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  • Paris

    Seminar - Modern

    The history of art and the challenge of the digital

    Comme bien des disciplines des sciences humaines, l’histoire de l’art se tient encore relativement à l’écart du numérique, et en particulier de la science ouverte. Le mouvement de libération des collections patrimoniales va cependant croissant et la place centrale des images dans la pratique des historiens d’art induit en tout état de cause l’acquisition et le traitement de données visuelles, nombreuses ou pas, numériquement natives ou pas, selon des formes de mise en ordre plus ou moins raisonnées et informées des possibilités, comme des contraintes, du numérique.

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  • Paris

    Conference, symposium - Modern

    Pervasive powers

    Corporate authority in the shaping of public policy

    The power of corporate business has been a subject of intense debate and many social science studies since the 19th century. This conference is based on the idea that, not only has this power varied among industries, countries and different periods, but also that the way in which it is wielded has evolved over time. By bringing together scholars from various backgrounds within the fields of history, sociology, and political science, we intend to provide new insights on the multiplicity, depth and limits of the forms of influence that corporations, or the organizations furthering their interests – business associations, think tanks, communication or public relations agencies, foundations, etc. –, have on public policy.

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  • Paris

    Conference, symposium - Sociology

    The world of mathematicians

    Ce colloque pluridisciplinaire réunit des mathématicien·ne·s, des sociologues et des historien·ne·s pour étudier le fonctionnement de ce monde scientifique et professionnel. Trois perspectives d’analyse seront adoptées : la définition et l’imputation du talent mathématique ; les structures et les reconfigurations des carrières et de la production des mathématicien·ne·s ; les pratiques et les activités qui font le métier de mathématicien·ne.

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  • Lausanne

    Call for papers - Sociology

    Minimising Risks, Selling Promises?

    Reproductive Health, Techno-Scientific Innovations and the Production of Ignorance

    Over the last decades, medical techno-scientific innovations have radically transformed reproductive processes at every level by putting the reproductive body under strict biomedical surveillance and submitting it to significant technological manipulation. Most of these innovations, often promoted as miracles and even revolutions, were generalised very rapidly thanks to ever-growing national and global markets. Their side effects on health were, however, insufficiently studied, or even ignored, until scandals (diethylstilbestrol, thalidomide, primodos, Dalkon Shield) or controversies (contraceptive pill, hormonal replacement therapy) unavoidably made them public. At the crossroads of STS, sociology of risk, medical anthropology, gender studies and ignorance studies, the aim of this international conference is to analyse the dynamics of ignorance production prior to, during but also after the rapid expansion of reproductive technologies, innovations and products.

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  • Rennes

    Call for papers - Europe

    Reframing the (Art) World

    Commitment, Challenges and Crises of International Art Criticism since 1945

    The international conference Reframing the (Art) World/Redéfinir le monde (de l’art) aims at concluding an intense three-year research carried out within the frame of the research programme PRISME, hosted at the Archives de la critique d’art (Archives of Art Criticism in Rennes). By following a multidisciplinary approach, the aim of this conference is to reframe a still little-known chapter of cultural history, in order to reconsider art criticism as a historical and epistemological prism in regard to international issues since the second half of the XXth century.

     

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  • Call for papers - Modern

    Scientific circulations since the early 20th century

    New perspectives for studying

    Les circulations scientifiques internationales ont connu un développement important, en même temps que la communauté savante, depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, et exponentiel au cours des dernières décennies. Pourtant, cette question, contrairement à celle des étudiants internationaux, n’a pas encore suscité beaucoup de travaux en sciences humaines et sociales. Ce mouvement de grande ampleur, qui n’épargne plus aucune région du globe, est volontiers observé et commenté, parfois à grand renfort de grilles de lectures préétablies – dont la fameuse « fuite des cerveaux », pourtant largement nuancée ces dernières années – sans toujours pénétrer au cœur de ses rouages et de ses manifestations les plus fines.

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  • Chicoutimi

    Call for papers - Science studies

    Technological and scientific mythologies and their incursion into the modern imagination

    Group #307, 86th ACFAS congress

    Ce colloque s’intéresse aux techniques et aux sciences dans la mesure où celles-ci jouent un rôle structurant dans les systèmes symboliques de l’Occident moderne. Sous les termes « mythologies techniques et scientifiques », il cherche à interroger des types de rapport au monde en tant qu’ils sont affectés par des objets, des savoirs et des pratiques associées au dispositif technoscientifique.

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  • Oracle

    Call for papers - Science studies

    Biocosmos - Our sense of place, our sense of life in the universe

    Planet scientists and exoplanet astronomers are re-shaping our understanding of the universe, presenting a fascinating cosmos filled with places and destinations, not an empty void. At the same time, Earth physicists and biologists design models of self-sustainable ecosystems such as Biosphere 2 and the Mars/Lunar Greenhouse, with the goal of engineering bio-regenerative mini-worlds that can function on their own. As these scientific revolutions unfold, with distant spaces and global life systems as objects of “field work”, what counts as the “human environment”? How do we, as individuals and societies, relate to spaces, things, and processes we do not or cannot experience directly and which we see as “extreme” or “beyond” human?

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  • Call for papers - Sociology

    Pervasive powers

    Corporate authority in the shaping of public policy

    The power of corporate business has been a subject of intense debate and many social science studies since the 19th century. This conference is based on the idea that, not only has this power varied among industries, countries and different periods, but also that the way in which it is wielded has evolved over time. By bringing together scholars from various backgrounds within the fields of history, sociology, and political science, we intend to provide new insights on the multiplicity, depth and limits of the forms of influence that corporations, or the organizations furthering their interests – business associations, think tanks, communication or public relations agencies, foundations, etc. –, have on public policy.

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  • Padua

    Call for papers - History

    European Space Agency's Space History Conference

    There is more to space than rocket science. Historians, diplomats, economists, law students, political scientists and sociologists have all contributed to our understanding of the space age and its impact on our societies over the past decades. Sixty years on from the placing of the first human-made object in orbit around Earth, space is now an integral part of our daily lives. Space science and technology are projects for the whole of humankind, reaching not only outside Earth’s atmosphere, but also beyond our Solar System. While the technological and scientific challenges of working, living and travelling in space motivate students to pursue such studies, the impact of space activities on our lives on Earth, on relations between nations and organisations, and our collective recent history, provides fertile ground for students and scholars in the humanities to take up space-related subjects. 

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  • Villeurbanne

    Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

    History of the Saint-Gobain construction platform - an illustration of creative rationality

    Doctoral thesis proposal

    Proposition de thèse (avec contrat doctoral) dans le cadre de la Chaire Ingénieurs ingénieux (Sciences, Société, Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques, S2HEP/Institut Gaston Berger/Institut national des sciences appliquées, Insa Lyon) financée par Saint-Gobain. Le S2HEP est un laboratoire interdisciplinaire regroupant didacticiens, historiens, philosophes, sociologues, anthropologues des sciences et spécialistes des sciences de l'information et de la communication.

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  • Paris

    Study days - Modern

    The world markets of technosciences - IFRIS study day

    Journée d’étude IFRIS

    Cette journée a pour objectif de faire le point sur les différentes approches qui ont dominé et dominent aujourd'hui les études sociales sur les sciences et les techniques dans des contextes emergents et en développement. Elle vise aussi à faire partager un intérêt pour des courants de recherche plus vastes qui permettraient d'informer les débats, notamment les études culturelles, les approches postcoloniales, l'écologie politique, les études de genre. Un tel passage en revue permettra de mieux dessiner les grandes lignes d'une discussion collective autour des travaux à venir. La proposition d'une recherche collective sur "les marchés mondiaux des technosciences" sera mise à l'épreuve au cours de cette journée.

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  • Paris

    Call for papers - Language

    The circulation of linguistic and philological knowledge between Germany and the world, 16th to 20th century

    By all measures, Germany played an overwhelming role in the development of philology and linguistics during the 19th century. This ascendancy rests on the transmission to other national academies of theoretical constructs and views, methods and institutional practices. On the other hand, German philological and linguistic ideas, methods and institutions were not constituted in isolation from the rest of the world : Transfers to the German-speaking world must also be taken into account.

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  • Zurich

    Miscellaneous information - Education

    Teaching Gender. Theory and society in the classroom

    Now more than ever, gender as an analytical concept is being heavily contested from diverse quarters inside as well as outside academia. The panel discussion addresses key questions of how to teach gender as  critical theory in the light of current societal and political tensions on the one hand and institutional constraints inside the university on the other hand. How can we teach “critique”? What does teaching gender mean in terms of methods and topics? And how can we engage in critical research and teaching while responding to societal expectations as to relevant output and knowledge transfer?

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  • Paris

    Conference, symposium - Science studies

    Human person and genome

    Interventions on genomes - what does ethics have to say?

    Comment parler des manipulations génétiques entre le mythe, le bénéfice attendu et l’éthique ? Certaines techniques suscitent le débat. N’est-ce pas l’occasion de faire le point sur les avancées de la génétique et de s’interroger sur une certaine vision qui consisterait à réduire la personnalité d'un individu à son génome ?

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  • Paris

    Seminar - Sociology

    Business, regulation and health and environmental dangers

    L’objectif de ce séminaire est de réunir et faire dialoguer ces deux réflexions autour de travaux qui se situent à l’intersection de la sociologie économique, de la sociologie de l’action publique et des science studies. Le projet du séminaire est d’examiner la thématique de la régulation des risques sanitaires et environnementaux en centrant le regard sur le rôle joué par les entreprises, qu’il s’agisse d’actions de lobbying dans les espaces de normalisation, de modélisation des risques, de planification de la vigilance, ou encore de gestion des catastrophes.

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  • Montreal

    Call for papers - Science studies

    What if academic research wasn't neutral?

    Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) conference 2017

    Ce colloque propose de poser à nouveau la question de la neutralité en science (neutralité des artisans, de la démarche, des méthodes, du langage, des résultats, des publications) : est-elle possible ? Souhaitable ? Indispensable ? Est-ce un leurre ? Une fiction ? Un artifice ? Le colloque abordera ces questions dans quatre axes : épistémologique, politique, éthique et sociétal.

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  • Paris

    Conference, symposium - Sociology

    The institutionalization and the internationalization of the social sciences and humanities

    Final conference of the European Project Interco-SSH

    The program, lead by the CNRS (France) and funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/20072013) under grant agreement n° 319974 (Interco-SSH) is coordinated by Gisèle Sapiro (CNRS, EHESS, Cessp). It gathers seven partner institutions: CNRS, France; Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy; Cambridge University, UK; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Pays Bas; University of Graz, Austria; John Wesley Theological College, Hungary; National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina.

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  • Strasbourg | Lyon | Paris

    Seminar - Sociology

    Bodies and prostheses - lived experience, practices and contexts

    La démarche de ce séminaire est de réinterroger la complexité du rapport organique / technologique au travers l'étude et l'analyse des expériences singulières liées à l'utilisation de différentes techniques d'assistance au corps telles que les prothèses, fauteuils, assistances robotiques et informatiques. L'enjeu principal de ce séminaire est d'ouvrir des fenêtres de discussions sur les diverses expériences avec ces différentes technologies à partir de la notion de terrain, de vécus subjectifs et dans une approche transdisciplinaire aux croisements de la sociologie, l'anthropologie, la philosophie, l'éthique, l'ingénierie robotique, la médecine et les sciences de la santé.

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  • Aix-en-Provence

    Call for papers - Science studies

    The disciplinary constitution of the humanities and social sciences in 19th and 20th century Greece: National traditions and transnational movements

    25th Modern Greek Studies Conference of French-speaking universities

    The biennial Congress of French-speaking Modern Greek Studies scholars will take place from October 12th to October 14th, 2017 in Aix-en-Provence. Its aim is to bring together researchers from every domain of the humanities and social sciences. The issue at the heart of this 15th Congress is the historical progress of certain areas of study towards the status of full-fledged disciplines of the humanities and social sciences in Greece from the moment of the establishment of the Greek state (1830) and within a context allowing the study of this phenomenon in both its regional and its international dimensions.

     

    The works of the Congress will be organized around the following themes:

    1. The emergence, institutionalization, reproduction and diffusion of disciplinary bodies of knowledge.

    2. The way each discipline positions itself with relation to other fields of knowledge and implements its theoretical foundations

    3. The processes of establishing legitimacy for the new disciplines and for the groups framing them

    4. Disciplinarization and the field of Modern Greek Studies

     

    Abstracts must be submitted before February 28th, 2017, in either French or English.

     

     

     

     

     

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