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• 31 oct 2016

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Meanings of rituals

  Incense and religion in ancient societies

  Although several studies have drawn attention to the role of incense as an ingredient in ritual and a means of communication between men and gods, there remains no comprehensive examination of the practical functions and cultural semantics of incense in the ancient world, whether as a purifying agent, a performative sign of a transcendent world, an olfactory signal to summon the deity, a placatory libation, or food for the gods. Moreover, recent archaeological research has provided evidence (alongside literary, epigraphic and iconographic evidence) that the physical origins and chemical constituents of incense are complex and diverse, as are their properties : resins, vegetable gums, spices, and a welter of aromatic products that could be exhibited and burned before ancient eyes and noses. These were components of a multi-sensory religious experience in which music, colourful costumes, lavish banquets and tactile encounters defined the ritualsensibilities of the community.

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• 16 oct 2016

  Padua

  Call for papers - Europe

  Italy Facing Terrorism: Political Parties, Institutions, Society, and Public Opinion (1969-1988)

  Italian Political Parties Facing Terrorism (1969-1988)

  Italian political parties’ attitudes, roles, points of view, and reactions vis-à-vis stragismo, subversive plots, right-wing and left-wing terrorism will be under scrutiny, together with their impact on society and institutions. The Organizing Committee encourages studies that also examine minor political parties.The Organizing Committee invites scholars of different disciplines interested in the topic topropose papers on Italian political parties’ attitudes, roles, points of view, and reactions in front of:- stragismo and subversive plots against Italian Republic; origin, development, and social consensus of left-wing armed struggle; the main political changes of the period (e.g., the crisis of center-left governments, the 1974 referendum, the 1975 and 1976 elections, the governments of national solidarity, the end of the Christian-democratic centrality); the dangers of right-wing terrorism; the emergency legislation; the exit strategies from terrorism.

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• 29 sep 2016

  30 sep 2016

  Florence

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  European sources in the study of Algerian architecture - archives, photographs and oral history

  Archives, photographies et histoire orale

  Ce colloque vient conclure le projet d’élaboration d’une collection numérique des archives de l’architecture algérienne (projet ELCONUM) mené depuis 2014 en partenariat avec des universités italiennes, espagnole et algérienne, et financé par l’Union européenne dans le cadre du programme Europe Créative.

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• 04 oct 2016

  05 oct 2016

  Bologna

  Study days - Representation

  Actors and Vehicles of Architectural Criticism

  Architectural Criticism 20th and 21st Centuries, a Cartography

  This second international workshop takes into consideration the actors and the vehicles of criticism: with these terms it refers to both the agents of criticism (critics, architects, historians, publishers, photographers, institutions, etc.) and the media through which criticism is disseminated (press, photography, exhibitions, etc.). The workshop aims to expand the knowledge about the specific functions of these actors and their networks and to outline their mutual relationships. The four sessions investigate the links between the actors, the media of criticism, and the historical contexts within which they materialize, as well as the cultural, intellectual, and institutional milieus from which they originate.

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• 06 oct 2016

  07 oct 2016

  08 oct 2016

  Naples

  Conference, symposium - Europe

  The world of Gennaro Magri - dance, music and opera in the Enlightenment

  Danse, musique et opéra dans l’Europe des Lumières

  Centré in primis sur l’œuvre de Gennaro Magri (ca. 1735-1780), maître de ballet au Théâtre San Carlo de Naples et auteur du Trattato teorico-prattico del Ballo (1779), ce colloque a pour objectif de se pencher sur la vie et la carrière de Magri en Italie et en Europe, et plus largement de réfléchir sur le rôle de la danse à Naples dans le contexte européen. Dans une perspective théorico-pratique, ce colloque sera le lieu d’un questionnement sur l’histoire, la technique, l’esthétique et la poétique de la danse théâtrale notamment dans ses rapports aux autres arts : il s’agira de réfléchir sur les enjeux culturels et sociaux liés à la relation entre danse noble et danse comique, entre style italien et style français, dans le dialogue interculturel entre les nations.

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• 20 déc 2016

  Padua

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Into the woods

  Overlapping perspectives on the history of “ancient forests”

  In ecological, economic and social terms, “ancient forests” play numerous roles. Their definition varies not only from country to country but also according to disciplinary fields. Studying “ancient forests” can involve separating “old-growth forests” from “ancient woodland”, forests that have disappeared and, in the case of “current forests”, those that are not actually very old at all! This conference aims to exchange views and ideas on “ancient forests” including both retrospective and prospective issues. Better understanding their past highlights the key issues of their status, protection and promotion in our current societies and opens up new perspectives about the future of « ancient forests ». Foresters, planners, developers, ecologists, biologists, agriculturalists, geographers, historians, philosophers, ethnologists, cartographers, archaeologists, archaeobotanists, sociologists etc., from all backgrounds, are invited to join this debate about our various and varying concepts of “ancient forests”.

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• 01 mar 2017

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Mixed marriages in the European societies, 18th-21th century

  For a social history of the matrimonial mixity

  Les migrations contemporaines et les interrogations croissantes sur les juxtapositions de groupes religieux ou ethniques différents ont stimulé ces dernières décennies un intérêt évident pour la question de la mixité matrimoniale dans le monde d’aujourd’hui, mais aussi dans les sociétés anciennes. Dans le champ historique, cet intérêt a été en outre renforcé par le développement spécifique de plusieurs axes de recherches : l’histoire des migrations, des réseaux marchands, des diasporas, des sociétés urbaines, ou encore des sociétés coloniales.

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• 13 oct 2016

  14 oct 2016

  15 oct 2016

  Rome

  Conference, symposium - Religion

  Reception of the Greek fathers in Italy in the Middle Ages

  Cette rencontre s’inscrit dans le cadre du programme quinquennal « La mémoire des Pères : disponibilité et usages politiques du souvenir patristique dans l’Italie médiévale ». Après une première étape consacrée à la « mémoire d’Ambroise de Milan », le programme s’intéresse à présent aux fonctions de la réception des Pères grecs.

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• 26 sep 2016

  Florence

  Call for papers - Representation

  Artist films and video in Tuscany 1960-1990

  Memories of Contemporary

  The call for proposals Artist Films and Video in Tuscany 1960-1990 welcomes proposals from early- and mid-career scholars of art history or related disciplines, inviting them to present an artist film or video, linked with the Tuscan experimental context (1960-1990), to be shown during the international conference Memories of Contemporary (Florence, November 22-23, 2016) promoted by Senzacornice | Research and Education Lab for Contemporary Art.

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• 30 oct 2016

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  The 1970s in Europe: A transnational turn for political cultures ?

  The central question for this workshop involves a concept and a periodisation: if we accept the postulate that the second half of the 20^th century was marked by various forms of “transnationalisation” of European political cultures, did the 1970s represent a turning point in this major phenomenon?

   

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• 15 sep 2016

  Venice

  Study days - Urban studies

  Study day in honor of Bernardo Secchi

  First edition – Utopia and the project for the city and territory

  For today and in the future Bernardo Secchi’s work and intuitions nourish the reflections and debate on city, architecture and society. The Study Day sponsored by the Doctorate School in Architecture, City and Design and of the Università IUAV of Venice is dedicated to Bernardo Secchi, in the school where he taught for many years becoming a reference for many student generations. The aim is not only to remember his work, but also to deepen and to elaborate, case by case, his hypothesis, themes and questions by constructing new occasions for debate and intellectual expansion.

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• 15 sep 2016

  Turin

  Call for papers - Religion

  Women, Religions and Gender Relations

  International Association for the study of Religion and Gender (IARG)

  Interest in the subject of “Women, Religions and Gender Relations” has intensified especially from the mid-1990s in Europe – more recently in Italy – spreading beyond the borders of the sociology of religion and gender studies. The call is designed to offer a platform to scholars to present their research on the topic and exchange their ideas on research findings at an international level.

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• 23 jui 2016

  24 jui 2016

  Rome

  Conference, symposium - Geography

  The atlas in modern and contemporary scientific and artistic cultures

  Cette septième et dernière rencontre du groupe de recherche ACSAM (« Les atlas dans les cultures scientifiques et artistiques modernes et contemporaines : représenter, organiser, conserver les connaissances et les objets ») a pour objectif de revenir de manière réflexive et, si cela est possible, synthétique, sur les travaux, contributions et propositions développées au cours des rencontres précédentes. Il s’agit d’interroger, dans une perspective à la fois historique et épistémologique, l’atlas en tant que forme de conservation, de production, d’écriture des savoirs et des objets, dans les cultures artistiques et scientifiques modernes et contemporaines.

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• 30 jui 2016

  Padua

  Summer School - History

  Communicating Politics. Media, Communication, Activism from the French revolution to the present

  L'Ecole d'été « Communicating politics. Media, Communication, Activism from the French Revolution to the present » se tiendra à Padoue, en Italie, du 19 au 24 septembre 2016. Le programme sera consacré à l'étude, dans une perspective historique, des liens entre les médias et la politique, de la Révolution française à nos jours et dans différentes aires et régions géographiques. L'enjeu de l'école d'été est de s'interroger sur la manière dont l'étude de ces liens permet d'enrichir nos connaissances en histoire des médias et en histoire politique.

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• 07 jui 2016

  Rome

  Conference, symposium - Early modern

  Invenit et delineavit. La stampa di traduzione tra Italia e Francia dal XVI al XIX secolo

  Ce colloque international porte sur la gravure de traduction entre l’Italie et la France du XVI^e au XIX^e siècle. Il abordele rôle de la gravure dans la circulation des modèles entre le deux pays, et se penchera notamment sur les échanges, les influences ou les innovations créées par les peintres, graveurs et mécènes.

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• 05 jui 2016

  17 sep 2016

  Milan

  Call for papers - Thought

  New Forms of Religious and Secular Female Participation in the Mediterranean Region

  The panel focuses on the everyday experiences of women engaged in movements, parties, NGOs, institutions in the Mediterranean region. It invites contributions that critically call into questions the forms and meanings of female engagement in the religious and secular public realm. 

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• 30 mai 2016

  Catania

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Ebullient Africa: Conflict, Modernity, Religion

  IV ASAI Conference

  Depuis la guerre froide le continent africain est le théâtre d’une instabilité politique accrue. Malgré le regain démocratique qui émerge au début des années 1990, des pratiques contestataires, plus ou moins unanimes, comme le renversement du pouvoir en place (Printemps arabe, Burkina‐Faso…), les soulèvements populaires face à la révision de la Constitution (République Démocratique du Congo), la contestation des élections (Burundi) questionnent aujourd’hui la viabilité du régime démocratique en Afrique. Si la notion d’instabilité politique renvoie à la propension d’effondrement gouvernemental, celle de conflit est déjà une conséquence de cette action. L’insécurité accompagne désormais la transition démocratique et les conflits se multiplient.

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• 19 jui 2016

  Bologna

  Call for papers - History

  Actors and Vehicles of Architectural Criticism

  “Mapping Architectural Criticism” Second International Workshop Bologna

  This call for papers is for the second of three international workshops planned by the Mapping.Crit.Arch Project to foster scholarship on the history of architectural criticism and facilitate exchanges between scholars active in this field of research. Conceived as milestones of the research project, these workshops intend to go beyond somewhat widespread interpretations that invoke either the specificity of architectural criticism or its partial overlapping with other forms of writing. The workshops also want to challenge simplistic views that suggest the crisis of architectural criticism if not its entire demise. The second workshop will focus on the actors and “vehicles” of architectural criticism. 

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• 24 mai 2016

  25 mai 2016

  26 mai 2016

  Rende

  Conference, symposium - Africa

  Images and representations of the Self and Other

  Confronting scholarly and popular cultures to contribute to the stabilisation of Congo

  Le colloque propose une confrontation interdisciplinaire sur les représentations du Soi et de l’Autre, réservant une attention particulière à la confrontation des cultures savantes et populaires en République démocratique du Congo. Inspiré par l’expérience du projet « Mémoire de Lubumbashi », ce colloque international vise à renouveler le débat autour du rapport entre culture savante et culture populaire par des contributions à caractère historique et/ou ethnographique sur le passé colonial et postcolonial, et sur les recompositions sociales contemporaines (appartenances régionale / ethnique, rapports entre générations, mutations/redéfinition des rapports de genre).

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• 30 mai 2016

  Trento

  Call for papers - Modern

  Contemporary art as mediation of ecological crisis

  6th STS (Science and Technology Studies) Italia Conference

  In this session of the 6^th STS Italia Conference on Sociotechnical Environments, we will consider how contemporary art addresses new questions to environmental issues; how it questions our relation with nature and technique; and how artistic creation may indicate new kinds of answers to contemporary ecological issues. This call is open to various disciplinary fields: contribution proposals could aim to describe kinds of knowledge that contemporary art contribute to produce in the field of ecology, as to trace a history of the dialogue between environmental issues and artistic creations, and, more generally, on case studies questioning the notions of art, technique and environmental issues.

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