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• 16

  Feb

  2026

  Lausanne

  Call for papers - History

  Diplomacies, Diplomats, and Sports, 19th–21st Century

  Unlike the often-speculative analyses of many experts, this conference aims to examine the relationship between diplomats, diplomacies, and sport by analyzing sources (archives, interviews, etc.), with a focus on its forms, practices, and the actors who shape them. The theme of sport and international relations has remained a largely overlooked area in scholarly research within history, international relations, and organizational sociology.

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• 11 Jan 2026

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Gendered work and working gender

  Identifiée comme un angle mort par Benoît Dedieu lors du deuxième symposium international du travail en agriculture, la place des femmes n’est plus à négliger dans l’analyse du travail au sein des mondes agricoles. Bien que la première étape indispensable soit de lutter contre l’invisibilisation des femmes, ce working group propose de mobiliser le concept de genre pour dépasser l’approche centrée sur la seule « spécificité du travail des femmes ». 

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• 09

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Social Production of Death and Necropolitics in Turkey: Framing, Regulating, Invisibilizing

  This volume examines the ways in which death is framed, regulated, and politicized in Turkey, and questions the relevance of the concept of necropolitics in the Turkish context. Across multiple scales of analysis, it explores the role of the state in ritual practices, the management of bodies, and the organization of funerary spaces—whether concerning individual or collective deaths—as well as in the production of hierarchies between deaths deemed worthy of mourning and those relegated to invisibility, while shedding light on the emergence of a new regime of death: civil death.

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• 15 Jan 2026

  Call for papers - Europe

  "Échos" section of the "Trajectoires" journal (no. 20, 2027)

  Trajectoires est la revue de la jeune recherche franco-allemande. Elle s’est donné pour mission de participer à l’émergence et à la formation d’une génération d’auteur·e·s ouverte à l’interdisciplinarité et décidée à nourrir dans sa diversité le dialogue entre les espaces francophones et germanophones. La nouvelle rubrique « Échos » de la revue Trajectoires offre aux doctorant·e·s et jeunes docteur·e·s la possibilité de publier, sous forme de dossier thématique, les résultats d’une manifestation scientifique organisée dans le cadre de leurs activités de recherche.

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• 22

  Feb

  2026

  Dakar

  Call for papers - Geography

  Playing with uncertainty, gambling with crises

  The rise of Gambling, mechanisms and consequences

  This session aims to analyse the rise of gambling in Africa as a major social, economic, and territorial phenomenon. It will examine the reconfiguration of gambling spaces linked to digitalisation, as well as the role of betting in a context shaped by precarity and uncertainty as experienced by urban youth. Through several papers and a roundtable discussion devoted to the Senegalese case, the session will highlight the global circulations and North–South asymmetries that structure this rapidly expanding industry.

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• 09

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - History

  Policing the Mobility of 'Undesirables' (1870-1923)

  Powder, People, Papers

  This study day aims to facilitate conversations across borders. Specifically, we hope to bring together various fields – Border Studies, Refugee Studies, Mobility and Surveillance Studies – in order to investigate border control processes and experiences during the period (1870–1923) and to facilitate meaningful conversations with those studying the present. Taking onboard the statement by French anthropologist Michel Agier in La Condition cosmopolite that ‘seen from the border, the world also looks different’, organisers would like to advance an encompassing view of border experiences.

   

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• 08

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - History

  Before the Last Straw

  Omens, Thresholds, and Signs of Crisis in the Historiographical Construction of the Event

  In a historical moment marked by political upheavals, social crises, environmental catastrophes, wars, and new forms of collective mobilization, reflecting on the conscious choices — and the conscious non-choices — that precede moments of historical rupture becomes a useful and necessary tool for understanding the deep connection between decision and transformation.The 2026 Student Conference seeks to shift the focus away from the final event to investigate the acts that immediately precede it and to ask whether it is possible to explore, with historical awareness, the suspended moment before rupture : the moment before the last straw.

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• 31

  Jan

  2026

  Paris

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Speech and Politics

  The relationship between speech and politics is experiencing renewed interest today. Since Foucault, political theory has examined the scope of “speaking truth” as a form of resistance, most recently illustrated by the unleashing of speech in the #MeToo movement. In the age of social media, speech proves deeply ambivalent : it can wound just as much as it can help build a shared world. Theories of recognition remind us that democracy requires all voices to be heard, a condition still far from being fulfilled.

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• 15

  Mar

  2026

  Suceava

  Call for papers - Political studies

  The International Forum On Democracy And Public Decision

  Que signifie encore la démocratie ? Une forme républicaine de l’État, une gouvernance représentative, une croyance en l’égalité politique ? Un processus décisionnel appuyé et revisité  par de garanties de respect des libertés individuelles ? Que saurait-on répondre à ceux qui affirment, décomplexés, que cela n’existe plus ? Qu’en réalité, sa pratique n’a jamais été à la hauteur des grands dessins des théoriciens les plus inspirés du bien commun ?

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• 01

  Feb

  2026

  Angers

  Call for papers - Political studies

  “Illiberal Populism” Shaped by Political and Administrative Institutions: Reciprocal Dynamics and Counter-Power Logics

  Journal Nomopolis, no. 4

  The administrations of Trump in the United States, Bolsonaro in Brazil, Orbán in Hungary, and Modi in India have renewed debates on regime classification and on the boundaries between democratic and authoritarian political systems. While populist actors seek to redefine the political system, their insertion into the political field compels them to negotiate and renegotiate a series of legal rules and behavioral norms that are binding upon them, at least initially. In this sense, they are sometimes constrained in their attempt to reshape the political and legal system by other state powers or institutions, which more or less temporarily curtail their capacity for action.

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• 01

  Feb

  2026

  Berlin

  Call for papers - Asia

  (Re)Thinking the Role of Religion in Social and Humanitarian Action: Preaching in a Transnational Approach

  This workshop seeks to explore the links between preaching and socio-humanitarian action in the contemporary Middle East. Contexts of social and humanitarian crises appear as privileged sites for understanding this constitutive device of faith experiences, beyond the sole framework of the sermon or religious discourse. The chosen approach is deliberately cross-cutting: it brings Islam, Judaism, and Christianity into dialogue, while situating the Middle East within a global perspective. How does preaching accompany and shape social and humanitarian action? In what forms and according to which modalities does it unfold? How does it influence the understanding and implementation of aid? 

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• 15

  Feb

  2026

  Guelmim

  Call for papers - Language

  Linguistic Capital and Employability: Issues of Economic Inclusion 

  This conference explores the role of linguistic capital in employability and economic inclusion. It examines how mastery of legitimate languages influences access to work, social mobility, and territorial development, while also reinforcing inequalities and symbolic violence. Discussions will focus on education, multilingualism, language policies, and strategies that promote sustainable economic inclusion.

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• 10

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - Science studies

  Les changements des habitus culinaires au Cameroun

  Culinary habits in Cameroon are now deeply influenced by globalization and urbanization, leading to a revision and sometimes a distortion of traditional recipes. The introduction of foreign products and the adoption of faster food practices have changed the habits of Cameroonians. These changes affect the transmission of culinary heritage to younger generations and jeopardize the preservation of traditional cuisine, considered a valuable intangible heritage. This call for papers explores the impact of globalization on food practices, public health, and the local economy. It also raises the question of how Cameroonian cuisine can adapt to modern realities, taking into account the tension between the modernization of recipes and the preservation of culinary cultural identity.

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• 16

  Feb

  2026

  Poitiers

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Rethinking Early Modern Print Today: New Questions & New Approaches

  Dedicated to early modern prints, this symposium aims to take stock of the current researches and offer an overview of the diversity of approaches used to deal with this historical object. It seeks to provide a forum for exchange devoted to recent approaches and ongoing projects, whether they focus on the practices and techniques of printmaking, on its networks of production, circulation, and exchange, or on the place of the printed image within visual and material culture.

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• 10

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - Africa

  Sound Recordings

  Journal Sources. Materials & Fieldwork in African Studies

  This special issue brings together analyses from various disciplines focusing on one or more sound sources produced in Africa. The dossier aims to contribute to the development of dialogue between African studies and recent social science research on sound and listening, and thus to present the specific challenges posed by sound sources in the history of Africa.

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• 26

  Jan

  2026

  Liège

  Call for papers - History

  Absence and its Interpretations

  Questioning the Incomplete and the Fragmentary in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period

  From 11-12 May 2026, the University of Liege will host the eighth edition of the International Doctoral Days of the Transitions Research Unit. Organized in partnership with the Centre d’Études supérieures de la Civilisation médiévale (Université de Poitiers), this conference will focus on the theme of absence. The chronological boundaries for this call correspond to those explored by Transitions (the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period).

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• 30

  Mar

  2026

  Call for papers - Africa

  Savoirs endogènes, territoires et durabilité

  African Journal of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Management - volume 3, issue 2, 2026

  Dans un contexte mondial caractérisé par la convergence de crises écologiques, sociales, sécuritaires et épistémiques, les territoires africains se trouvent confrontés à des choix déterminants quant à leurs trajectoires de développement et leurs modes de gouvernance. La valorisation et la réappropriation de ces savoirs endogènes s’imposent donc comme une réponse stratégique à ces défis, en offrant des alternatives ancrées dans les réalités locales et porteuses d’innovations adaptées.

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• 24

  Jan

  2026

  Montpellier

  Call for papers - History

  From the “Far East” to the “Indo-Pacific”

  Crises, Conflicts, and Peace Processes in the Asia-Pacific (20th–21st Centuries)

  Si l’histoire des relations internationales a d’emblée placé la guerre et de la paix au cœur de ses analyses, le déséquilibre demeure flagrant entre les études consacrées aux conflits armés, et celles plus discrètes relatives aux processus de paix. Une place particulière sera donc réservée aux acteurs et modalités des négociations ; à la mémoire de ces négociations, de leurs succès comme de leurs échecs, au rôle des organisations internationales ou régionales dans les sorties de guerre, aux conceptions proprement asiatiques de la paix, de la sécurité et du pacifisme, dont la dimension asiatique n’est guère abordée en dehors du Japon.

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• 31

  Mar

  2026

  Rennes

  Call for papers - History

  Sociability, Progress and Innovation (1650-1850)

  Cet appel à contribution se propose d’interroger les usages et significations des idées de « progrès » et d’« innovation » - qu’elles soient en rapport avec la technologie, l’économie, la politique, la religion ou la culture - au cours du long XVIII^e siècle et leurs impacts sur les pratiques sociales. Il s’attachera à mesurer les effets de l’innovation sous toutes ses formes (technique, politique, économique, artistique, littéraire, etc.) sur les sociabilités dans les sociétés européennes et coloniales. Il sera également intéressant d’envisager la sociabilité elle-même comme une innovation conceptuelle et sociale.

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• 09

  Feb

  2026

  Call for papers - Modern

  On the Profession of Historian. Transforming practices and horizons

  « Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère », n° 27

  Les Cahiers: Journal for the Study of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape (Craup) are launching its 27th thematic issue “On the profession of historian. Practices and territories in transition,”Architectural history calls for a major overhaul paying particular attention to issues such as gender, the environmental crisis and decolonization. Today, this context has prompted an examination of the profession of architectural historians, whose primary role is to distance themselves from events and reflect critically upon them. How has this profession been shaped in recent decades? What can architectural historians contribute to the ongoing vicissitudes of our times?

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