Calls for papers

Africa

• Francophone Africa: research as a lever for effective development in the education, health and green economy sectors - Université Sorbonne Nord and other entities - deadline (abstract) 06 07 2026

  Online 21 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 399273 (extracts)

  This colloquium brings together researchers, doctoral students, decision-makers and development players around the public policies pursued since independence in the 1960s in the fields of education, health and the economy, under the influence of the MDGs and then the SDGs. Despite progress in school enrolment, health and economic development, many challenges persist: low quality of education, inadequate infrastructure and teacher training, fragile and unequal health systems, and high economic dependence on raw materials.

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• Travail, travailleuses et travailleurs agricoles du Maroc : trajectoires, représentations et autonomisation- Centre Jacques Berque (Rabat - Morocco) and other entities - deadline (abstract) 10 07 2026

  Online 21 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 400 511

  Since the 2020s, Moroccan agricultural workers have been the focus of growing media attention (demands, worsening living conditions), and institutional players are stepping up programs to manage temporary labor mobility between Morocco and Europe. This emergence of agricultural workers, who have long been invisible in public debate and political agendas, is correlated with a growing interest in the question of agricultural work in the social sciences and humanities. With this in mind, the aim of this study day is to examine the major dynamics of agricultural work from the point of view of Moroccan workers, both locally and in the diaspora, as well as in political and social imaginations.

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• Online Roundtable Series on the Colonial Histories of Energy - CNRS and others (announcement) - deadline (abstract) by 15 July 2026 11:55 PM CET

  Online 21 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 400 829 (extracts)

  We welcome applications from researchers specializing in energy and colonial history to participate in a series of online roundtables on the colonial histories of energy, which will take place in late summer 2026.

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• Foreign policies of African states: regimes and narratives - Revue " Études internationales " - deadline (abstract) 15 07 2026

  Online 20 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 400 413 (extracts)

  This dossier focuses on the theme of "The foreign policies of African states: regimes and narratives". The main issue explores the following question: how do African states construct and legitimize their place in a recomposing world, and to what extent does the nature of their political regime shape their foreign policy orientations? This issue focuses on a thematic and comparative approach, anchored in the contemporary period with the historical depths necessary to understand trajectories. The aim is to draw up a typology of the foreign policies of African states, based on three analytical dimensions: stated objectives, mobilized narratives and realized actions.

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• Penser les transitions dans les mondes arabes et musulmans - EHESS (Campus Condorcet - Aubervilliers) and other entities - deadline (abstract) 31 05 2026

  Online 20 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 400 778 (extracts)

  The Arab uprisings of 2011 ushered in sequences of political transformation whose contrasting trajectories continue to challenge the social sciences. Fifteen years on, the variety of outcomes observed - authoritarian restorations, unfinished transitions, state collapses - calls for a critical review of the analytical tools mobilized to think about change in the Arab and Muslim worlds. This study day will examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the notions of crisis, transition and rupture, questioning their uses, their limits and the conceptual alternatives likely to give a better account of configurations where instability is not an episode but a lasting condition.

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• When filiation cannot be taken for granted. Filiations et violences, XXe - XXIe siècles - Sciences Po Paris - deadline (abstract) before 30 06 2026

  Online 20 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 400 735 (extracts)

  On a collective scale, the two world wars and the wars of decolonization have left behind generations marked by the experience of disrupted bonds with parents. On a private level, recent years have seen a growing awareness of the presence of violence even in the family sphere. It is precisely at the point where violence and filiation collide that this symposium intends to focus. We propose to examine the impact of private and public violence on questions of filiation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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• (...) operational philosophy for the development of Africa and the humanization of the world theme administrative ethics and the fight against corruption in Africa -Université A. Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire)-deadline (abstract) before 31 07 2026

  Online 20 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 402 310 (extracts)

  The underdevelopment of African states cannot be reduced to a lack of resources; it is largely due to the mismanagement of these resources. Indeed, the continent has an abundance of resources, both natural and human. There are major mineral deposits, such as gold, diamonds, oil, gas, cobalt, uranium, bauxite, copper, coltan, manganese, iron and so on. There is no shortage of human resources to exploit these resources and accelerate development. The continent abounds in qualified human skills, such as engineers, technicians, doctors and professors. This congress on operational philosophy will examine a crucial question: can administrative ethics contribute to reducing corruption in African states?

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• Building community in higher education: interculturality as a lever for integration, recognition and belonging - Université de Clermont-Auvergne - deadline (abstract) 12 06 2026

  Online 11 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 398 650

  The colloquium organized at the University of Clermont Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand, France) on November 25, 26 and 27, 2026 proposes to combine feedback from experience, analysis of systems, and theoretical contributions in order to question what it means to "build community in higher education" in a context of internationalization. The aim is to explore how interculturality can be thought of not just as an objective, but as a process that structures policies, pedagogical practices and forms of institutional life. We invite researchers from a variety of disciplines and practitioners to submit papers in French, English or Spanish.

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• Diplomatie environnementale - Revue " Relations internationales " - deadline (abstract) before 30 05 2026

  Online 07 05 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 384 979

  From the perspective of Relations internationales, this dossier proposes to place environmental diplomacy within the interplay of "deep forces" that structure international relations: economic transformations, social dynamics, scientific productions, cultural representations and power relations. In so doing, it aims to capitalize on new research in environmental history, the history of capitalism and the history of science and technology, all of which have made environmental governance a central theme.

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• Les révolutions étrangères vues par la France - Université Lyon III - deadline (proposals) before 01 09 2026

  Online 29 04 2026

  Announcement Calenda 1 393 731

  The French Revolution has long been considered the matrix of all revolutions. Having "flooded its shores" with a dynamic that was "salutary and fruitful among the blessings of men", its principles and majesty inflected the destinies of neighboring peoples. What's more, for Michelet, 1789 made France the "vessel of humanity", the guide for all peoples in their quest for emancipation and freedom. In this paradigm, subsequent foreign revolutions stemmed from a unique global message delivered in France, the homeland of human rights and, as such, the beacon of humanity.

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