Calls for papers

(Calenda announcement 1177797)

Since the 1980s, we have witnessed a succession of crises largely linked to the dominant economic system, based on the objective of growth and to which both humans and nature find themselves subjugated. More than ever, the seriousness of these crises calls for the identification of the interstices through which social transformations can take place, bringing solidarity, emancipation and, more fundamentally, a renewed relationship with the Earth. CRISES' tradition of research into social innovations provides an exceptional starting point for thinking about social innovations as sources of resistance. It also calls for us to move away from disciplinary silos and address the complexity of today's issues in a cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral way, bridging the gap between research and action. This call for papers thus echoes approaches that address a number of complex issues in various fields, including democratic participation, economics, ecology and technology.

(Calenda announcement 1174822)

The world is in the midst of a "polycrisis", a tangle of crises that spans global systems. The term "polycrisis" illustrates how global crises are interconnected, intertwined and mutually aggravating. If this concept is used with greater clarity and precision than has been the case to date, it could provide essential new insights into our current situation. For this reason, the European University of Valencia is calling for papers on the following topics: conceptual approaches to polycrisis, the impact of polycrisis on the economy, artificial intelligence in the context of polycrisis, new inequalities generated by polycrisis, legal and political responses to the challenge of polycrisis, the environment as cause and "victim" of polycrisis, and the impact of polycrisis on security and human rights.

(Announcement Calenda 1181430)

Face à l'âgisme is a call for papers open to all contributions that examine this notion from both a theoretical and empirical point of view. How should ageism be understood? What forms does it take? What are its effects, how is it experienced and what reactions does it provoke? The aim is both to make progress in the theoretical reflections underway in various disciplines, and to provide empirical support for a reality that is still not very visible (or even invisible), by highlighting the different forms and multiple experiences of ageism.

(Announcement Calenda 1131573)

This call for papers for issue 25 of the journal Politiques de communication explores the role of the media in the mediatization of the "sexist and sexual violence cases" scheduled for spring 2025. It examines how the format of the affair influences the mediatization of such violence, while also analyzing how the "affair form" configures media frames. Cases of gender-based violence, comparable to public health scandals, offer a prism through which to study the media's construction of public problems. The dossier aims to answer the question of how the "affair form" and cases of mediatized sexual violence interact.

(Announcement Calenda 1181220)

The aim of this international and multidisciplinary two-day conference is to explore current concerns about land reform in its social, cultural, legal and environmental contexts. The conference will bring together specialists from a variety of disciplines, including history, geography, law, literature, political science, economics, sociology and the arts, as well as environmental and climate change specialists, to explore the interactions between land and power in Scotland along three main axes: history, law and the environment.

(Calenda announcement 1178712)

This symposium aims to bring new perspectives to the long-term study of the concept of neutrality, focusing on its broader "pre-modern" dimension (circa 1400-1800). Indeed, the law of neutrality began to emerge in the early modern period through the practices and beliefs of the European state system, but also from its interactions with non-European normative and cultural systems. Different but complementary angles of approach can be used to understand this phenomenon: for example, diplomatic history, the history of international relations, political history, economic history and the history of law. Throughout history, politicians as well as private actors have interpreted neutrality in flexible and divergent ways, sometimes proposing a proactive-affirmative approach or a more passive one. Benefiting from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the symposium considers both the theory and practice of neutrality, advancing our knowledge of the often contested conceptualization of legal regimes at sea and on land. Such conceptualization depends on the interaction between situations of peace and war, diverging across different temporal and spatial coordinates.

(Calenda announcement 1179307)

The theft of cultural heritage and the creation of artistic booty have always accompanied invasions and colonizations. This international colloquium aims to gain a better understanding of the processes of restitution of objects, whether completed or not, in international relations in contemporary times. Expected contributions will focus on four areas of research: firstly, geopolitics, focusing on the analysis of negotiations and bi/multilateral norms linked to restitution issues; secondly, politics, focusing on the impact of social, militant and political movements, as well as of 'root communities', on decisions concerning restitution; the third area will examine restitution as a moment of international cultural interaction (representations of cultural property, consequences of spoliations on root communities, reconciliation issues). Finally, the last section will examine the role of social and legal sciences, as well as museums and universities, in restitution negotiations. Contributions are due by October 1, 2024.

(Announcement Calenda 1180103)

Structured in several sessions from November 2024 to April 2025, the research seminar in diplomatic and contemporary history "Vu du Quai", in reference to the memoirs of French ambassador Henri Froment-Meurice (1923-2018), proposes to address a range of issues relating to the history of French diplomatic relations in the 20th and 21st centuries. This seminar is open to established researchers, young researchers and doctoral students who wish to promote their work and take part in the discussions taking place within this framework. Professionals working in the fields of archives, heritage and diplomacy are also invited to participate, in order to reinforce the cross-fertilization of disciplines and expertise. Master 2 students are also invited to submit a presentation of their research dissertation, subject to a detailed presentation of scientific rigor submitted in advance.

(Calenda announcement 1154562)

In 1970, Michel Foucault highlighted the links between discourse and power in an inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. This problematic is reflected in cinematic fictions: even if Costa-Gavras asserts that "cinema is not a political discourse but a spectacle", political discourse and cinema seem closely linked. This is borne out by the many feature films that feature characters speaking out in public to defend a cause, thus exploring the very nature of politics as an art of representation. This transdisciplinary colloquium aims to bring together researchers from a wide range of backgrounds to explore, in Hannah Arendt's words, politics as a "space between men", and its two-way relationship with fictional cinema through the prism of discourse.

(Announcement Calenda 1160433)

For its March 2025 issue, the online journal L'Ordinaire des Amériques (ORDA) is calling for contributions on the theme of "Liberalism, neoliberalism, illiberalism and civil rights in the United States". This issue will be coordinated by Nicolas Gachon (Université Paul Valéry- Montpellier 3). This issue seeks to contextualize and exemplify what are often theoretical abstractions about liberalism, neoliberalism and illiberalism in the United States.