News Archive October 2008
31/10/2008
New Journal : International Journal for Euro-Mediterranean Studies (IJEMS)
The University Center for Euro-Mediterranean Studies (EMUNI), Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia) are proud to announce the launch of a new scientific quarterly dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean Studies. The intention of a new International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (IJEMS) is to publish high quality articles in Humanities and Social sciences. In accordance to the objectives of the Journal we welcome in-depth analyses, case studies and research papers from scholars who share a vision of co-existence and mutual understanding in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (ISSN 1855-3362) is an interdisciplinary forum devoted to studying issues at the intersection of humanities and social studies in the Mediterranean area. Since the co-existence of nations and traditions is a vision we
all share, the idea of cultural 'diversity in unity' in the Mediterranean represents a challenge for researchers in various disciplines.The goal of the Journal is to gather the people who are
going to contribute to the above mentioned vision. This is our way of offering assistance to both scholars and policy makers.
Each submitted article will undergo a double-blind peer review and will be treated in relation to our evaluation policy. The Journal will be published in English with abstracts in French and Slovene. The launch of the new Journal is a part of the Euro-Mediterranean University project which has already received wide political and academic support in the Euro-Mediterranean region. For more information, please visit www.emuni.si.
Submissions for consideration must be prepared following The Chicago Manual of Style. Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that they not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication and will be double-blind peer reviewed. Papers should be between 5000 and 6000 words in length, accompanied by a 100–150-word abstract and should be sent to by October 1, 2008 to ijems@emuni.si. The first number of IJEMS will be published by November 2008 in order to be presented at the international conference on intercultural dialogue in Barcelona (www.mic.fm-kp.si).
For detailed information the guidelines for submission and author's instructions including other relevant information are available at www.ijems.emuni.si.
30/10/2008
New report: Detailed FEMIP study on “Climate Change and Energy in the Mediterranean”
The Mediterranean, and more especially the Southern and Eastern rim, is and will be more affected by climate change than most other regions of the world in the course of the 21st century, according to a detailed, 550-page, study on “Climate Change and Energy in the Mediterranean”.
The general conclusion of the study, available in English and French, notes that “impacts of the rise in temperatures, the decrease in rainfall, the multiplication of the number and intensity of extreme events and the possible rise in sea level overlap and amplify the already existing pressures of anthropogenic origin on the natural environment.”
The main sponsor of the study is the European Investment Bank. It is financed under the FEMIP Trust Fund, established in 2004 to support the development of the private sector via the financing of studies and technical assistance measures and the provision of private equity.
“Climate change will have impacts particularly on: agriculture and fishery (reduction of yields), tourism attractiveness (heat waves, water scarcity), coastal areas and infrastructures (significant exposure to the action of waves, coastal storms and other extreme weather events, rise in sea level), human health (heat waves), the energy sector (water needs for power plants, hydropower and increased consumption),” it notes.
It says “the more vulnerable Mediterranean areas will be those of North Africa adjacent to desert areas, the major deltas (those of the Nile, the Po and the Rhone, for instance), the coastal areas (Northern rim and Southern rim of the Mediterranean basin), as well as the high-demographic growth and socially vulnerable areas (Southern and Eastern rim, densely populated cities and suburbs).”
Energy lies at the heart of the climate change issue, the report notes, adding: “On the one hand, it is the main GHG emitting sector, and CO2 emissions in the future are likely to increase much more rapidly than the global average. On the other hand, hydropower production—relatively significant in certain countries (13% of power production in the SEMCs)—is affected by the climate as well as by the plant cooling constraints. Lastly, the energy demand (in particular, electricity) which is growing at a very high pace in the region, is likely to be further accelerated by the additional demand necessary to lessen the impacts of climate change (water desalination, air-conditioning of buildings, . . . etc).”
http://www.eib.org/attachments/country/femip-study-climate-change-and-energy-in-the-mediterranean.pdf
29/10/2008
IEMed: diálogo Intercultural entre Europa y el Mediterráneo
Con motivo del Año Europeo y Euromediterráneo del Diálogo Intercultural, el Instituto Europeo del Mediterráneo (IEMed) dedica a esta temática el último número de Quaderns de la Mediterrània. En esta edición se reúnen las reflexiones de destacados escritores e intelectuales de los países de la Unión Europea y del sur y el este del Mediterráneo. Estas aportaciones ofrecen miradas plurales, conocimientos, sensibilidades y algunos elementos instrumentales para establecer un mejor diálogo intercultural. Pueden consultar los artículos en la siguiente dirección: www.iemed.org/publicacions/quaderns/10/eindex.php
28/10/2008
CFP: Migration, Christianity and identity-construction (19th and 20th centuries)
Recent decades have seen a renewed historiographic interest in migration. In order to give a fuller account of the complexity of this phenomenon, the classical institutional and socio-economic analytic framework is being increasingly broadened through the use of other explicatory variables such as cultural value-patterns, group dynamics, forms of (shared) self-understanding and - more in general - different lifestyles. In this way researchers aim to assess the processes through which migrants have 'accommodated' the legacy of their original milieu to the requirements of their new surroundings, and thus have given meaning to their new life-paths.
Seen from this perspective, questions pertaining to the interaction between religion and migration become particularly pertinent, especially when the question of identity-construction takes a central place. Religion seems to fulfil an important role in many identification processes by means of which migrants give meaning to their new surroundings - processes in confrontation/synergy with the new milieu in which they are establishing themselves (which resulted often in strong mosaic identities). Given the present common view in which recent migration is often represented as a 'problem', it has been all too easy to assume - often with reference to a bygone, largely homogeneous Christian area - that the integration of intra-European migrations (19th century - years 1950) took place largely without problems. Drawing on a context-sensitive analysis, however, historians have now established that these migrants often stubbornly clung to (or were encouraged to cling to) the religious and cultural frames of reference from their country of origin.
With the */Migration, Christianity and Identity-construction/* workshop, in the framework of /Culture, Religion, Otherness. Flemish/Belgian migrants in Northern France and Paris (1850-1960)/, a project of the Research Foundation - Flanders, attention will be paid to the many aspects of the interaction between Christianity and migration in Western Europe. Here the focus will be on the old (mainly Christian) intra-European migration flows. *_1._* Space will be allotted to contributions that offer insight into _the role of religion in the identification processes_ themselves. What did this role mean in concrete terms for the newcomer? And for those who followed? To what extent was religion a concrete help in the construction of a new life in a foreign country? To what extent was religion a source of tension, both within the migrant community and in relation to the /others/? And what was the relation between religious identification and other identifications (nationality, gender, family, neighbourhood, social-economic position...)? What was the role of such identification in the daily network and life of the immigrant? *_2._* An unmistakable part of the interaction between Christianity and migration is the _translocal/transnational religious framework_ that was set up by the countries of origin for migrants in the various establishment-structures in Western Europe. Different denominations actively worked for a wide range of nationalities. To what extent were these organisations an obstructive or facilitating factor for integration/assimilation? What relation did these initiatives have to the host country and to the country of origin? Were they considered inimical or favourable by migrants, the host population, the different levels of government, the competing or related denominations? What unifying (and protective) strategies did denominations develop in the interest of the immigrants? What were the actual objectives and how did these relate to the actual results? What can we learn from the impact on the second or third generation? *_3._* The workshop will also offer an opportunity for contributions that focus on the _self-image and the self-understanding of migrants_, based on ego-sources (diaries, correspondence, autobiographies, oral history, ...).
Also welcome are historical contributions that, within the thematic framework, offer approaches for (methodological) renewal and the questioning of concepts. *Proposals for papers* (max. 500 words) should be addressed by e-mail to Henk Byls (henk.byls@kadoc.kuleuven.be) by *31 December 2008*. The participants of the conference will be asked to produce an article for a volume in the international peer reviewed series /KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society/ (University Press Leuven).*Decision* by the scientific commission: *15 February 2009* *Dates of the Workshop*: *19th and the 20th of November*, *2009*, KADOC- K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. *Scientific commission:* Prof. dr. Jan De Maeyer (KADOC -Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Prof. dr. Anne Morelli (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Prof.dr. Didier Terrier (Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis), Prof. dr. Idesbald Goddeeris (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), dr. Peter Heyrman (KADOC - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), drs. Henk Byls (KADOC- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) *Contact* Henk Byls KADOC, K.U.Leuven Vlamingenstraat 39 B-3000 Leuven Belgium tel. +32-(0)16.32.35.20 fax. +32-(0)16.32.35.01 email: henk.byls@kadoc.kuleuven.be <mailto:henk.byls@kadoc.kuleuven.be URL: http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/ and http://www.migration-religion.be http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/migration-religion
28/10/2008
New report: Detailed FEMIP study on “Climate Change and Energy in the Mediterranean”
The Mediterranean, and more especially the Southern and Eastern rim, is and will be more affected by climate change than most other regions of the world in the course of the 21st century, according to a detailed, 550-page, study on “Climate Change and Energy in the Mediterranean”.
The general conclusion of the study, available in English and French, notes that “impacts of the rise in temperatures, the decrease in rainfall, the multiplication of the number and intensity of extreme events and the possible rise in sea level overlap and amplify the already existing pressures of anthropogenic origin on the natural environment.”
The main sponsor of the study is the European Investment Bank. It is financed under the FEMIP Trust Fund, established in 2004 to support the development of the private sector via the financing of studies and technical assistance measures and the provision of private equity.
“Climate change will have impacts particularly on: agriculture and fishery (reduction of yields), tourism attractiveness (heat waves, water scarcity), coastal areas and infrastructures (significant exposure to the action of waves, coastal storms and other extreme weather events, rise in sea level), human health (heat waves), the energy sector (water needs for power plants, hydropower and increased consumption),” it notes.
It says “the more vulnerable Mediterranean areas will be those of North Africa adjacent to desert areas, the major deltas (those of the Nile, the Po and the Rhone, for instance), the coastal areas (Northern rim and Southern rim of the Mediterranean basin), as well as the high-demographic growth and socially vulnerable areas (Southern and Eastern rim, densely populated cities and suburbs).”
Energy lies at the heart of the climate change issue, the report notes, adding: “On the one hand, it is the main GHG emitting sector, and CO2 emissions in the future are likely to increase much more rapidly than the global average. On the other hand, hydropower production—relatively significant in certain countries (13% of power production in the SEMCs)—is affected by the climate as well as by the plant cooling constraints. Lastly, the energy demand (in particular, electricity) which is growing at a very high pace in the region, is likely to be further accelerated by the additional demand necessary to lessen the impacts of climate change (water desalination, air-conditioning of buildings, . . . etc).”
http://www.eib.org/attachments/country/femip-study-climate-change-and-energy-in-the-mediterranean.pdf
27/10/2008
New Book – Politics at the Airport
Mark B. Salter, editor
University of Minnesota Press | 208 pages | 2008
ISBN 978-0-8166-5014-9 | hardcover | $60.00
ISBN 978-0-8166-5015-6 | paperback | $20.00
Politics at the Airport brings together leading scholars to examine how airports both shape and are shaped by current political, social, and economic conditions. It broadens our understanding of the connections among power, space, and migration and establishes the airport as critical to the study of politics and global life. Contributors: Peter Adey, Colin J. Bennett, Gillian Fuller, Francisco R. Klauser, Gallya Lahav, David Lyon, Benjamin J. Muller, Valérie November, Jean Ruegg.
"Airport books tend to be general in tone and overly glamorize the airport as a global node and site of transnationalism -- Politics at the Airport tempers such optimistic readings with a much needed discussion on the politics of mobility, surveillance, and control."-Tim Cresswell
For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/salter_politics.html
26/10/2008
Appel à textes : TÉOROS automne 2009, vol 28 no 3 | Tourisme des racines : expériences du retour
Rédactrice invitée : Marie-Blanche Fourcade
Découvrir la terre des ancêtres, renouer les fils de la généalogie familiale, faire l'expérience concrète du pays d'origine telles sont quelques-unes des motivations qui poussent les descendants de migrants et d'exilés à effectuer ce parcours touristique initiatique. Si le
phénomène a maintes fois été l'objet de récits mythiques et quasi-mystique pour la littérature et le cinéma, il constitue plus concrètement un ensemble incontournable de pratiques à étudier tant il influence les touristes et l'industrie du voyage. Nommé tourisme généalogique, de la mémoire, des racines, ou encore du retour, cette forme particulière de voyage située entre l'entreprise identitaire et récréative s'est considérablement développée depuis les années 1980, au point de devenir pour certains pays à l'image de l'Irlande, d'Israël ou du Ghana et, plus récemment, de l'Arménie l'un des piliers de l'économie touristique. La prise de conscience d'un tel marché dépasse d'ailleurs largement les stratégies et les intérêts locaux pour se voir mise en valeur et structurée à l'enseigne d'initiatives transnationales par des organismes tels que la
Communauté européenne ou l'UNESCO.
Vu du côté des touristes en quête d'origine, ce « pèlerinage aux sources » constitue une expérience fondamentale qui vient, en quelque sorte, donner le change au déracinement et satisfaire les attentes mémorielles et la curiosité. Vu du côté du pays hôte, cette fréquentation représente une manne fabuleuse allant même jusqu'à colorer et façonner une partie de l'offre et des services pour ces visiteurs privilégiés.
Bien que l'objectif de découverte soit le même pour tous les voyageurs, le séjour dans les terres ancestrales prend bien des formes tant dans les modalités, en famille ou en groupe, en circuit organisé ou libre, que dans les lieux fréquentés, tant rattachés à la mémoire familiale qu'à l'histoire nationale.
Ce numéro de Téoros souhaite faire un état des lieux du phénomène touristique du retour en abordant les thèmes suivants : - Les spécificités du tourisme des racines | - Les déclinaisons de l'expérience touristique des racines | - Les acteurs et les structures du tourisme des racines
- Les enjeux socio-culturels, économiques et politiques du tourisme | des racines en regard des pays hôtes et des touristes
Les articles soumis doivent être envoyés avant le 15 janvier 2009 à teoros@uqam.ca
Veuillez s'il vous plait manifester votre intention de participer à ce numéro en faisant parvenir à la rédaction le titre ou le sujet de votre article le plus rapidement possible.
Les auteurs doivent faire parvenir un manuscrit présenté selon les règles de la revue, disponibles au www.teoros.uqam.ca. Les textes soumis, en format Word (pas de PDF), doivent compter entre 4000 et 6000 mots. Chaque article doit inclure une courte notice biographique
de l'auteur (3 à 5 lignes maximum), un résumé de 150 mots maximum en anglais et en français ainsi qu'une une liste des mots clés (maximum de 5).Les auteurs sont invités à fournir 3 ou 4 photographies, libres de droits et en haute résolution (300 dpi) en indiquant clairement la
légende de la photo en le nom du photographe. La publication des articles se fait sous réserve d'une évaluation. Tous les manuscrits seront évalués anonymement par des pairs qui pourront faire des suggestions ou demander des modifications. La rédaction transmettra l'avis des valuateurs aux auteurs et s'assurera que les modifications demandées seront apportées.
Marie-Blanche Fourcade | Stagiaire postdoctorale | GRDU/CEETUM | Université de Montréal
25/10/2008
Appel à Contribution : Localisation et circulation des savoir-faire en Afrique
Lundi 10 novembre 2008 | Aix-en-Provence
Les « savoirs locaux » émergent comme un thème transversal à de nombreuses recherches sur les savoirs et les savoir-faire de l’Afrique contemporaine. Ce colloque vise à conférer une position centrale à ce thème et à cette notion, propre à les interroger dans plusieurs domaines : les productions agricoles et agro-alimentaires, les artisanats et petites entreprises, les pratiques sanitaires... La circulation accélérée des biens, des savoirs et des hommes tout comme la multiplication des dispositifs de valorisation des ressources et des activités locales réactivent nécessairement la question du sens du local et en particulier celle de « l’origine » en relation avec un lieu ou un territoire. Elles nous incitent aussi à nous intéresser aux choix et décisions des acteurs locaux, ainsi qu’aux contenus attendus de leur efficacité technique et symbolique, voire politique.
http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle10959.html
25/10/2008
Appel à participation : Le Maghreb et les mouvements migratoires du XVIe siècle à nos jours
Carrefour d’influences diverses, le Maghreb hérite aujourd’hui d’une longue tradition de terre de migrations et de transit. Depuis le XVIe s., pour ne remonter qu’au début de l’époque moderne, et à la faveur d’une conjoncture marquée tour à tour par la conquête ottomane, l’expulsion des morisques d’Espagne, l’émigration de populations européennes, la colonisation et la décolonisation, le Maghreb a accueilli et intégré différentes communautés d’Orient et d’Occident. Il a aussi alimenté des flux migratoires dans les différentes directions.
Les progrès de plus en plus importants, depuis le XIXe s., des moyens de transport et de communication ont donné et donnent chaque jour plus d’ampleur et d’intensité à ces différents mouvements. Ainsi l’espace Maghreb-Europe occidentale est aujourd’hui l’un des plus importants en matière de mouvements de populations grâce, entre autres, à l’inscription des Etats dans l’économie-monde, à la pratique de la « bi-domiciliation » des Maghrébins résidant à l’étranger (Gallissot) et aux nouveaux modes de fréquentation et de consommation touristiques.
Loin de s’arrêter, les flux migratoires s’adaptent continuellement aux fermetures progressives des frontières de l’Europe. Ils opèrent actuellement suivant des pratiques nouvelles et des stratégies plus appropriées. Aussi, pris en étau entre une Europe qui se verrouille et une Afrique en pleine mobilité, les pays maghrébins se trouvent- ils intégrés – bon gré, malgré – dans une dynamique de globalisation dont les conséquences positives n’ont d’égal que les effets pervers (émigration clandestine avec son lot de tragédies humaines).
La complexité des parcours migratoires d’hier à aujourd’hui a fait certes, l’objet de maints travaux. Ce colloque essaiera de faire le point en suscitant un débat pluridisciplinaire qui situerait le phénomène des mouvements migratoires dans la longue durée et qui dépasserait la notion, devenue classique, d’immigration / intégration, pour prendre plus en considération le paradigme de mobilité humaine (situation d’errance, espaces de déplacements, etc.)
Comité scientifique : Hassen El Annabi (CERES/FSHST) | Hassène Kassar (FSHST) | Khélifa Chater (FSHST) | Abdelaziz El Ghabri (FSEG) | Kamel Kateb (INED) | Hervé Le Bras (EHESS/INED) | Moncef Ouannas (FSHST) | Khmaïs Taamallah (FSHST)
Calendrier : 30 Septembre 2008 : dernier délaipour l’envoide la proposition (avec un résumé d’environ 1000 signes). 15 Octobre 2008 : communiqué de la liste des participants. Adresse postale :Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales. 23 rue d’Espagne, Tunis 1000. TUNISIE. Adresses Email : webmaster@ceres.rnrt.tn – halkassar@yahoo.fr - Tél/Fax : (00216) 71 326 770
24/10/2008
Call for Papers : 30th ASMCF Annual Conference ‘France and the Mediterranean: representations, policy, transnationalism’
Thursday 3rd September – Saturday 5th September 2009 | University of Portsmouth
In 2009, the ASMCF annual conference will take place at the University of Portsmouth on the theme of ‘‘France and the Mediterranean: representations, policy, transnationalism’. This three-day conference will seek to reassess, explore and compare the multiple dimensions linking and/ or opposing modern and contemporary France with its Mediterranean neighbours both today. Amongst the themes to be considered will be: • the growing salience of post-colonial issues both in France and in North Africa • the reassessment of French diplomacy in the Middle East • the launch of the Union pour la Méditerranée in July 2008 • the renewed interest in the problematic Latin identity of France in a European and global context • French trade strategies towards its Mediterranean partners • the cultural heritage of France in and from the Mediterranean • transnational links between political parties across the Mediterranean area.
In line with the interdisciplinary approach privileged by the ASMCF, the organisers will welcome papers from disciplines such as international relations, history, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, religious, gender, literary, cultural, film and media studies. Papers with a comparative or transnational perspective are particularly welcome. The conference will also bring together researchers working in the field of French studies with their counterparts in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, South-East European, Middle Eastern or North African studies (the list, of course, is not exhaustive). The participation of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) in the 2009 ASMCF conference will ensure that particular attention is paid to the transalpine dimension. Other organisations interested in sponsoring a panel are invited to contact the conference organisers. The conference will consist of a limited number of plenary sessions and a series of panels organised around two main themes: • contributions focussing on the relations between France and specific areas of the Mediterranean, such as France and the Middle East, or France and Spain. • contributions focussing on specific themes, such as the constitution of transnational networks (cultural exchange, police cooperation, etc...), representations of Mediterraneans and perceptions of France and the French around the Mediterranean.
Individual papers and panels: Individual paper proposals, if accepted, will be grouped in panels by the conference organisers. Submissions should contain the title of the presentation, a short abstract (max. 350 words), a one-page CV with the contact details of the presenter. Proposals for panels, which should usually consist of three presenters and a chairperson, will be considered. Proposals should be submitted by the organizer of the panel and should contain: the title of the panel, names and contact details (affiliation, email and postal addresses) of the organizer, the chairperson and the presenters, a general outline of the panel and a short (max. 350 words) abstracts for each presentation. Postgraduate students are strongly encouraged to present papers. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes long and may be delivered in English or in French.
Deadline: Proposals must be sent to Emmanuel Godin (emmanuel.godin@port.ac.uk) and Natalya Vince (natalya.vince@port.ac.uk) before 1 February 2009. Postgraduate Poster Session: Postgraduates in the early stage of their research are invited to present their work at the conference Poster Session. The Poster Session aims to enable postgraduate students to participate in the conference programme, receive feedback from specialists in an informal and friendly setting and to prepare them for presenting papers at future conferences. If you require further information about presenting a poster at the ASMCF annual conference, please contact the ASMCF postgraduate representative, Matthew Moran at m.moran@ucl.ac.uk
23/10/2008
Séminaire : Les voyages du savoir - Échanges avec l'« autre Méditerranée »
Octobre 2008 – Juin 2009 | Lyon
Au sein de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, les chercheurs du GREMMO travaillent sur cet « Orient trop proche » des pays arabes et de leurs voisins. À l’heure où la mondialisation fabrique de nouvelles frontières aussi bien physiques qu’immatérielles, ils pensent que des réponses peuvent être données aux tensions, aux incompréhensions, aux menaces réelles de conflit.
En effet, d’incessantes circulations dessinent, aujourd’hui comme hier, un territoire mouvant de l’échange avec cette « autre Méditerranée ». Des savoirs s’y échangent, selon des circulations complexes où les emprunts réciproques deviennent facilement des héritages continuellement réinventés. Tel est le point de départ de ce nouveau séminaire sur les « voyages du savoir », souhaité comme autant d’itinéraires entrecroisés dans le temps, du Moyen Âge à l’actualité, comme autant de parcours à travers les approches et les méthodes. Au regard des enjeux en cours, le GREMMO souhaite que cette invitation au voyage dans les savoirs ne soit pas réservée aux seuls spécialistes mais qu’elle réunisse au contraire un public ouvert à l’inquiétude féconde de la recherche.
Séminaire réalisé en collaboration avec l’Institut d’études de l’Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman.
Chaque premier jeudi du mois – de 18 h à 20 h
Programme des conférences
Amphithéâtre Benveniste – MOM – 7, rue Raulin – 69007
Jeudi 2 octobre : Histoire et mémoire entre l’Europe et le Proche-Orient | Georges Corm (Institut de sciences politiques de l’Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth) auteur de Histoire du Moyen-Orient (La Découverte, 2007)
Jeudi 6 novembre : Les voyages du savoir dans les mondes chiites | Sabrina Mervin (EHESS/IISMM), auteur de Le Hezbollah, état des lieux (Actes Sud/Sindbad, 2008)
Jeudi 4 décembre : Savoirs d’Anciens : échanges et science arabe | Danielle Jacquart (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), auteur de L’épopée de la science arabe (Gallimard, 2005)
Jeudi 8 janvier : Echanges autour de la Renaissance arabe | Reinhard Schulze (Université de Bern), auteur de A Modern History of the Muslim World (Tauris New York University Press, 2000)
Jeudi 5 février : Impérialismes en Méditerranée | Henry Laurens (Collège de France), auteur de L’Orient arabe à l’heure américaine (Armand Collin, 2004).
Jeudi 5 mars : L’Empire et le monde arabe | Rashid Khalidi (Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University), auteur de L’Empire aveuglé (trad. française Actes Sud/Sindbad, 2005)
http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle11052.html
22/10/2008
Séminaire de recherche - De l’histoire des transports à l’histoire de la mobilité
Equipe d’animation | Stève Bernardin (MEEDDAT), Mathieu Flonneau (Paris 1), Sébastien Gardon (ENTPE/ IEP Lyon), Vincent Guigueno (Ecole des Ponts/Paris Est), Arnaud Passalacqua (Paris 7), Sébastien Richez (La Poste), Marie Thébaud-Sorger (Maison Française d’Oxford), Benjamin Thierry (Paris 4)
Etablissements et enseignants référents : Paris 1 :Annie Fourcaut | Master TPTI : Anne-Françoise Garçon | Paris 4 :Pascal Griset
Lieux : Le séminaire se déroule de 13h à 16h à la Maison de la Recherche (Paris 4), 28 rue Serpente, Paris 6ème (Métro Odéon), sauf la séance V, pour laquelle nous seront accueillis par le Musée de la Poste, 34 boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris 15^ème (Métro Pasteur ou Montparnasse). Cette séance sera suivie d’une visite
Programme (sous réserve)
I – /16 octobre/. Histoire et mobilité : état des lieux | Hans-Luidger Dienel (Technische Universität Berlin) et l’équipe du séminaire.
II – /13 novembre/. Un monde des transports « Low Cost » | David Burigana (Università di Padova), Bernard Jullien (GERPISA), Stéphane Lauer (Le Monde)
III – /11 décembre/. La ville contre la voiture ? Les 4x4 et Paris : histoire et controverse |
Kseniya Khromova, Jeanne Riot, Shadi Sadeghian (Paristech), Cyril Lemieux (EHESS), Jean-Michel Normand (Le Monde)
IV – /8 janvier/. Histoire visuelle et mobilité | Dimitri Tate (Université de Tours, CIFRE RATP), Stéphane Füzesséry (EHESS)
V – /12 février/. Une histoire des énergies alternatives | Camille Molles (EHESS), Patrick Widloecher, conseiller du Président du Groupe La Poste pour le développement responsable et la déontologie (sous réserve)
VI – /12 mars/. Histoire moderne et mobilité | Vincent Denis (Paris 1), Renaud Morieux (Lille 3)
VII – /9 avril/. L’auto-immobile | Pierre Lannoy (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Dominique Lefrançois (Paris 12), Philippe Rochefort (Paris 4)
VIII – /30 avril/. Naviguer, communiquer | Benjamin Thierry (Université Paris 4) et alii.
IX – /14 mai/. L'altermobilité : histoire, témoignage et sociologie contemporaine | Abel Guggenheim, Richard Darbera (LATTS), Nicolas Quillet (Paris 1), Stéphanie Vincent (Paris Descartes)
X – /11 juin/. Le métro et l'/underground/ : une histoire croisée des projets et réalisations (1840-1914) | Pascal Desabres (Paris 4), Carlos Lopez Galviz (IHR, Londres)
Le séminaire est associé à l’organisation de deux journées d’études :
Ville et modernité : le retour du tramway (France, Italie) (dans le cadre d’un programme de recherche de l’Ecole Française de Rome), Rome, avril 2009
L’anti-automobilisme : généalogie et état des lieux (en partenariat avec le CCFA), Paris, juin 2009
Présentation
Après trois années exploratoires, consacrées à la généalogie du concept de « mobilité » en histoire et dans les sciences sociales, le séminaire poursuivra son questionnement epistémologique à la lumière de courants de recherche contemporains : science studies, études visuelles, histoire transnationale, sociologie des controverses.
Plusieurs séances seront consacrées aux questions des mobilités urbaines (science, expertise, controverses). Il s’agira d’apprécier, à la lumière de l’histoire et d’études contemporaines, les relations nouées entre pratiques de mobilité (auto-mobilité ou choix collectifs), médias et problèmes politiques.
22/10/2008
Conference : World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies.
Barcelona, July 19th-24th 2010
Over 2000 researchers and experts on the Middle East, coming from a large number of universities, investigation centers and other organizations from all over the world, will gather in Barcelona in 2010 at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES). The IEMed and the UAB with the support of the Government of Catalonia will organize the Third WOCMES, after the two successful previous editions held in Mainz - Germany in 2002 and in Amman - Jordan in 2006. Further info: http://www.wocmes.org/wocmes/
22/10/2008
Conference : Tenth Session of the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European University Institute (Italy), near Florence, Italy, 25 to 28 March 2009
The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (Italy) has issued a Call for Papers for the tenth session of the Mediterranean Research Meeting that will take place from 25 to 28 March 2009. Applications must be submitted electronically by 1 September 2008. All relevant details are available on the Mediterranean Research Meeting web page <http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mrm2009/>
21/10/2008
SOAS MSc programme in Migration, Mobility and Development
The SOAS Department of Development Studies launches a new MSC in Migration, Mobility and Development (See: http://www.soas.ac.uk/programmes/prog47390.php). The Programme will begin in September 2009 and applications will be welcomed from now on. Further information can be requested from the Programme Convenor Dr Tania Kaiser at tk51@soas.ac.uk
21/10/2008
'Securitising Mobilities and Circulations'
Claus Moser Research Centre, University of Keele, 27-28 November 2008.
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
Thursday 27 November
13.00 -- Registration and coffee
13.30 -- Introduction: Luis Lobo-Guerrero and Peter Adey (University of Keele)
'Securitising Mobilities and Circulations as a problem space'
14.00 --16:00 -- Panel 1: Biosecurities, Infectious microbes, and pollinators
Javier Lezaun (University of Oxford): ''A New Degree of Connectivity': Bees and Bureaucrats in a changing European landscape'
Stefan Elbe (University of Sussex): 'Viral Sovereignty: Microbial Crises of Circulation and the Biopolitics of Security'
Nick Bingham, (Department of Geography, The Open University): 'Mapping the multiplicities of biosecurity'
Discussant: Ronnie Lippens, University of Keele
16.00 -- tea and coffee
16.30
Keynote address: Prof. Mark Salter (University of Ottawa). Title to be announced
19.00 -- Drinks reception: Claus Moser Research Centre, lobby
19.30 -- Workshop Dinner: The Terrace Restaurant, Keele Hall
Friday 28 November
9.00 Panel 2: Targeting circulation, protecting heterotopia
Martin Coward (University of Sussex): 'From 'shock and awe' to '7/7': Attacks on infrastructure as a lens for understanding the contemporary urbanisation of warfare'
Peter Adey (University of Keele): 'Reaching through the milieu: air power, kinetics and the ecologies of effects-based targeting'
Luis Lobo-Guerrero (University of Keele): 'Infrastructure as Strategised Space': the biopolitics of heterotopia and circulation, and the challenge of critical infrastructure protection'
Discussant: Ben Anderson (University of Durham)
11.00-11.15 coffee
11.30-13.30
Panel 3 -- Borders and Bifurcations
Craig Martin (Royal Holloway, University of London): 'Re-securing and the 'Ever-Presence' of the Accident'
Emily Jackson (University of Durham): 'Art, freedom and re-thinking biopolitical security'
Louise Amoore and Alexandra Hall (University of Durham): 'Taking People Apart: Digitised Dissection and the Body Border'
Chris Rumford (Royal Holloway, University of London): 'Borders and Fetishised Mobilities: a cosmopolitan perspective'
Discussant: Michael Dillon (University of Lancaster)
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.30 Roundtable and conclusion
For registration details please contact: Rosie Shepherd | Claus Moser (Room CM1.12) | Keele University | Staffs ST5 5BG | Telephone: 01782 733245 | E-mail: ri_office@ilpj.keele.ac.uk
20/10/2008
International conference: Ten years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Ten years ago the United Nations issued the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. The anniversary will be marked at a high-level conference in Oslo this week, entitled “Ten Years of Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement – Achievements and Future Challenges”.
Protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is on the agenda when over 120 representatives from governments, the United Nations and civil society come together in Oslo on 16 and 17 October. Keynote speakers are the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres; Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes; and the Representative of the UN Secretary- General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin. Government representatives from for example Uganda, Georgia and Mozambique will share their experiences from work with IDPs in their countries.
The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were presented to the UN Human Rights Commission in 1998, to underscore the rights of this group who are not protected under the Refugee Convention. In the ensuing decade a growing number of governments have developed laws and policies on internal displacement based on the Guiding Principles. Still, internal displacement is on the rise; today 26 million people are displaced within the borders of their country due to armed conflict and human rights abuses. That constitutes two thirds of the world’s displaced. Daily, their rights are violated and great efforts remain before laws and policies have a real impact on the situation.
The conference is hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Representative of the UN Secretary- General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons/Brookings Institution.
Press contact: Siri Elverland, Press Adviser, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Mobile: +47 93 21 82 19. E-post: siri.elverland@nrc.no
See the conference website at http://www.internal-displacement.org/gp10
20/10/2008
Call for Submission – Migration, Diaspora, Identities
We are very pleased to be holding our 5th Annual Conference in collaboration with the AHRC programme. Our collaboration reflects our mutual interest in multi-disciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences.
Diasporas, migration and identities <http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/> ' has been the subject of a major national research programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK since 2005. Its central concerns have also been at the heart of the work of the Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM). The aim of the conference is to examine the past and present impact of diasporas and migration on nation, community, identity and subjectivity, culture and the imagination, place and space, emotion, politics, law and values.
We invite abstracts that address the following themes: * Migration, settlement and diaspora: modes, stages and forms * Representation, performance, discourse and language * Subjectivity, emotion and identity * Objects, practices and places
* Beliefs, values and laws * The role of youth in relationship to diasporas, migration and identities * Diasporic economics and labour markets * The recognition of multiple origins and mixedness * The politics of immigration and integration * Public opinion and public policy * Ethnic identity politics
In addition to individual papers and poster presentations, we are also calling for proposals for convened symposia. Deadline 2 February 2009. For more information about the Call for Papers and submission forms, please visit our website
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/index.htm <http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/index.htm>
20/10/2008
CFP - Circulating Stillness: investigating lived mobilities
AAG Conference, Las Vegas, 22-27 March 2009
Organizers: Ariel Terranova-Webb (The Open University) | Shannon Hensley (University of Exeter) | Sponser: Cultural Geography Specialty Group
Rather than merely documenting 'mobility' as the flow of goods or materials, recent geographical work on 'mobilities' begins to focus more on the performance of mobility or mobile performances, paying close attention to the ways in which mobilities are embedded in social life. This shift expands not only our understanding of lived mobilites, but also our approach to investigating geographies of both mobility and performance. For this session we invite papers that consider the following kinds of questions: What constitutes mobility? How is it experienced and lived? How do mobilities and mobile performances generate change and surprise but also regularity or stillness? How do mobilities become fixed? How do we research mobilities? How do practices of being/becoming mobile become habitual or routine? What does this contribute to understanding the interplay of mobility and performance?
Papers for this session might address: * lived mobilities * sensorial experiences of mobility * representations of mobilities and their effects * performances of mobility and/or mobile identities * mobile performances * mobility and identity * mobile bodies and places * mobility and processes of social differentiation (such as inequality) * innovative methods for researching mobilities.
Authors are asked to submit a short abstract (under 250 words) to organizers Ariel Terranova-Webb (a.terranova-webb@open.ac.uk <mailto:a.terranova-webb@open.ac.uk> ) or Shannon Hensley (s.hensley@exeter.ac.uk <mailto:s.hensley@exeter.ac.uk> ) by November 10th.
20/10/2008
CFP - «Planning for the Future – Learning from the Past: Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality»
Rhodes, Greece 3-5 April 2009
The research track of the congress will be exploring the overall theme of “Planning for the Future – Learning from the Past: Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality”, and will focus on sub-themes like: a) Education; b) Marketing; c) Management; d) Human Resources; e) Information Technology; f) Planning & Development; g) Finance & Economics; h) Service Quality; i) Operations Management; j) Food & Beverage; k) Catering; l) Travel & Leisure; m) Destination Management; n) Alternative Forms of Tourism; o) Sustainability. Submitted abstracts should be relevant with the overall congress theme objectives and at least one of the congress sub-themes, should be written in English, and should be submitted in time (see bellow for “important dates”). All contributions must be original (i.e. not been published elsewhere), follow academic writing, structure and methodology. Paper submissions will be blind-refereed by at least two anonymous reviewers.
Important Dates - Submission of Abstracts (between 500 & 700 words, plus main references): extended until the 9th of November 2008. Evaluation of abstracts and communication with authors: 16th of November 2008. Submission of final papers (full papers)* 12th of January 2009. Evaluation of final papers and communication with authors: 26th of January 2009.
* Authors of accepted abstracts will be informed about the submission specifications/guidelines for the full papers. Only papers presented at the conference will be included in the conference proceedings.
Submission Information & Further Details - Please submit abstracts (including abstract title, author(s) names and full contact details) by e-mail (as Word document attachments) to: TourismConference2009@aegean.gr
More information: http://www.chios.aegean.gr/tourism/conference.htm
19/10/2008
La REMI actualise son site et adopte une nouvelle maquette
La Revue européenne des migrations internationales vient de mettre en ligne ses derniers numéros. Ainsi, vous trouverez sur le site de la revue les sommaires et résumés des numéros 3-vol. 21 (2005) à 1-vol. 24 (2008). Les numéros de 2002, 2003, 2004, ainsi que les numéros 1 et 2 du volume 21 (2005) sont disponibles en texte intégral. La revue s’est aussi dotée d’une nouvelle maquette, enrichie de nouvelles fonctionnalités, afin d’offrir à ses lecteurs une meilleure navigation et une meilleure lisibilité.
19/10/2008
CFP – Forced Migration and Shifting Borders
The 2nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)
University of Ottawa, June 1-3, 2009
This conference brings together academics, activists, NGOs, policy makers, government representatives, and forced migrants themselves from a wide array of disciplinary and regional backgrounds in order to discuss diverse issues related to forced migration within and across borders. We invite participants from a range of perspectives to engage
in a series of interdisciplinary dialogues in order to explore, debate and understand the varied aspects of forced migration. The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from leading figures in the field while panels will explore a number of sub-themes and important issues outlined below. We invite proposals for individual papers as well as organized panels structured around three broad sub-themes:
1) Forced Migration, Global Politics and the International Arena
2) Settlement, Security and Social Justice
3) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Forced Migration Research
Borders are featured prominently in the discussion and practice of migration: they exist as physical barriers and control points; they permeate our understanding of insiders and outsiders; they are implicit on the definitions of forced migrants and our perceptions about them. Governments are adopting “multiple borders” strategies where asylum-seekers and migrants generally experience “borders” not only at ports of entry, but also inside Canada (by virtue of being non-members) as well as outside Canada (through Canadian policies and allocation of resources overseas). The themes of this conference explore the experiences of (forced) migrants at those different locations; examine theoretical concerns about what it means to be an outsider when the “border” is conceived so flexibly and contemplate ways of overcoming these borders.
1) Forced Migration, Global Politics and the International Arena Current restrictive practices towards asylum-seekers and refugees raise a plethora of questions about politics in the area of forced migration; factors contributing to the plight of forced migrants; adequacy of current responses to refugee situations; and the nature of interaction between states, regional and international bodies in the area of refugee protection. What is the impact of state practices on forced migrant populations? How should interaction between states, non-governmental and international organizations be structured in order to ensure more adequate response to refugee situations?
2) Settlement, Security and Social Justice Conferral of refugee status is only one aspect of refugee protection. Meaningful protection includes not only a functioning refugee determination process, but also settlement and other supports which will help forced migrants build their lives in the host country. Issues of settlement and social justice raise questions about the treatment of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants generally in communities – both in legal and social terms. This highlights the existence of borders not only from outside, but also from within. What are the roles of local communities in facilitating settlement and inclusion of migrants?
3) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Forced Migration Research Issues of forced migration are becoming increasingly complex; they require interdisciplinary analysis and innovative solutions. The location of the conference in Ottawa lends itself to an opportunity for promoting dialogue between researchers, policy-makers and NGO community. What should the relationship between different actors be?
Within these broad sub-themes we envision a range of papers and panels able to address a number of issues including: Labor migration and "illegality" | Resettlement, acculturation and social exclusion | Impacts of security concerns on laws and legal interpretations that define the rights of refugees and migrants | International impacts of refugee policies of the global north on forced migration worldwide | The gender, race and class implications of legal and policy frameworks regarding forced migration | Protracted conflict situations and trends in forced migration | Humanitarian aid, intervention and refugees | Development, displacement and forced migration | Safe Third Country Agreements and impacts on refugee populations | Security certificates, anti-trafficking provisions and surveillance and investigative powers of the state | Child refugees | Relationship between various actors (government, non-governmental organizations, academics) on issues of refugee protection.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Individuals wishing to participate in the conference must submit a 250-word abstract of the paper by February 15, 2009 (general deadline). The conference welcomes submissions of both individual paper presentations and proposals for panels.
CARFMS is applying for SSHRC funding for the conference. The application is due on November 1, 2008 and must contain a sample of submitted abstracts and presenters’ CVs. To help us in the application process, we strongly encourage early submissions by October 24, 2008. All early submissions must include a 250-word abstract of the paper and presenter’s CV. CV is required only for the purposes of SSHRC application. Submissions should be sent to carfms2009@gmail.com. For further information please contact Pablo Bose at carfms2009@gmail.com
19/10/2008
CFP - Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region
4 - 7 April 2009, Amman, Jordan
Tourism is a well established phenomenon across the Middle East andNorth Africa (MENA) Region and despite political instabilities it demonstrates remarkable resilience. As well as being a major economic force and a key driver for development, tourism is also an important mechanism for social exchange and identity building at both the individual and regional/national levels. Over recent years the rate of tourism development has increased substantively. Multi-national investments in hotels, resort complexes and infrastructure, together with major heritage conservation projects are catalysing significant social changes (such as shifting patterns of labour migration and the testing of 'traditional' values and practices), environmental changes (at the aesthetic level and in terms of physical change), and political changes (re-orientation of alliances and new globalised relationships).
The aims of this major international and multi-disciplinary conference are: To critically explore the major issues facing the MENA region with regard to the development of tourism and its relationships with heritage and culture; To draw upon ideas, cases and best practice from international scholars and help develop new understandings and research capacities regarding the relationships between tourism, heritage and culture in the MENA Region and; To provide a major networking opportunity for international scholars, policy makers and professionals.
CALL FOR PAPERS
In this major conference we seek to examine the phenomenon of tourism across the Middle East and North Africa Region and its changing relationships with heritage and culture. We wish to promote dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and thus we welcome papers from the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design history, cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore, history, heritage studies, landscape studies, linguistics, museum studies, political science, sociology, tourism studies and urban/spatial planning.
Key themes of interest to the conference include: Histories, mobilities, and the symbolic / political economies of tourism | Tourism in the construction of places / spaces / nations | The role of archaeology in contemporary tourism | Structures / infrastructures of international tourism - building/ architecture/ design for tourism & tourists |Tourism and the role of the museum | The conservation of heritage for tourism | The practices and performances of 'tradition' | Tourist art and art for tourists | Intangible heritage and its role in tourism | Rural and urban tourism practices.
Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact
details as an electronic file to Prof Mike Robinson
(ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk). You may submit your abstract as soon as possible
but no later than 17th October 2008.
Conference Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, and the Council for British Research in the Levant, Amman, Jordan.
For further details on the conference please visit: www.tourism-culture.com or www.cbrl.org.uk or contact us at: phone +44 113 283 8541 or email ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk
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