

  Nanterre

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Modernist Emotions

  The second international conference of the French Society for Modernist Studies

  In continuation of the society’s inaugural conference on Modernist communities, we now propose to explore the debate over emotions in the Modernist era. We hope to foster reflection and discussion that will go beyond the paradox of a passionately anti-emotional Modernism towards a reconsideration of the large extent to which Modernism attempts to channel, remotivate, and revalue the power of emotion.

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• 01 oct 2015

  02 oct 2015

  Nanterre

  Conference, symposium - Ethnology, anthropology

  Origin-Musics

  Musical narratives, performances, and reconstructions of the past (20th-21st centuries)

  The quest to reconstruct thestyles and histories of musical genres of the past is an old preoccupation. Since the 19^th century, the orientalist imaginary contributed considerably to the notion of the existence of "origin-musics". Whether "Pharaonic", "Arab", or "Hindu", a common reference to the past, seen as prestigious and immutable, contributed to the rationalization of musical knowledge on the basis of constructed connections. The orientalist period being relatively well documented, this workshop is more focused on ways of speaking of and describing the past over the course of the 20^th century and into the 21^st.

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• 15 mar 2016

  Aix-en-Provence

  Call for papers - Economy

  The economic agent and its representation(s)

  3rd International Conference Economic Philosophy

  It goes without saying that how the “economic agent” is represented does matter to the utmost. It matters as much for economic theory as for empirical investigations that are based upon such models. It matters in the way institutions emerge, as to how societies get organized, and for the many devices contributing to the “general good” (whether they appear spontaneously, or are pragmatically and purposely created). It matters also for correcting incomplete or missing markets.

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• 17 jui 2015

  18 jui 2015

  19 jui 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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• 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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• 15 jui 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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• 02 jui 2015

  03 jui 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 jui 2015

  30 jui 2015

  01 jui 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 jui 2015

  19 jui 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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• 11 jui 2015

  12 jui 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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