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• 15 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Conversation rediscovered. Conversational variations from the XVIth to the XXIst century in the western world

  This edition of Savoirs en Prisme review proposes some reflexions on how their manner of conversing defines human societies. Nowadays the word conversation can refer to interactions without voice or body using predictive text and artificial intelligence. Can this type of communication meet the needs of human beings? Is not face-to-face conversation a necessity, almost an urgency at the moment? Literature and all forms of representations have bequeathed to us this principle present at the very core of societies.

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• 04 Sep 2023

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Participation: trick of neo-liberal capitalism or true perspective for the social sciences ?

  Journal des anthropologues n°178-179

  Anthropology, like the social sciences as a whole and a good number of academic disciplines, seems to be experiencing a “participatory turn”. How can we analyse the injunction to radically transform our ways of doing not only in the field but also outside it? Can applied anthropology, as it has been developing for many years in Quebec and in the Anglo-Saxon world, inform us about the real consequences of this evolution? These are some of the questions we wish to address in this issue. Simultaneously with the constitution of this file, we will open a research notebook that we hope will constitute the basis of a collaborative platform that will allow us to preserve the international contacts established during its production.

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• 15 Jul 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Political studies

  States, institutions and societies in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan since the 1970s

  Organised by the Centre d’histoire du XIX^e siècle (CRHXIX, Sorbonne University) and the Centre de recherches internationales (CERI, Sciences-Po), the graduate conference aims to rethink relations between states and societies in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia since the 1970s, paying attention to transnational trajectories and circulations of political phenomena and groups, and their relationship to the state.

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• 30 Jun 2023

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Peasantries and Violent Conflicts

  In this call for papers, we wish to address the relationship between the peasantry and conflicts with all the necessary analytical finesse and empiricism, by exploring the plurality of repertoires and modes of action to identify the contextual markers of the trajectories of violent crises involving the peasantry to varying degrees and in various forms. What we mean by violent conflict is any form of confrontation mobilizing a diversified arsenal, with a destructive effect on the agricultural, economic, and social systems in place, and with at times the aim of reconfiguring them to the advantage of certain actors. Such conflicts may be internal to certain peasantries, or may occur at their contact when they are exploited by external actors. Others may take shape and develop outside the rural world before reaching it. These violent conflicts are often found at the crossroads of a range of factors and processes: power dynamics linked to land access, the crystallization of identity and ethno-community differences, and governance problems.

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• 30 Jul 2023

  Yaoundé

  Call for papers - History

  Les attaques de Boko Haram à l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun

  Regards croisés sur les dix années de guerre anti-terroriste (2013-2023)

  The study invites to evaluate the anti-terrorist fightback lead since 2013 by the Cameroon state in the Far North region against Boko Haram. The project intends to analyse the issue ten years after the attack. It ambitions to  bring a new perspective on the causes of this security crisis, the method of fight against the Boko Haram terrorist group and the implication of this new context. Articles involving proposals of new solutions in terms of State reaction and mechanisms of adaptation are welcomed. An interdisciplinary perspective is expected in this project. Historians, philosophers, sociologists, jurists, anthropologists, linguists and others are invited to propose their vision of the topic.

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• 01 Jun 2023

  Paris

  Study days - Sociology

  Contestation sociale et ses futurs

  Social protest and its futures

  What are the future temporalities of contemporary mobilizations ? In social protests, the hopeful future and the conviction that a better future is within reach have long marked revolutionary rhetoric and progressive political fervor. However, is this enthusiastic “jusqu’auboutisme” a temporality that still belongs to contemporary imaginaries of struggle ?

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• 23 May 2023	24 May 2023	25 May 2023
  26 May 2023

  Rome

  Conference, symposium - Africa

  Ethiopians abroad in the Middle Ages

  Ce colloque est organisé dans le cadre du projet ERC COG HornEast* (Horn & Crescent. Connections, Mobility and Exchange between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the Middle Ages). Le projet ERC HornEast a pour objectif de documenter les relations entre les sociétés chrétiennes de la Corne de l’Afrique (Éthiopie, Nubie) et leur environnement islamique aux échelles locale et régionale (Égypte, Palestine, péninsule Arabique), afin de mieux comprendre les modalités du processus d’islamisation à l’œuvre dans la région au cours du millénaire médiéval (VII^e - XV^e siècle).

   

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• 15 Dec 2023

  Korhogo

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Health, gender and sustainable development in schools and universities

  This Conference on “Health, gender and sustainable development in schools and universities” questions the school and university environment as a space for learning, training, socialisation and production of the elite, and also appears to be the theatre par excellence for the expression of various types of social problems. Faced with this social reality, it is essential for researchers in Africa and the world to reflect on this issue in order to propose sustainable solutions.

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• 30 Jun 2023

  Call for papers - Representation

  Dreams of the Future

  As the research training group “European Dream Cultures” at Saarland University enters its ninth and final year, we would like our concluding conference to look not only back but also ahead, in focussing on future content of dreaming in literature, art, theatre, film, and music. Key questions include: What types of futures do artistic dreams of the future envision? Are they utopian or dystopian? Are they marked as dreams experienced during sleep, or are they imaginings of the future that are dreamlike in nature but anchored in the waking world? How do they connect to the present or the past, and to which version of these temporalities? What function do they assume within different works? To what extent do religious, political, or epistemological discourses influence these artistic dreams of the future?

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• 01 Jul 2023

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Migration in Belgium: Epistemological issues, History, Public action and Mobilisations

  This study day aims to bring together researchers from different social science disciplines (anthropology, law, economics, geography, history, philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, etc.) working on migration issues in Belgium. In a context where migration phenomena are regularly at the forefront of political and media news (“reception crisis”, border management and control, citizen mobilisations, etc.), the aim of this study day is, on the one hand, to review the progress of research in the various social science disciplines in this field, and, on the other hand, to refine academic analyses through a multidisciplinary dialogue. This meeting thus intends to contribute to a better understanding of the migration phenomenon in Belgium. 

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• 15 Jul 2023

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Representation

  The Image on the Page

  A Study Day Around Illustrated Print Culture

  This study day aims to gather researchers around the subject of the printed image since the 1880s. With particular attention to material bibliography and production techniques, we seek to better understand how illustrations contribute to the formation of meaning and discourses within different contexts from illustrated newspapers to etiquette manuals, from scientific journals to children’s books.

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• 01 Jun 2023

  02 Jun 2023

  Le Bourget-du-Lac

  Conference, symposium - Information

  Terminologie et ontologie : théories et applications

  The TOTh Conferences – Terminology & Ontology: Theories and applications – bring together researchers, professionals and, more generally, all persons interested in issues related to language and knowledge engineering. The program will include accepted communications, an opening talk, and a poster session.

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• 22 May 2023	23 May 2023	24 May 2023
  25 May 2023	26 May 2023	...

  Yaoundé |

  Conference, symposium - Africa

  Le retour des choses : objets, archives et création en temps de restitution

  This workshops in Cameroon propose to approach restitution through the prism of returns, i.e. to decentralize: from the countries where the objects were held to the countries and communities of origin; from Western viewpoints to African opinions; from the “works” exhibited in European museums to the resocialization of the returned “things”, recharged with multiple meanings; from the materiality of the objects to archival images and to contemporary creations. How is the possible return of objects perceived? What imaginations and expectations does it awaken? What would be the values of the returned things?  

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• 07 Jul 2023

  Saint-Martin-d'Hères

  Call for papers - Thought

  Artificial intelligence and transformations of work

  Through this conference, we aim to provide a social philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and work, grounded in an ethical framework. Focusing on three axes of research, we’ll consider the history of the technological replacement debate, the conditions of work with AI, and the transformations of fairness and justice to highlight AI’s specificities. We aim to address developing questions within an emerging literature on AI’s impact on work. 

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• 02 Jun 2023

  Paris

  Call for papers - Geography

  Action in research and research in action: what intertwining?

  Young researchers day at the Institut de Géographie, 2023

  L’édition 2023 de la Journée des jeunes chercheurs de l’Institut de Géographie de Paris se tiendra le 13 octobre 2023 et aura pour thème : « L’action dans la recherche et la recherche dans l’action : quelles imbrications ? ». Les questionnements s’adressent à toutes les disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales mobilisant une dimension spatiale dans leurs travaux. Des propositions de jeunes chercheur·euses (doctorant·es, étudiant·es de Master, jeunes docteur·es) sont particulièrement attendues.

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• 22 May 2023

  23 May 2023

  Paris 04 Hôtel-de-Ville

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  Human Agency, Digital Society and Data-Intensive Surveillance

  L’ambition de ce colloque est d’explorer l’interaction entre l’action humaine et la surveillance intensive des données et de caractériser les défis et les opportunités contemporains pour les utilisateurs, les décideurs politiques et le développement technologique à travers les sociétés, les traditions et les langues. S’appuyant sur les recherches diverses et étendues dans le domaine de la surveillance et des sociétés numériques, le colloque a pour objectif de faire converger les résultats des recherches et de favoriser le dialogue entre les disciplines et les secteurs.

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• 06 Nov 2023

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Spaces and societies

  Chinese public space, a shared space?

  Espaces et Sociétés’ perspective on the Chinese city and urbanization, through a notion that is both distinctive and paradoxical in China: public space. The title of this call for papers, “Chinese public space, a shared space?” questions on the one hand the specific definition of Chinese public space, which is undergoing very rapid changes, and on the other hand its ability to be “shared” locally and internationally.

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• 20 May 2023

  Mulhouse

  Call for papers - History

  The Invention of Traditions in the United Kingdom and the British Empire, 1840-1940

  The year 2023 will mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of The Invention of Tradition, a collective work edited by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. Since this publication, the invention of tradition has become a key concept in cultural studies. While the book edited by Hobsbawm and Ranger brings together contributions on the invention of the Scottish kilt tradition, Welsh national culture, scouting, and British monarchical ceremonies, which cover the period from 1840 to 1914, this conference invites us to explore other invented traditions over a longer period, from the 1840s to the 1940s. It will also analyze the reactivation of certain traditions at key moments in history.

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• 25 May 2023

  26 May 2023

  Paris 04 Hôtel-de-Ville

  Study days - Economy

  The American Developmental State : The Origins of American Capitalism in Comparative Perspective

  How can we best account for the historical trajectory of American capitalism over the “long” nineteenth century ? With this conference we aim to deploy the idea of an “American developmental state” as a lens for investigating the formative years of US capitalism. Now is an opportune moment to reconsider the role of government in US economic history.

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• 05 Sep 2023

  Korhogo

  Call for papers - Representation

  Humor in the dedramatization of contemporaneities

  The purpose of this conference is to determine the contribution of humor in the resilience of our contemporary societies. It is then a question of crossing the studies of several specialists in the multifaceted challenges of humor as a factor in the dedramatization of our contemporaneities.

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