Calls for papers

Listing Calenda 1137325

La Nouvelle Revue du travailfor its corpus no. 27, to be published in autumn 2025, is calling for articles on trade unionism and collective action in Africa. Contrary to popular belief, wage-earning and trade unionism in Africa are not disappearing. However, wage-earning - both as a condition of subordination and of social protection - remains a minority on the African continent, depending on national sectors and histories. The same is true of trade unionism, which, as a specialized activity representing workers' interests, is often numerically weak, with the exception of certain sectors or historical periods. In this singular context, what forms does trade unionism take in Africa? How can it shed light on the major contemporary questions concerning the contours of workers' defense, representation and collective action worldwide?

(Calenda announcement 1181060)

"Is there a need for a new environmental ethic?" declares the article by Australian philosopher Richard Routley, a gesture which, supported by Aldo Leopold's inaugural reflections in 1973, marked the beginning of philosophical and moral reflection on the environment. Subsequently, this new area of applied ethics was to develop in social, political, legal and international debate, making it increasingly necessary to respond from a philosophical standpoint, putting into tension the relationships established with the natural, material, cultural and animal environment. Restoring these relationships opens the way to a reconfiguration of the politics that organize us, the institutions that structure us, the justice that limits us, and the ethics and conception of the subject that define us. The aim of this thematic dossier is to bring together articles focusing on current thinking on the environmental crisis that has hit society in the Anthropocene.

(Calenda Announcement 1178458)

Managing "equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility" (EDIA) in the workplace is not a new issue in Canada: federal employment equity legislation now dates back over thirty years. However, in recent years, in the wake of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Program and the #MeToo and Black Lives Matters movements, there seems to have been a growing interest in this issue. This craze is part of an ever-changing world of work: changes due, among other things, to the irruption of information and communication technologies in labour relations, the aging of the Canadian population and labour shortages. This raises the question of EDIA's place in the face of these constant changes in the workplace.

(Announcement Calenda 1180017)

RITA (Revue Interdisciplinaire de Travaux sur les Amériques) is a scientific journal whose aim is to annually publish original articles contributing to the analysis of the dynamics of the Americas in the historical, geographical, political, economic, social, literary and artistic fields. Multidisciplinarity is a major feature of the magazine: crossing disciplinary perspectives on specific themes in order to reciprocally enrich the authors' reflections. Each of the thematic dossiers includes scientific articles, but can also include field notes, reviews, interviews and opinion or literary texts.

(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 when it comes to liberalism, neoliberalism and illiberalism in the United States.

(Calenda announcement 1180088)

2024 marks the end of a new "super electoral cycle" in Latin America. In the space of three years, thirteen presidential elections have been held in eleven countries, and five are due to take place between now and the end of the year, some of them eagerly awaited (Mexico, Venezuela, Paraguay). Thirty years after the era of dictatorship, the widespread exercise of the right to vote and the regular holding of free and competitive elections in most countries in the region therefore seem to corroborate the optimism of Francés Hagopian and Scott Mainwaring's thesis on Latin American democratic transitions and the entrenchment of democracy. Yet, despite all these advances, several indicators suggest that the democratization process in the region is moving forward with caution. Against this backdrop, this colloquium aims to reflect on the state of democracy in Latin America, its prospects and the issues at stake, through the study of concrete cases.

(Calenda ad 1178412)

There's no denying that the Atlantic area occupies a crucial geostrategic position on the international stage. An area that brings together several advanced and emerging economies with strong potential for sustainable, integrative cooperation. Thanks to its demographic weight, and its natural, energy, mining, agricultural and technological resources... These resources make the region a cluster of strategic interests and development opportunities. The main objective of this symposium is to provide an understanding of the general context in which the idea of creating an African Atlantic area capable of cooperating and interacting with the other American and European Atlantic areas developed, as well as the context in which the Moroccan initiative to create this African Atlantic area emerged. There is also a need to invest in the opportunities for cooperation and development offered by the African Atlantic space to all the countries in this area.

(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 1177258)

There are many myths and false beliefs about palliative and end-of-life care (PEOLC), such as that it is only about symptom management, or that it is reserved exclusively for the dying and is not suitable for children. It is therefore essential to demystify them, to keep stakeholders informed and to enable the population, patients and their loved ones, as well as caregivers, to acquire the skills they need to understand, evaluate and use health information on the different trajectories of care, dying and death. The day will provide an opportunity to present portraits, findings and suggestions for improvement and innovation. It will also serve as a foundation for further research aimed at better understanding and supporting improved literacy among people with end-of-life care, their loved ones, caregivers and the general public.

(Announcement Calenda 1165718)

The aim of this multidisciplinary colloquium will be to consider conflict in all its complexity (nature, form, intensity, places, consequences, temporality) and to propose an analysis of the characteristics of the actors involved and the levels of conflictuality that have taken place in the various conflicts that have traversed the history of Chile from the 19th to the 21st century. Drawing on various lines of research, the symposium proposes to take a fresh look at conflict in contemporary Chilean history, based on an analysis of the articulation between antagonism, solidarity and resolution, and a critical dimension in relation to the notion of agentivity.