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Ecology and Sovereignty in the Digital Realm: Between Conflict and Alignment - “Terminal” Journal No. 144 - Deadline (abstract) by October 30, 2026

Calenda Announcement 1,418,256 (excerpts)

While the concept of sovereignty is sparking renewed interest in the digital sphere, its relationship with ecological paradigms remains largely unexplored, although some recent publications have addressed this line of research. Indeed, in the name of digital sovereignty, new and increasingly redundant infrastructures are being built with the aim of providing better connectivity and increased computing and storage capacities.

Seminar on the History of La Contemporaine 2026–2027 – Hybrid Seminar – Multiple dates from October 9, 2026, to June 4, 2027 – Nanterre – Registration

Calenda Listing 1,420,014 (excerpts)

Serving as a library, archives center, and museum, La Contemporaine’s missions include supporting research. It provides the scientific community with reference collections and primary sources on the history of the 20th and 21st centuries 

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Mission Europe Recherche (MER) - Collaboration Opportunity – Research Project on Democratic Resilience in Europe – Start Date: November 2026 – Please contact MER in advance

Mission Europe Recherche (MER) - Collaboration Opportunity – Research Project on Democratic Resilience in Europe – Start Date: November 2026 – Initial Contact from MER

1.1 Sources of Information: Email from Mission Europe Recherche (MER) to the units dated July 9, 2026, at 10:45 a.m.

(Email fromHortense Taillefaitof MER reproduced in full below)

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Political Europe Through European Sovereignty – Sorbonne University – Deadline (abstract) by November 16, 2026

Calenda Announcement 1,419,981 (excerpts)

The concept of “European sovereignty” occupies a central place in contemporary political and academic debates, even though the European Union cannot be fully considered sovereign. This conference will analyze the forms that such European sovereignty might take, while also examining the democratic relevance of such a paradigm. Does European sovereignty constitute a framework capable of bringing about a desirable political Europe?

Quantifying Ecology? Hybrid Seminar (CIST) – October 8, 2026, through June 10, 2027 – Registration

Calenda Announcement 1,419,589 (excerpts)

Quantifying ecology is established as a prerequisite for evaluating social and ecological transition policies. The seminar sessions offered by this research project provide an opportunity to bring together different perspectives—from the social sciences of quantification to the sociology of public environmental policy and transitions—in order to take the quantification of ecological qualities seriously, based on these interdisciplinary analyses.

Master's Degree Award in 19th-Century History—New Edition—University of Paris I and Other Institutions—Application Deadline: November 15, 2026

Calenda Listing 1,419,328 (excerpts) 

The Center for 19th-Century History (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / Sorbonne University) and the Journal of 19th-Century History (Society for the History of the 1848 Revolution and the Revolutions of the 19th Century) aim to encourage and promote research in 19th-century history. To this end, they have decided to award an annual prize recognizing the best Master’s 2 thesis on 19th-century history (1818–1914), covering all relevant regions.

Legal Humanism – Hybrid Seminar from January 15, 2027, to April 30, 2027 – Panthéon-Assas University (Paris) and other institutions – registration

International Multidisciplinary Seminar of the Legal Humanism Network, organized by Luigi-Alberto Sanchi (CNRS – IHD) and Xavier Prévost (University of Bordeaux, IRM)

The Jean Gaudemet Institute of Legal History at the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas and the ISTHisFrench project (ERC-2024-COG 101170233), hosted by the Montesquieu Research Institute at the University of Bordeaux, are organizing seminar sessions to be held at Collège Sainte-Barbe, in the Collinet Room (4 rue Valette, 75005 Paris, 3rd floor), on Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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