Events

Academic and scholarly society events

• Ph.D. Guidance: Successfully Completing Your Dissertation Project – Franco-German On-Site Workshop at IHA Paris – December 3 and 4, 2026 – Application deadline via IHA Paris: October 26, 2026

  Posted online on September 24, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,435,784 (excerpts)

  Designed to kick off dissertation work, this workshop is intended for doctoral students who have recently begun their doctoral studies. Its goal is to provide practical information and tools to successfully complete a Franco-German dissertation project. The workshop is designed to be interdisciplinary and is led by French- and German-speaking experts.

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• Social Sciences and Pediatric Palliative Care: An Overview of Research – In-Person Conference – January 15, 2027 – CNAM (Paris)

  Posted online on September 23, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,435,153 (excerpts)

  Pediatric palliative care is a medical specialty that has recently been institutionalized in France, one that has received little attention from the social sciences until now. As part of a national collaborative research project on the inclusion of children receiving palliative care in mainstream schools, we examined the socio-historical origins of this specialty, its implementation within mobile teams, the career paths of its practitioners, and interviewed children and parents who have received this care. Some of these findings will be presented at this event. This one-day conference, which brings together researchers, professionals, and nonprofit representatives, also provides an opportunity to highlight other current and past research on related topics.

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• Continuing Education in Palliative Care: Attitudes and Practices of Stakeholders – In-Person Conference – January 14, 2027 – CNAM (Paris)

  Posted online on September 23, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,435,146 (excerpts)

  This event marks the conclusion of a national collaborative research project that examined the educational trajectories and experiences of children and adolescents receiving palliative care. Using primarily qualitative methods (observations, interviews, focus groups, and diaries), the researchers examined the practices and experiences of various stakeholders: children, parents, peers, education and school health professionals, and caregivers. More than a hundred people were interviewed as part of this study. This research offers unprecedented data on the challenges and difficulties of continuing schooling in the face of serious illness, as well as on how schools handle death and grief. The event will provide an opportunity for discussion among researchers, professionals, families, and representatives of community organizations.

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• Geopolitics: How Far? How Long? Tools, Limits, and Conditions for a Geopolitical Analysis of Ancient Civilizations – Hybrid Symposium – September 30, 2026 – University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)

  Posted online on September 23, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,435,041 (excerpts)

  This international symposium aims to bring together the perspectives of specialists in ancient civilizations and geopolitical researchers to explore a common question: To what extent can the tools of geopolitics be used to understand ancient societies, and where should their limits be drawn?

  Sources, terminology, maps, scales of analysis, concepts of power and empire, rivalries, and territorial control will be examined in turn. The day will conclude with a roundtable discussion dedicated to drafting the initial proposals for a methodological manifesto for the geopolitics of the ancient world.

  Can we speak of geopolitics in relation to antiquity? And, if so, under what conditions? While the term is now ubiquitous in the analysis of power relations, territorial rivalries, and contemporary conflicts, its application to ancient societies raises numerous questions: How can we conceptualize space, borders, power, empires, or war without projecting onto the past categories forged for the contemporary world?

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• A Look Back at the Law of April 13, 2016: The Criminalization of Clients of Sex Workers Under Scrutiny(s) – On-site conference – November 6, 2026 – University of Caen-Normandy – registration required by 12:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026

  Posted online on September 23, 2026

  Calenda Listing 1,434,603 (excerpts)

  Law No. 2016-444 of April 13, 2016, aimed at strengthening the fight against the prostitution system, notably repealed the offense of soliciting clients under the former Article 225-10-1 of the Penal Code, while criminalizing, under a new Article 611-1, the use of prostitution—more commonly referred to as “client criminalization”; furthermore, the law provides for measures to assist individuals in leaving prostitution. This legislation has been met with mixed reactions from both legal scholars and practitioners, pitting advocates of strict abolitionism against those who argue for the freedom to engage in prostitution and highlight the health and safety risks faced by sex workers. The Constitutional Council and the European Court of Human Rights have ruled that the criminalization of the client is constitutional and consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights. Ten years later, this paper proposes to revisit the origins of this legislation and assess its impact in light of the diversity of European legislation on the subject, its consequences for the work of sex workers, and the prospects for the evolution of this regulatory framework.

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• Writings on History: History of Europe / History in Europe - Hybrid lecture series from September 24, 2026, to April 8, 2027 – ITEM Laboratory at the University of Pau and the Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)

  Posted online on September 22, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,435,506 (excerpts)

  The ITEM Laboratory at the University of Pau and the Pays de l'Adour (UPPA) is kicking off the second season of its thematic lecture series: “Writings on History: History of Europe / History in Europe.”

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• On-site thematic workshop (five sessions from December 2, 2026, to May 26, 2027—tentative dates) – National Archives (CARAN), Paris – Application deadline: October 23, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.

  Posted online on September 22, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,434,621 (excerpts)

  The National Archives is organizing the first edition of the “Rencontres du Quadrilatère” for young researchers—whether in doctoral or postdoctoral programs—for the 2026–2027 academic year. 

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• Tax Updates for Corporate Groups – On-site Conference – November 6, 2026 – University of Caen-Normandy - registration

  Posted online on September 22, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,434,554 (excerpts)

  Conference organized under the academic direction of Sabrina Le Normand-Caillère, professor at the University of Caen Normandy (ICREJ), and Frédéric Drouet, professor at the University of Rouen Normandy (CUREJ).

  In recent years, corporate group taxation has undergone a transformation. Numerous questions have arisen regarding the concept of a corporate group (the principle of legal personality), the advisability of forming a corporate group, and whether to pursue a leveraged buyout (LBO) or tax consolidation.

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• Taste(s), Tastings, and Local Taste Preferences – On-Site Conference – October 22 and 23, 2026 – University of Angers

  Posted online on September 17, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,433,718 (excerpts)

  This symposium continues, in the form of a research initiative that is both scientific and professional, the work begun during the first “FontjoncouseMeetings”—Gourmet Tourism Destinations of 2022. While continuing to build on the overarching theme of specific dynamics at the local level and zonal dynamics at the regional level, this year’s discussions will focus on the theme: tastes, tastings, and local taste preferences.

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• Queer Characters in TV Shows – Online Seminar from October 15, 2026, to December 10, 2026 – University of Strasbourg

  Posted online on September 17, 2026

  Calenda Announcement 1,433,644 (excerpts)

  The project“Queer Characters in TV Series” aims to examine the forms, narratives, and cultural circulation of these figures through at least four research areas. The goal is to understand how issues of queerness are expressed not only as motifs that contribute to an iconology of queer bodies and sensibilities,but also as devices of performance or reappropriable representations, whose agency extends beyond their original fictional contexts.

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