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Home Mission Statement About Us Networks Seminar Series Events News Critical Mobilities Contacts	News Archive June 2010 25/06/2010 Méditerranée / "Être jeune en Méditerranée" Le Réseau Euromed France, Babelmed, la Fondation René Seydoux et Solidarité Laïque ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une rencontre sur : "Être jeune en Méditerranée". Le rencontre aura lieu le 1er juillet, au siège du journal Le Monde - 80 bd Auguste Blanqui, 75013 Paris (Métro Corvisart). PROGRAMME 17h30 - Ouverture Nathalie Galesne, Babelmed Myriam Brahmi, Réseau Euromed France (sous réserve) Giovanna Tanzarella, Fondation René Seydoux Roland Biache, Solidarité Laïque 17h50 - Portraits dune génération Leurs réalités sont diverses, contrastantes, mais ces jeunes nourrissent tous à leur façon des inquiétudes et des espoirs souvent semblables dune rive à lautre. Kenza Sefrioui, journaliste, Maroc Ghania Khelifi, journaliste, France/Algérie Dina Darwich, journaliste, Egypte Majed Abusalama, journaliste, Palestine - Débat avec la salle 18h20 - Migrations et conflits Quelles sont les dynamiques migratoires qui touchent les jeunes des deux côtés de la rive méditerranéenne? Quelles sont leurs réalités dans ce contexte? Yassin Temlali, journaliste, Algérie Gilbert Calleja, journaliste, Malte - Débat avec la salle 19h50 - La jeune création contemporaine Expressions artistiques et créations Lart et les jeunes méditerranéens Claudine Dussolier, Zinc/Espace Culture Multimédia 20h15 - Synthèse et Conclusion 25/06/2010 Second Call for Papers \| Mobilities and Inequalities: Towards a new ethics of policy response? Panel proposed by the Migration, Development and Social Change Study Group Development Studies Association Friday 5th November 2010 Church House, Westminster, London Panel convenors: Katie Wright (University of East London), Tanja Bastia (University of Manchester) and Joseph Assan (University of Liverpool) Abstract The wider migration and development literature has called for policy responses that move beyond measures aimed at border control to seek alternatives that are based on broader understandings of constructions of poverty and inequality, human need and societal flourishing. In this context, this panel seeks to understand the complex inter-relationships between: (i) different kinds of mobilities, including rural-urban, cross-border, international; (ii) intersecting inequalities, such as gender, generation and ethnicity; (ii) freedoms/ unfreedoms to migrate, particularly related to the issue of consent (voluntary, forced migration and trafficking). The panel is interested in exploring the relationship between mobilities, inequalities and degrees of unfreedom at the theoretical level and in making a contribution to policy, particularly with a view to recasting policy responses that relate to broader questions of human wellbeing and societal flourishing. This focus on the linkages between mobilities, intersecting inequalities and freedoms/ unfreedoms resonates with key ideas raised in the latest Human Development Report on Human Mobility and Development. Such debates have broader implications for the study of development ethics more broadly. This panel examines the theme of development ethics and policy response in the context of mobility from three different angles. The first relates to different kinds of mobilities at different scales. For example, in the context of globalization and the global restructuring of capital, much of the literature has focused on international migration flows. At the same time, there is consensus that lower-income groups are more likely to migrate as a livelihood strategy via for example Internal (rural-rural/rural-urban) migration in the same country or cross-border migration flows in the same region. Mobility can also have contradictory impacts at different scales, for example, improving the wellbeing of migrants and households that are in receipt of remittances while exacerbating overall levels of economic and social inequality. Multi-scalar analysis is needed to understand this complex relationship between mobility, inequalities and overall development impacts. This panel proposes to consider these different kinds of mobilities and their impacts at different scales. The second considers the complex relationship between intersecting inequalities and different types of mobility, particularly the question of how existing inequalities within places of origin and between origin and destination are a driver for increased mobility. An additional question we would like to consider is whether mobility exacerbates existing inequalities of gender, age and ethnicity, particularly in places of origin. Mobility is therefore understood as a translocal process linking multiple localities within the same social fields. The third, ‘freedoms and unfreedoms’ relates to issues of consent surrounding the decision to migrate. This panel is open to considering both voluntary migration, forced migration and trafficking, different ‘modes’ of migrating which are here understood as being part of the same process, but involve different degrees of consent. It also considers normative questions regarding freedoms and unfreedoms as to what migrants are able to be and do. If you are interested in contributing to this panel, please send 300-500 word paper proposals to either of the panel convenors by Friday 25th June. k.e.wright@uel.ac.uk tanja.bastia@manchester.ac.uk joeassan@liv.ac.uk The panel will inform the broader development of the Migration, Development and Social Change Study Group. We will notify whether your paper has been accepted by 30th June. Full papers, which will be uploaded on the DSA conference website, are requested by Friday 3rd September 2010. For further information about the conference, please see http://www.devstud.org.uk/events/conference/ 24/06/2010 International Summer School in Geography of Tourism Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development: Communicating and telling places (Turismo, Cultura e Sviluppo Territoriale: comunicare e raccontare i luoghi) 30th August – 4th September 2010 University of Bologna RIMINI CAMPUS – Via Angherà, 22 - Rimini All information on http://www.economiarimini.unibo.it/Economia+Rimini/Didattica/Summer+e+winter+school/Summer+School+2010/International_Summer_School_in_Geography_of_Tourism_2010.htm Home > Offerta formativa > Summer e winter school > Summer School 2010 This year the Summer School is dedicated to a challenging topic: Communicating and Telling places. 24/06/2010 Call for abstracts: Workshop: Transnational family making: children, young people and migration The European University Institute – Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting: Florence 6 - 9 April 2011 Whilst children and young people are often at the core of the migration flows toward EU countries (‘on the move’, ‘left behind’ or as main ‘rationale’ for migration), they do not always receive the proper academic interest. The workshop aims to explore the migratory experiences of families (including children and young people) and to examine how policy-makers and service-providers assist children and families in this process. It aims to bridge the gap between otherwise separated scholarships on immigration and emigration, by exploring the understanding of migration from home and host societies. Deadline for online submissions of abstracts: 15 July 2010. Description of the workshop available at http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/RobertSchumanCentre/Research/InternationalTransnationalRelations/MediterraneanProgramme/MRM/MRM2011/ws12.aspx For information, including registration, paper submission and the programme of the Mediterranean Research Meeting, please visit http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/RobertSchumanCentre/Research/InternationalTransnationalRelations/MediterraneanProgramme/MRM/MRM2011/Index. 23/06/2010 Special issue of Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies - Today’s Global Flâneuse A special issue of Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies (Vol. 7, Fall 2009) on Today’s Global Flâneuse is now available online: http://appweb.cortland.edu/ojs/index.php/wagadu/ NB: The issue’s time-based art is best viewed through the essays’ html links. Please contact Mecke Nagel (Editor-in-Chief) at mecke.nagel@cortland.edu for hard copy requests. 22/06/2010 Crossings: The Nexus of Migration and Culture Centre for the Study of Migration July 1st and 2nd 2010 Laws G4 10am onwards Attendance is FREE for all. This conference celebrates the launch of the journal Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture and brings together diverse interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the overlap of migration and culture. Speakers come from disciplines as varied as Anthropology, Development Studies, Film Studies, Medicine, Law, Hispanic Studies, Gender Studies, Politics and English. The conference further counts on the presentation of work by cultural practitioners working on aspects of migration, displacement, hybridity and exile. These include the photographer/writer/activist Shahidul Alam from Bangladesh, and a Poetry Fest with performances and readings by established poets writing in the United Kingdom from very diverse cultural perspectives. Contact Parvati Nair (p.nair@qmul.ac.uk) or Omar García-Obregón (o.a.garcia@qmul.ac.uk) or see http://www.qmul.ac.uk/migration/activities/conf.html for more details. 21/06/2010 Invitation de l'Institut pour la ville en mouvement : Changement climatique, mobilités urbaines et Cleantech Le mercredi 30 juin 2010 de 17h à 20h Le voyageur connecté, producteur d'énergie ? La révolution des smarts grids, microgrids... pour demain ? À la Fondation EDF Diversiterre, 6 rue Récamier, Paris 7e Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles, mais inscription obligatoire : http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/cleantech/inscription/ Téléchargez le programme et les questions préparatoires : http://vem.typepad.com/files/programme-seance-8.pdf Aux États-Unis, le changement climatique interroge la mobilité des individus considérés à la fois comme citoyens et comme consommateurs. On y fait appel à l'éthique des citadins pour réduire les émissions liées à leurs déplacements en même temps que les tenants de l'action publique et les entreprises privées tentent d'influencer leurs consommations. Un objet incarne cette « synthèse » entre les deux versants citoyen et consumériste : la voiture électrique. Oubliée après avoir soulevé quelques espoirs lors de la première crise énergétique, la voiture électrique redevient emblématique tout en suscitant quelques scepticismes. Aux États-Unis, elle a été mise en avant lors de la présentation du programme Obama en matière de changement climatique : un million de véhicules hybrides sont annoncés pour 2015. D'autres « objets » de la mobilité à faibles rejets sont imaginés et parfois commercialisés : vélos, deux roues, trois roues... également électriques. Au-delà des débats quant à la diffusion de ces solutions et leurs effets sur le changement climatique, la mobilité électrique ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur la place du « consommateur-citoyen ». Experts invités : Dan Sperling, membre de la Commission californienne des ressources atmosphériques, directeur de l'Institut d'études sur les transports, professeur d'Ingénierie des transports et de la politique environnementale, Université de Californie à Davis Richard Schorske, directeur exécutif, EV Communities Alliance, et coordinateur de projets, Greater Bay Area EV Corridor En savoir plus et s'inscrire : http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/cleantech Ce projet bénéficie des collaborations de la Fondation EDF Diversiterre, de Télécom ParisTech, du Cycle d'urbanisme de SciencesPo, de l'École nationale d'architecture Paris-Malaquais et du soutien de la Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France. 20/06/2010 Call for papers: "Imagining world orders from Asia" We are looking for panelists, discussants and chair to join a panel on "Imagining world orders from Asia" at the 2011 AAS/ICAS Conference in Hawaii (31 March-3 April 2011). We are looking for papers and discussants/chair to join a panel comparing different Asian ideas of world order, world system and world view. Examples may be religious ideas of world division (such as Dar al-Islam/Dar al-Harb), modernist state-based concepts (such as world systems theory), historically based concepts (such as the Chinese All-under-heaven, Tianxia), etc. How do these various world views order the world in terms of time, space, self/other, ethics, etc.? How do they relate to each other, and to the nation-state system? Can and ought specific Asian imaginations of world order work to subvert other (dominant?) imaginings? Do these approaches have points in common in terms of being “Asian”? What are the practical implications of such imaginings? In discussing these questions, the panel aims to bring together scholars from inside and outside Asia, as well as from different theoretical and epistemological backgrounds. Information on the conference can be found here: http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/2011-Call-for-Papers.htm For more information or ideas on the specific panel, please contact astrid.nordin@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, or Linsay.Cunningham@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. 19/06/2010 Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference British Museum London, 22-24 July 2010 The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the only international forum that meets annually for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities on the Arabian Peninsula (including archaeology, epigraphy, ethnography, language, history, art etc.) from the earliest times to the present day or in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). The Proceeding of the Seminar for Arabian Studies is published the following year in time for the next Seminar. A provisional programme and abstracts can be found at http://www.arabianseminar.org.uk/seminar2010.html 18/06/2010 Post-Doctoral Fellowships “Mobility Cultures in Megacities” The Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo), a research facility of BMW Group, is pleased to announce an international call to researchers for up to 6 post-doctoral fellowships within the strategic field of “Mobility Cultures in Megacities”. Duration of Fellowship: 6 months (extension of 2 months possible) Location: Munich, Germany Academic Partners: Technische Universität München Goethe Universität Frankfurt Disciplines: Urban transport and mobility; social sciences with a specialisation in mobility and transport research; other fields of study directly related Background and objectives The major objective of the program is to generate a profound understanding of mobility patterns and mobility cultures in megacities in different parts of the world. Fellows with a regional background in these cities are asked to collaborate on a set of research questions in an attractive, interdisciplinary and intercultural environment. The characteristics and challenges of the cities shown in the map have already been analysed – those places are of specific interest for the fellowship program. Please visit www.ifmo.de for further details and background on the current research approach. For further information see also here. Megacities clusters object of study in this project San Franscisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, Toronto Montreal, New York, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Dakar, Cape Town, Harare, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Paris, Ruhr, Berlin, Rhyadh, Tehran, Cairo, Mumbai, Melbourne, Sydney, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai. Key research interests include • Identifying the characteristics, opportunities and constraints of the megacity studied like demographic, social, economic and regulatory conditions. • Analyzing long-term mobility decisions like location choice/urbanization, motorization, … • Studying every-day mobility patterns like activity-chains, mode and destination choices in function of spatial structure and transport supply as well as underlying social motivations. • Investigating mobility cultures, lifestyles, perceptions and attitudes in the respective cities and their “points of entry” in order to learn if and how they might change over time. • Assessing stakeholder interaction, local planning and policy discourses and their cultural background in order to develop perspectives for “good governance“. • Identifying challenges and developing strategies for the future of urban mobility. Concept The fellowship addresses post-docs in the following disciplines: • urban transport and mobility • social or cultural sciences with a specialisation in mobility or transport research • other fields of study directly related Fellows from different parts of the world will be working on these topics at mostly the same time in Munich, Germany. They are asked to contribute substantially to the interdisciplinary collaboration on mobility from the perspective of one specific megacity. This should include previous research work and where appropriate additional in-depth investigations. Scientific exchange between the fellows is an integral part of the program in order to learn from the respective experiences and results in a transdisciplinary approach. Research results must be documented in a well-founded research paper including documentation of data, methodology and interpretation of results and should contribute to a transfer of knowledge enabling to tackle the global challenges of future urban mobility in megacities. Candidates should have a cultural background in one or several of the cities listed in the map above. They do not necessarily need to be residents of the cities; also scientists with an outstanding knowledge about a special city are welcome. Fellows will be asked to collect and analyze relevant data and material regarding their research before their stay in Munich. The fellowship program will be accompanied by scientific supervision on behalf of Technische Universität München (TUM), Prof. G. Wulfhorst, Dr. S. Kesselring and Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Prof. M. Lanzendorf and Guest Prof. J. Kenworthy. Additionally the program is incorporated into a broad international expert network of scientists and practitioners from several disciplines. Conclusions will be drawn in a closing conference and related international publications. Facts and dates The research grant at TUM is funded by ifmo und comprises a monthly fellowship of 2500 Euro, travel expenses and additional research funds / family support (in function of individual proposals). Fellows will be asked to work in Munich, the relocation services of BMW Group and TUM will assist accommodation issues. Applications are to be submitted to ifmo (by e-mail to the address below) by August 31st 2010. The following documents need to be submitted (in English) with the application: • Letter of motivation • CV and list of publications • Summary of own research work on related topics (2 pages) • Earliest potential date of starting the fellowship stay in Munich – expected to be in 2011 • 2 letters of reference Principal selection criteria are thematic qualification, interest in intercultural and interdisciplinary scientific exchange as well as relevance of previous work. Candidates will be invited to an international expert workshop taking place from November 17th to 19th 2010 in Munich. The program coordinators will be present at the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) 2010 (July 11-15) in Lisbon, Portugal and are available for further inquiries and information. To arrange an appointment please contact gebhard.wulfhorst@tum.de Further informa tion and add ress for subm ission of appl ica tions Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo) A Research Facility of BMW Group 80788 München Germany E-mail: irene.feige@ifmo.de Website: http://www.ifmo.de/ 17/06/2010 Special Joint Conference of the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) and Association for Asian Studies (AAS) – 70 years of Asian Studies Honolulu, Hawaii, 31 March–3 April 2011 PANEL – Asian border-crossing mobilities: On the road to (self)development Conveners: Pál Nyíri (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): P.Nyiri@fsw.vu.nl Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven, Belgium): Noel.Salazar@soc.kuleuven.be Discussant: Biao Xiang (University of Oxford, UK) Panel abstract Various forms of geographical mobility have long been linked to self-improvement. Today, boundary-crossing travels in particular are widely accepted as a desirable (not to say normative) path towards success, be it educational or scientific (student, faculty or staff exchange), occupational and financial (work experience abroad), religious (pilgrimage), or higher social status (tourism or lifestyle migration). Mobility is also often framed as serving the development of the places one travels to, or their people. Volunteers, missionaries, investors, doctors, teachers, engineers and “responsible tourists” all claim to be contributing to this noble goal. While cross-border mobilities in Asia have been associated with self-betterment since colonial times, mobility as the betterment of others, traditionally a preserve of the First and the now-defunct Second World, is becoming an increasingly common discourse, accompanying an expanding practice and span of mobilities. The ranks of Asian investors, missionaries, volunteers and eco-minded tourists abroad are growing rapidly and adding to the ranks of workers and students. Sometimes, a combination of entrepreneurial zeal and religious devotion coalesces into a discourse of mission that appears to parallel “the white man’s burden” from a century ago. This panel explores how voluntary mobility has become linked with various forms of self-improvement and the development of others – economic, social, cultural, environmental or soteriological – across Asian societies. Where do the currently dominant imaginaries of success-through-mobility and help-through-migration come from and which mechanisms and institutional regimes ensure their circulation? How are other- and self-improvement linked, and in which situations do both come into conflict? Submission of abstracts: Apart from contact details, paper proposers are asked to supply a paper title and a 250-word abstract. Deadline for receipt of all proposals is 1 August 2010 General information on the conference: http://www.asian-studies.org/annual-meeting/ Important: - No individual is to be on the formal program of the conference in more than one session - The Program Committee will expect strict compliance with the December 2 deadline for participant registration If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either of the panel conveners. 17/06/2010 International Conference on Eurasian Economies Istanbul, 4-5 November 2010 The International Conference on Eurasian Economies <http://www.eecon.info/> aims at bringing together academicians and decision makers involved in research about Eurasian countries in a forum to discuss current and future economic and social issues of the region. Deadline for submission of abstracts; 30 June 2010. Papers at the conference may be presented in English, Turkish or Russian. Each paper must be accompanied by an English title and an English abstract. Abstracts in English must be submitted directly to the conference website at http://www.eecon.info. The abstract submission deadline is 30 June 2010. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out on 15 July 2010. Final papers (in English, Turkish or Russian) are due on 10 September 2010. 17/06/2010 New book: The Struggle for Arab Independence. Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East Patrick Seale The Middle East, as we know it today, was shaped in the violent and tumultuous years of the first half of the 20th century. The roots of many of the conflicts and crises which afflict the region today can be traced back to this period of wars, high drama and the cavalier re-drawing of maps. Patrick Seale, a leading historian of the region, tells the story of the making of the modern Middle East through the life of Riad el-Solh, a Lebanese politician who grew into the outstanding Arab statesman of his time. Based on British and French archives, and on numerous interviews, the book pieces together the history of the Arab struggle for independence through the lives of those most directly involved. It is an invaluable resource for students and researchers, and of compelling interest to anyone who wants to know more about the Middle East. • Explains how the defeat and break-up of the Ottoman Empire led to the emergence of the Middle East as we know it today • Includes more than fifty photographs to illustrate the life and times of Riad el-Solh • The detail and anecdotes in the book give a feel of how Arab politics was actually lived. Contents 1. Grandee of the empire; 2. An Ottoman childhood; 3. Education in revolution; 4. In the shadow of the gallows; 5. Faysal's false dawn; 6. Fugitive from the French; 7. The great Syrian revolution; 8. A hero's return; 9. Man of the people; 10. Riad el-Solh, Zionism and the Hajj Amin al-Husayni; 11. Ben Gurion and the Arabs; 12. The making of a Lebanese patriot; 13. Competing identities: the battle for men's minds; 14. The politics of the street; 15. The changing fortunes of war; 16. Rashid 'Ali and 'Operation Exporter'; 17. Riad Bey and general spears; 18. The electoral challenge; 19. The compromise of the national pact; 20. The decisive battle; 21. Painful awakening; 22. Goodbye to the French; 23. Master of the local scene; 24. The unwanted war; 25. The challenge from the revolutionaries; 26. Murder in Amman. http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521191371 17/06/2010 Journeys of Expression VIII: Celebrating through Times of Crisis: Prospects and Potentials for Tourism, Festivals and Cultural Events Copenhagen, Denmark, 11th -12th September 2010 Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector. The CTCC and IFEA are delighted to be working in partnership with the Centre for Tourism and Culture Management, Copenhagen Business School in the organisation and hosting of this event which coincides with IFEA’s annual conference. The conference will discuss the complex implications of the global economic downturn for the relationships between tourism, festivals and cultural events. We particularly welcome paper proposals that consider questions of how the balance between social, artistic and commercial aspects of festivals can be sustained during these challenging times and how festivals and cultural events and their attractiveness to tourists may contribute to addressing economic, social and environmental crises at local, regional, national and international levels. The conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark and will form the 8th edition of the ‘Journeys of Expression’ conferences organised by the CTCC with partners since 2002. Conference Aims Festivals and cultural events of all kinds are of enduring and growing interest to policy makers and practitioners in the arts, community development, regeneration and, tourism sectors. This interest and involvement gives rise to a number of critical questions concerning the relationships between these sectors in the development, management and evaluation of festivals and cultural events during times of economic downturn, social and environmental crises. The conference aims to share the latest research findings and debates in these areas of critical concern for researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike. Proposals for papers are welcome from researchers working across the social sciences and humanities in examining festival and tourism relationships in any international setting. Themes of Interest Key themes of interest to the conference include: · Economic development policy and regeneration dimensions of festivals and cultural events · Partnerships and collaborations in festival planning, management and performance · Festivals as product and packaging opportunities for the tourism sector · The contribution of festivals and cultural events to place images · The re-structuring, re-shaping and re-animation of city spaces and new communities through festivals and cultural events · Festival and event 'legacies' · Emerging tourist market trends and their implications for festivals and cultural events · Service quality management at festivals and cultural events · Economic assessments of festivals and cultural events · Managing risk and visitor behaviour at festivals and cultural events · Festivals and cultural events as sites of protest and dissent Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special edition of the journal Event Management. This Journeys of Expression VIII conference will follow the International Festival and Events Association (Europe) Annual Conference (8 - 10 September 2010) Festive Roads to Recovery. Click to see the conference program in detail, meet the sponsors and see the IFEA EUROPE speaker profiles 2010, or go straight to the registration site. Both conferences can be combined by delegates. Submission Deadlines Please send your abstract of no more than 300 words with full correspondence details as an electronic file to both Dr. Philip Long (p.e.long@leedsmet.ac.uk) and Dr Lise Lyck (ll.tcm@cbs.dk) by 23 July 2010 the latest. The new deadline for submitting your full conference paper is 1st September 2010 at the latest. 17/06/2010 Le voyageur connecté, producteur d'énergie ? La révolution des smarts grids, microgrids... pour demain ? Le mercredi 30 juin 2010 de 17h à 20h À la Fondation EDF Diversiterre, 6 rue Récamier, Paris 7e Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles, mais inscription obligatoire : http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/cleantech/inscription/ Aux États-Unis, le changement climatique interroge la mobilité des individus considérés à la fois comme citoyens et comme consommateurs. On y fait appel à l'éthique des citadins pour réduire les émissions liées à leurs déplacements en même temps que les tenants de l'action publique et les entreprises privées tentent d'influencer leurs consommations. Un objet incarne cette « synthèse » entre les deux versants citoyen et consumériste : la voiture électrique. Oubliée après avoir soulevé quelques espoirs lors de la première crise énergétique, la voiture électrique redevient emblématique tout en suscitant quelques scepticismes. Aux États-Unis, elle a été mise en avant lors de la présentation du programme Obama en matière de changement climatique : un million de véhicules hybrides sont annoncés pour 2015. D'autres « objets » de la mobilité à faibles rejets sont imaginés et parfois commercialisés : vélos, deux roues, trois roues... également électriques. Au-delà des débats quant à la diffusion de ces solutions et leurs effets sur le changement climatique, la mobilité électrique ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur la place du « consommateur-citoyen ». ¦ Experts invités : Dan Sperling, membre de la Commission californienne des ressources atmosphériques, directeur de l'Institut d'études sur les transports, professeur d'Ingénierie des transports et de la politique environnementale, Université de Californie à Davis Richard Schorske, directeur exécutif, EV Communities Alliance, et coordinateur de projets, Greater Bay Area EV Corridor ¦ En savoir plus et s'inscrire : http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/cleantech Ce projet bénéficie des collaborations de la Fondation EDF Diversiterre, de Télécom ParisTech, du Cycle d'urbanisme de SciencesPo, de l'École nationale d'architecture Paris-Malaquais et du soutien de la Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France. 17/06/2010 Méditerranée / Le Centre-ville de Beyrouth entre images du passé et reconstruction d’aujourd’hui Babelmed report http://www.babelmed.net/Pais/M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e/le_centreville.php?c=5700&m=34&l=fr 17/06/2010 Citizenship and prevention of Statelessness’ in Euromed Migration project training A training session on Legal Migration organized by the EU-funded Euromed Migration II project will cover the theme of ‘Citizenship and prevention of Statelessness: International and European Standards’. To read more visit: http://www.enpi-info.eu/mainmed.php?id_type=1&id=21940&lang_id=450 ENPI Info Centre Rue d'Egmont 15 1000 Bruxelles Tel : +32 2 513.71.25 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +32 2 513.71.25 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Fax : +32 2 230.25.13 16/06/2010 Job Announcements: Four Senior Researchers on the Middle East in the Comtemporary World, Lund University In 2009, Lund University received a grant from the Swedish Research Council to establish a research program titled The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). This grant enables Lund University to foster a unique environment for research on the Middle East. The program seeks to hire one senior researcher for each of four research domains: - Contemporary Interpretations of Islam and Muslim Cultures - Hydropolitics, Security and International Law - Migration and Mobility - The Middle East in Sweden A detailed description of CMES and MECW can be found at www.cmes.lu.se Senior Researchers will be employed full time for (up to) two years (initial appointments are for one year with the possibility of a one-year extension). As a Senior Researcher the main task is to actively participate in the research community. The position is composed of 75% research, 20% teaching and tutoring, and 5% administration. CMES is an international center operating in English. Senior Researcher salaries will be commensurate with their experience. Eligibility for employment as a Senior Researcher is restricted to applicants with a PhD or the equivalent. Please apply through the Lund University website at: http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=22600&ref=P Further information lars-erik.olofsson@cme.lu.se. The application deadline is June 25, 2010. 14/06/2010 Appel à contribution - Le conflit, vecteur d'identité nationale en Méditerranée: 1945 à nos jours La Méditerranée, dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, offre plusieurs exemples d’identités nationales accouchées par la guerre. A la Toussaint 1954, en Algérie, le FLN appelle « tous les patriotes algériens » à « s’intégrer dans la lutte de libération » contre la domination française ; le conflit israélo-palestinien met aux prises, dans des affrontements meurtriers, l’Etat hébreu nouvellement constitué et un peuple qui revendique, sur la même terre, le droit à l’existence ; les années 1990 sont celles de la conflagration yougoslave : les crispations et les élans nationaux font éclater la Fédération yougoslave qui sombre dans un chaos de violences, d’où finissent par émerger de nouvelles entités étatiques ou pré-étatiques. Dans le même théâtre méditerranéen, d’autres conflits ont également mobilisé des nations plus anciennement constituées et réveillé d’anciens antagonismes. On peut évoquer la guerre du canal qui voit s’affronter, en 1951, les Egyptiens et les forces britanniques qui stationnent encore sur la base de Fayed en bordure du canal de Suez ou la crise cypriote, en 1974, qui oppose la communauté turque de l’île, soutenue par le gouvernement d’Ankara, à la composante grecque de l’île. Les conflits, dont l’espace méditerranéen est la scène à partir de 1945, relèvent donc de deux logiques : une logique de guerre civile, qui conduit à la fragmentation étatique, formalisée ou non et une logique de guerre « traditionnelle » entre deux Etats. Dépassant le cadre institutionnalisé de la conflictualité politique, que ce soit dans le domaine interne (élections et compétition politique) ou dans le domaine externe (diplomatie), ils font entrer les sociétés méditerranéennes dans un espace de violence dérégulée, touchant les populations civiles ou militaires et produisant une déstructuration sociale, qui met en danger une identité nationale existante ou en construction et conduit à formuler de nouvelles idéologies identitaires. La guerre, qu’elle constitue la matrice de l’identité nationale ou qu’elle contribue à cimenter des nations, est toujours un moment capital dans le récit national. Il s’agit d’aborder le rapport entre conflictualité et identité nationale à travers le prisme de la mémoire : mémoire collective des sociétés civiles, qui se structure autour d’un certain nombre de représentations, d’institutions et d’actions ; mémoire politique promue par l’Etat, à travers un ensemble d’outils législatifs et de commémorations publiques. Il apparaît que les communautés entretiennent des rapports complexes avec leurs guerres qu’elles ont besoin de se réapproprier, de réécrire pour s’y mettre en scène ou s’y retrouver. Ces deux démarches mémorielles peuvent se rencontrer, s’ignorer, s’enrichir mutuellement pour dessiner les contours d’une identité nationale dont il convient de voir si elle fait ou non consensus dans l’espace public, ou si elle produit elle-même de la conflictualité au sein de la société. La journée d'études adoptera donc une démarche pluridisciplinaire, en faisant appel à la sociologie de la mémoire, à l’analyse des politiques publiques, à l’histoire des pratiques mémorielles et identitaires. En comparant les différents espaces méditerranéens, marqués à la fois par une opposition entre rive Nord et Sud et Méditerranée orientale et occidentale, la journée tentera de voir si la production ou le renforcement d’identités nationales à travers le conflit présentent des similitudes à l’échelle de cette mer intérieure et de discerner s’il existe des logiques similaires dans les stratégies d’identification nationale. Des communications sont attendues de la part de chercheurs de différentes disciplines de Sciences Humaines (histoire, sciences politiques, communication, anthropologie...). Elles pourront concerner l'espace méditerranéen dans sa globalité ou s'attacher à l'analyse d'un des conflits qui a marqué cet espace sur la période. Les propositions de communication d'une page, ainsi qu'un court CV scientifique de l'auteur sont attendus pour le 21 juin 2010. COMITE SCIENTIFIQUE Samia El-Méchat, Professeur des Universités, Historienne, Université de Nice-Sofia-Antipolis Stéphane Baudens, Maître de conférences en Histoire du droit Anne-Claire de Gayffier-Bonneville, Maître de conférences en Histoire contemporaine Anne Pédron-Moinard, Doctorante en Histoire contemporaine Contact Anne-Claire de Gayffier-Bonneville courriel : anne-claire [point] bonneville (at) st-cyr.terre-net.defense.gouv [point] fr Anne Pédron courriel : anne [point] pedron (at) st-cyr.terre-net.defense.gouv [point] fr 14/06/2010 Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar (2009-2010) Post-Ottoman Cities Résumé What is the historical experience of cities in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire - in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa - in dealing with the impact of global changes and the transformation from Empire to nation States? How did people of different cultural, social and religious backgrounds live together? How are such examples of conviviality, conflict, migration, and urban regimes of governance and stratification conceptualized? And how have urban traditions been reinterpreted, and what bearing does this have on modern conceptions of civil society, multicultural societies, migration, or cosmopolitanism. These and other questions will be addressed in this year’s Seminar in Ottoman Urban Studies. Séminaire organisé par Ulrike Freitag et Nora Lafi. Annonce Presentation of the Seminar What is the historical experience of cities in the former territories of the Ottoman Empire - in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa - in dealing with the impact of global changes and the transformation from Empire to nation States? How did people of different cultural, social and religious backgrounds live together? How are such examples of conviviality, conflict, migration, and urban regimes of governance and stratification conceptualized? And how have urban traditions been reinterpreted, and what bearing does this have on modern conceptions of civil society, multicultural societies, migration, or cosmopolitanism. These and other questions will be addressed in this year’s Seminar in Ottoman Urban Studies. Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin Thème 2009-2010: Post-Ottoman Cities. November 9 Introduction: Between Ideologies and Modernities: Post-Ottoman Cities in Comparative Perspective by Ulrike Freitag (ZMO) and Nora Lafi (ZMO) November 16 The City, the Valley, and the Nation: On a post-Ottoman 'Land Settlement' in Mandate Palestine, 1921-1948 by Munir Kamal Fakher Eldin (Majdal Shams; Fellow of Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe 2009/10) December 7 Tel Aviv as a Colonial Post-Ottoman City by Mark Levine (University of California, Irvine / CMES Lund) January 11 The Housing Question in Post-Ottoman Izmir and the Population Exchange with Greece, 1924-30 by Ellinor Morack (FU Berlin, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies) January 25 Changing Social Roles in Post-Ottoman Istanbul: A Gendered Approach by Nazan Maksudyan (Istanbul Technical University; Fellow of Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe 2009/10) February 8 French City or Ottoman? The Patrimonial Debate in 19th and early 20th century Algiers by Nabila Oulebsir (Université de Poitiers) April 19 Erasure and Distortion: The Ottoman Memory in Contemporary Beirut Art Production by Kirsten Scheid (American University in Beirut; Fellow of Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe 2009/10) April 26 Ankara: the Republican Urban Project and the Ottoman Heritage by Kyle Evered (Michigan State University) May 10 Colonial Algiers and the Ottoman Heritage: Planning, Architecture and Governance by Zeynep Celik (New-Jersey Institute of Technology) May 31 Life After the Ottomans: Heritage and the New National Urban Narrative in Post-Ottoman Cities of the Balkans by Zeynep Aygen (University of Portsmouth) June 14 Changing Identities in Post-Ottoman Salonica by Katherine Fleming (New-York University) June 28 Intellectual Dimensions of Continuity and Transformation in post-Ottoman Istanbul by Sait Ozervarli (Yildiz Technical University) July 12 Conclusion: Ulrike Freitag (ZMO) and Nora Lafi (ZMO) This seminar is supported with funds of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung. Twice a Month, Mondays 17:00-19:00 Starting November 9, 2009 Venue: Conference Hall Zentrum Moderner Orient Kirchweg 33 14129 Berlin-Nikolassee Participants are asked to register at the following address: Dr. Nora Lafi nora.lafi@rz.hu-berlin.de Telefon (+49) (0) 30 80307- 0 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (+49) (0) 30 80307- 0 end_of_the_skype_highlighting The seminar is part of the activities of the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) and of the research program 'Europe in the Middle East – The Middle East in Europe' (EUME, research field 'Cities Compared: Cosmopolitanism in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Regions') of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. For more information please visit: http://www.zmo.de http://www.eume.de http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~mediter 14/06/2010 Transnationalisation des idées, modèles et pratiques politiques en Europe Deuxième journée d’étude (7 décembre 2010) Clermont-Ferrand The Transnationalisation of Ideas, Models, and Political Practices in Europe Second Study Day (7 December 2010), Clermont Ferrand Résumé Cette journée constitue le deuxième volet d’un programme de recherche appelé à être prolongé au sein du CHEC. Une première rencontre a été organisée le 29 janvier 2010 à la MSH de Clermont-Ferrand. L’objectif était d’engager une réflexion sur le concept de transnationalisation afin d’évaluer ce que celui-ci pouvait apporter à nos recherches respectives. La participation d’historiens, de civilisationnistes, de littéraires et de linguistes nous a permis de croiser les méthodes et de multiplier les terrains d’analyse (Allemagne, Espagne, Suisse, Russie, France, Grande Bretagne, Belgique). Les contributions soumises à la discussion portaient sur le « génie de la langue » au XVIIIe siècle, sur la référence à la Constitution (celle de la IIIe République en Belgique et en Angleterre ou celles de France dans l’Espagne napoléonienne), sur le discours européiste dans la Suisse du début du XXe siècle, sur l’usage de Zola sur la scène politique allemande à la fin du XIXe siècle, et sur les réseaux des réfugiés politiques à Clermont-Ferrand au XIXe siècle. A travers ces diverses voies d’approches, il est apparu qu’au-delà de nos champs disciplinaires respectifs, des questionnements similaires se posaient. La journée du 7 décembre aura pour but de prolonger ces réflexions. Annonce On s’attachera à rendre compte des modes d’interaction à l’œuvre dans les phénomènes de circulation et de connexions des idées, modèles et pratiques politiques en Europe de la fin de l’Ancien Régime au milieu du XXe. Afin de rompre avec une histoire classique de la circulation des idées, notre recherche pourra se concentrer sur les lieux de la rencontre, de la confrontation, de la réappropriation ou de l’hybridation, à des moments où les contacts entre populations européennes furent particulièrement intenses. Dans cette perspective, les zones frontalières, les migrations, les périodes d’occupation, le travail transnational dans les organisations internationales devraient fournir, cette fois encore, autant de cas à étudier. On s’efforcera de dépasser le compartimentage national pour faire émerger, à des échelles diverses, les espaces relationnels en jeu (territoriaux, culturels, intellectuels, linguistiques). Les propositions de communication (300 mots maximum) sont à envoyer aux organisateurs pour le 1er juillet 2010 au plus tard. La publication d’un ouvrage collectif réunissant les contributions issues des deux journées est prévue chez Peter Lang (collection Convergences) fin 2011. Les articles compteront 30 000 caractères, espaces compris. Ils seront à envoyer aux organisateurs pour le 1er avril 2011 au plus tard. Organisateurs : - Karine Rance : karine.rance@univ-bpclermont.fr - Friederike Spitzl-Dupic : friederike.spitzl-dupic@univ-bpclermont.fr - Landry Charrier: landry.charrier@univ-bpclermont.fr 13/06/2010 Le monde en mouvement. Trajectoires migratoires vers l'Union européenne au XXIe siècle \| The World in Movement. Migratory Trajectories towards the European Union of the 21st Century L'association la PLAGE organise en partenariat avec la Bibliothèque marseillaise à vocation régionale, l'Alcazar, et le programme MMSH MIMED une rencontre à la BMVR-Alcazar à Marseille consacrée aux migrations internationales vers l'Union européenne. La rencontre de deux jours (18 et 19 juin), qui regroupera chercheurs, journalistes et associations, clôturera une exposition cartographique et géographique de Philippe Rekacewicz : « Frontières, migrants et réfugiés » (1er au 19 juin). La PLAGE (association des étudiants-géographes de l’Université de Provence) organise une rencontre sur les problématiques migratoires vers l'Union Européenne. Cet événement aura lieu du 1er au 19 juin à la Bibliothèque Municipale à Vocation Régionale de Marseille, l’Alcazar. Il s'agira dans un premier temps de présenter l'exposition "Frontières, migrants et réfugiés", du cartographe et journaliste Philippe Rekacewicz, en collaboration avec Agnès Stienne (du 1er au 19 juin), ainsi qu'une exposition photographique de Stephanos Mangriotis, "Europe Inch'allah". L'exposition cartographique sera la toile de fond de deux journées de débat et de conférences, les 18 et 19 juin, durant lesquelles nous aborderons la question des trajectoires migratoires, de l'enfermement et du travail des associations à Marseille. Vendredi 18 juin 11h30, allée centrale Présentations et clôture de l'exposition Frontières, migrants et réfugiés en présence de Philippe Rekacewicz 14h, salle de conférence Du Sahara à la Mer Egée : Horizon Europe Des routes migratoires en mouvement : évolution des îles méditerranéennes vers des passerelles de l'Union européenne ? Par Anne Blanchier, doctorante-chercheur à l'Université de Limoges et Laurence Pillant, étudiante-chercheur en géographie à l'Université de Provence. L'extension du domaine de la lutte anti-migratoire au Sahara ou quand l'Europe perturbe des migrations qui ne la concernent pas. Par Julien Brachet, géographe-chercheur à l'IRD. Forteresse Europe : victimes de la migration et des nouveaux gendarmes de l'Union européenne. Par Gabriel Delgrande, journaliste. Croisements migratoires. Par Philippe Rekacewicz, géographe, cartographe et journaliste. Modération assurée par Virginie Baby-Collin, enseignante-chercheur en géographie à l'Université de Provence. Samedi 19 juin 9h30, salle de conférence L'enfermement, une étape dans les trajectoires migratoires ? Les nouvelles guerres de capture. Etats, marchés, migrants. Par Marc Bernardot, professeur des universités en sociologie à l'Université du Havre. Frontière(s), enfermement(s), exclusion : les migrants à Chypre ou les contraintes de l'insularité. Par Olivier Clochard, chercheur à ADES (CNRS, département de géographie à l'Université Bordeaux 3). Loi versus migration en Méditerranée : une histoire d'enfermement. Par Hocine Zeghbib, maître de conférence de droit public à l'université Paul Valéry à Montpellier. Modération assurée par Pierre Sintès, enseignant- chercheur en géographie à l'Université de Provence. 14h, salle de conférence Migration et prise en charge : administration et société civile Avec La Cimade, service œcuménique d'entraide, Osiris, association de soutien thérapeutique aux victimes de la torture et de violences intentionnelles, Aides, association de lutte conter le sida VIH/sida et les hépatites virales. Rdv à la BMVR-Alcazar, 58, cours belsunce à Marseille Informations : http://www.plageo.net et contact@plageo.net http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle16822.html 12/06/2010 Les figures de l’intermédiation marchande en Europe et dans le monde méditerranéen Commis-voyageurs et représentants de commerce \| The Practices of Fair Trade in the European and Mediterranean World (16th-21st Centuries) Au XVIIIe siècle, un nouveau métier apparaît dans le monde marchand européen : celui de commis-voyageur. Ces « voyageurs de commerce », qui effectuent des missions très diverses pour le compte de leurs employeurs (depuis la prospection des marchés jusqu’au recouvrement des créances), ne cessent de prendre de l’importance dans l’organisation des échanges à distance au siècle suivant et finissent par se structurer, sous l’appellation de « représentant de commerce », en profession autonome dans le courant du XXe siècle. En outre, loin d’être mise en difficulté par la crise économique ou par la concurrence des formes émergentes de commerce numérique, la profession continue actuellement son développement. C’est sur l’histoire de cette ascension qu’entend revenir le présent colloque en s’interrogeant sur les origines d’un métier qui demeure largement méconnu, aussi bien des scientifiques que du grand public, sur les fonctions qu’il assume dans les rouages complexes des réseaux du commerce à distance et sur le rôle qu’il a joué dans l’extension et l’unification des marchés internationaux. Annonce Jeudi 10 juin, 14h 14h : Accueil des participants 14h30 : Présentation du colloque Ie session : Un monde sans commis-voyageur ? Les échanges à distance aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles 15h : Hilario Casado (Universidad de Valladolid) : « Le rôle des facteurs et des agents dans les réseaux de commerce castillans aux XVe et XVIe siècles » 15h30 : Angela Orlandi (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche) : « Commis-voyageurs et représentants de commerce : les précurseurs parmi les hommes d’affaires toscans au Moyen Âge et à l’Époque Moderne » 16h-16h15 : discussion. Discutant : Ana Crespo Solana (CSIC-CCHS Madrid, Instituto de Historia) 16h15 – 16h45 : pause IIe session : La commercialisation du champagne : l’invention du commis-voyageur ? 16h45 : Benoît Musset (Université du Mans, CERHIO) : « L’expérimentation d’une nouvelle pratique commerciale : la maison Moët d’Epernay et ses commis-voyageurs (1791-1817) » 17h15 : Fabrice Perron (Université de Reims, CERHIC) : « Représentations champenoises d’un commis-voyageur performant. L’exemple d’Henry Jacob Geiger, premier des commis-voyageurs de la maison Jean Remy Moët. » 17h45 – 18h : discussion. Discutant : Dominique Margairaz (Paris I – IDHE) Vendredi 11 juin 2010 IIIe session : Le temps des commis-voyageurs (XVIIIe-XIXe siècle) 9h : Serge Chassagne (Université Lumière-Lyon 2, LARHA) : « Les commis-voyageur lyonnais : l’exemple de la maison de commerce et de banque Veuve Guérin » 9h30 : Françoise Bayard (Université Lumière-Lyon 2, LARHA) : « Du nord au sud : voyager plus pour vendre plus. L’exemple des commis-voyageurs lyonnais au XVIIIe siècle » 10h : Loredana Panariti (Università di Trieste) : « Rappresentanti di commercio e reti mercantili nella Trieste del Settecento » 10h30-11h : pause 11h : Julien Villain (Paris I – IDHE) « Les commis des « marchands-magasiniers » et le rôle de leurs tournées dans l’organisation régionale du commerce lorrain au XVIIIe siècle » 11h30 : Matthieu de Oliveira (Université Charles de Gaulle, IRHIS) : « Innovation technique et privilège commercial : Adrien Louis Cochelet, « commis voyageur de ’industrialisation » en Europe centrale et orientale (1816-1823) » 12h : Arnaud Bartolomei (Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, CMMC) : « La pratique commerciale à l’épreuve de la distance. Enjeux et difficultés de la mission à Cadix de Jean-Joseph Leydet, commis-voyageur marseillais (1803-1804) » 12h30-13h : discussion. Discutants : Dominique Margairaz (Paris I – IDHE) et Gilbert Buti (Université de Provence – TELEMME) 12h30 – 14h30 : pause repas IVe session : Du commis-voyageur au représentant de commerce (XIXe-XXe siècle) 14h30 : Daniele Andreozzi (University of Trieste), « Verso la professionalizzazione. Gli agenti di commercio a Trieste e lungo le rotte del Lloyd austriaco nell’Ottocento » 15h00 : Sylvie Vabre (Université Toulouse-le Mirail, FRAMESPA) : « Le représentant et le Roquefort de la société des Caves (1851-1914) » 15h30 : Geneviève Falgas (Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, FRAMESPA) : « Un représentant de commerce lyonnais en Afrique du Nord : Claude Charmetant (1850-1912) » 16h- 16h30 : pause 16h30 : Séverine Antigone Marin (Université de Strasbourg) : « Le commis-voyageur allemand : une figure mythifiée » 17h : Sylvie Aprile (Professeure Histoire contemporaine Lille3 – IRHIS) : « Survivre est un métier » : faire commerce de la République en exil (1830-1890) » 17h30 - 18h : discussion. Discutant : Claire Lemercier (CNRS-ENS, IHMC) Samedi 12 juin IVe Session (suite) 9h : Roman Rossfeld (Forschungsstelle für Sozialund Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Universität Zürich) : « Making Markets: New Institutional Economics and the Emergence of Travelling Salesman in Switzerland,19th–20th Century » 9h30 : Jean-Paul Barrière, (IRHIS, Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3) : « Entre salariat et indépendance : le statut hybride du représentant de commerce en France de la fin du xixe siècle au milieu du xxe siècle » 10h-10h15 : discussion. Discutant : Silvia Marzagalli (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis – CMMC) Ve session. Un monde sans commis-voyageur ? Les échanges à distance à l’heure de Nouvelle Technologie de l’Information et de la Communication 10h15 : Nadine Autréau (Conseiller juridique à la Chambre Professionnelle des Agents commerciaux) 10h30 : Jacques Deletang (Président fédéral de la Fédération Nationale des Agents Commerciaux) 11h00-11h30 : discussion. Discutant : Flora Bellone (Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, GREDEG) 11h30 : Conclusions générales 12h00 : Quelles perspectives pour le programme « Les figures de l’intermédiation marchande » ? Contact arnaud bartolomei courriel : bartolomei (at) unice [point] fr 12/06/2010 EastBordNet conference: "Remaking Borders" Monastero dei Benedettini in Catania, Sicily, January 20-22, 2011. The deadline for submitting panels or papers is 30th July 2010. Please see http://www.eastbordnet.org/conferences/2011/ for details. The call for proposals are due 30 July 2010. For questions, please contact costconference@manchester.ac.uk 12/06/2010 Cultures touristiques : spatialités, mobilités, corporéités \| Tourist Cultures: Spatialities, Mobilities, Corporeities Résumé La tension entre spatialités, mobilités et corporéités est co-constitutive du tourisme. Le lien entre pratiques touristiques et mobilité est le premier problème qui se pose, car les pratiques touristiques font partie d’un ensemble de mobilités et prennent place dans les « styles d’habiter » fondés sur la mobilité. Ensuite, l’approche culturelle appréhende également les manières très variées de corporéités, règles et « équipements » des pratiques humaines. Se pose alors toute une série de questions concernant les pratiques touristiques et leur apprentissage en termes de « cultures touristiques ». Enfin, le tourisme prend une part non-négligeable à cette circulation mondialisée par le déplacement des touristes, mais aussi par les transactions financières et de circulation d’images qu’il met en branle. Union Géographique Internationale Commission “Cultural Approach in Geography” Chair: Prof. Benno Werlen Commission “Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change” Chair: Prof. Jarkko Saarinen Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosch (Sion, Suisse) Du 21 au 23 juin 2010 Cultures touristiques: spatialités, mobilités, corporéités La tension entre spatialités, mobilités et corporéités est co-constitutive du tourisme. Le lien entre pratiques touristiques et mobilité est le premier problème qui se pose, car les pratiques touristiques font partie d’un ensemble de mobilités et prennent place dans les « styles d’habiter » fondés sur la mobilité. Ensuite, l’approche culturelle appréhende également les manières très variées de corporéités, règles et « équipements » des pratiques humaines. Se pose alors toute une série de questions concernant les pratiques touristiques et leur apprentissage en termes de « cultures touristiques ». Enfin, le tourisme prend une part non-négligeable à cette circulation mondialisée par le déplacement des touristes, mais aussi par les transactions financières et de circulation d’images qu’il met en branle. L’ensemble fait émerger des « cultures touristiques » qui sont informées par des manières de faire ordonnées et réglées de la part des touristes, mais aussi de la part de la sphère marchande des offres de produits touristiques relativement standardisés qui font dorénavant partie de la culture occidentale, sinon d’une culture touristique mondiale. Il se pose notamment les questions suivantes : 1. Comment le tourisme comme phénomène affecte-t-il la théorisation des approches culturelles en géographie ? Comment l’outillage conceptuel de la géographie culturelle peut-il donner sens au tourisme ? Quelles en sont les impasses ? Est-ce que le phénomène « tourisme » invalide-t-il certains concepts de la géographie culturelle ? Nous invitons des contributions d’ordre épistémologique qui déconstruisent le regard géographique que l’approche culturelle porte sur le tourisme. 2. L’apprentissage de cultures touristique est l’un des éléments centraux remarqués par Löfgren (1999) lorsqu’il pose la question de savoir « how we have acquired the skills of being tourists ». Cette question n’a pas encore reçu des réponses substantielles, notamment si l’on regarde les cultures touristiques non-occidentales. 3. Les pratiques touristiques ne font sens que par un déplacement, un changement de lieu et de place, ce qui les range parmi les problèmes posés par les « mobility studies ». Quelle part prennent les pratiques touristiques dans les cultures de mobilité ? Quelles sont les interdépendances à l’œuvre entre pratiques touristiques et d’autres pratiques de mobilité ? Comment les lieux sont traduits en capital culturel ou en effets de distinction ? Les communications attendues portent sur des conceptualisations, mais aussi méthodologies originales de recherche et d’études de cas. 4. Les nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) – telles qu’Internet, téléphone portable, e-mail, SMS et des multiples applications de « social network » - ont une part de plus en plus importantes dans les pratiques du moment qu’elles accompagnent physiquement les individus. L’un des éléments porte sur le fait que les individus restent toujours « joignables » et « attachés », même lors de leur déplacement touristique, qui auparavant constituait une rupture plus importante. Quels sont alors les effets de ces innovations technologiques sur les pratiques touristiques ? 5. L’assemblage d’une pratique touristique constitue une performance très peu étudiée. Des techniques du corps, un savoir-faire et des compétences sont nécessaires tout autant des instruments, technologies, notamment pour le transport et l’hébergement, vêtements, coûts, restauration etc. La notion d’assemblage issu de la « actor-network-theory » (Latour, 2000) peut être utile pour décrire la façon dont les différents éléments sont mis ensemble par le touriste en acte. 6. L’engagement corporel est crucial dans les pratiques touristiques, car des techniques du corps spécifiques – la manière de marcher, la maîtrise de l’alpinisme, flâner, se bronzer – sont nécessaires. Ainsi conçu, les pratiques touristiques peuvent être vues comme « acquis civilisationnel » par la maîtrise du corps qu’elles nécessitent. En même temps, le temps du hors-quotidien et de l’autre est aussi le temps d’une sexualité autre où les rapports sexuels non-routiniers peuvent avoir lieu. http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle16711.html 12/06/2010 Research Studentship: UK airspace regulation in an era of privatisation and commercialisation The Transport Studies Group within the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University invites applications from highly capable and enthusiastic individuals who wish to study for a PhD in the area of UK airspace regulation. The unprecedented and recurrent closure of UK and much of northern European airspace, in the spring of 2010 following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, demonstrated the economic importance of airspace and highlighted the legal and geopolitical complexities involved in its regulation. The UK was particularly affected by the closure. Hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed, thousands of passengers had their travel plans disrupted, and airlines, airport operators, and tourist authorities reported multi-million pound losses. The recriminations that followed the decision to close UK airspace brought issues of (inter)national airspace governance into sharp relief and indicated the scale of disruption any future airspace closures might cause. Though an in-depth empirical investigation into the political, legal, and commercial decisions that informed the UK's response to the volcanic eruption, this research project will investigate the complex interactions that exist between aviation regulators, airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, and air transport consumer groups in the UK and explore the extent to which the progressive privatisation and commercialisation of the UK's aviation infrastructure has changed practices of airspace regulation and governance. Working with Dr Lucy Budd and Professor Stephen Ison, the successful applicant will explore the implications of the current regulatory regime and will seek to help safeguard the future resilience of the UK airspace network by enabling stakeholders to better prepare for, and respond to, future disruption. Funding and Eligibility The studentship is for three years and cover fees and a tax-exempt stipend (£13,590 for the 20010/11 academic year with cost of living adjustments in years 2 and 3). Tuition fees will be paid at the UK/EU rate. Candidates from countries outside of the EU will be liable for the difference between 'home student fees' and international student fees. Applicants will need to complete the Loughborough University on-line application form (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/prospectus/pg/essential/apply/index.htm <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/prospectus/pg/essential/apply/index.htm> ). Applicants should preferably have a Masters degree in air transport management, human geography, economics, or a cognate discipline or a minimum of a 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) at Bachelor level. Applicants will be judged on their academic experience, their understanding of the proposed research area, and their references. On the application form, please state under 'additional information' that the application relates to the 'UK airspace' research studentship. Closing Date for Applications: Friday 16th July 2010 Additional Information: For informal enquiries contact Dr. Lucy Budd (L.C.S.Budd@lboro.ac.uk) or Professor Stephen Ison (S.G.Ison@lboro.ac.uk). 12/06/2010 International Foundation for Science: Research Grants The IFS Granting Programme is open for project proposals from developing country scientists who meet the eligibility criteria and conduct research on the sustainable management of biological resource. An IFS Research Grant has a maximum value of USD 12,000. It is awarded to an individual researcher, for a specific research project. The timeframe of a research project should normally be 1-3 years. After having completed an IFS supported research project, and submitted a project report, Grantees may apply for renewal grants. THE RESEARCH The IFS Mission Statement should be interpreted widely, to include topics in both natural and applied sciences such as agriculture, soil science, forestry, biodiversity, environmental chemistry, natural products, food science, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, aquaculture, marine resources… as well as social or economic aspects of the sustainable management of natural resources, or the production and transfer of knowledge for sustainable development. ELIGIBILITY * you are citizen of a developing country (includes Jordan) * under 40 years of age * a scientist with an MA degree (or equivalent research experience) * you work for a university, national research institute or research-oriented NGO in developing country. HOW TO APPLY [1] download the application form here: http://www.ifs.se/Forms/IFS_1st_Grant_Application_Form_english.doc [2] fill it out and send it to applications@ifs.se DEADLINE June 30, 2010 MORE INFO For further details, please visit the International Foundation for Science website: http://www.ifs.se/Programme/granting_programme.asp 11/06/2010 cfp: Arab World Diasporas and Migrations Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies invites abstracts for scholarly papers to be presented at a two-day symposium on March 21 and 22, 2011 dealing with the subject of migrations and diasporas to, from, and within the Arab world. We define the Arab world geographically and welcome contributions about non-Arab communities in the Arab world. The goal of the symposium is for scholars to present original unpublished research. Presenters will be asked to submit their revised papers for publication in an edited volume. Please submit a formal abstract (no more than 500 words) and a CV (no longer than 4 pages) by email to Ms. Maggie Daher (mad35@georgetown.edu). The abstract should also include information on methodology and sources. Deadline for receipt of material is August 15, 2010. Participants will be notified of their acceptance by September 15, 2010. Travel and hotel expenses will be paid for invited participants. The themes we seek to address include, but are not limited to the following: Migrations to and from the Arab world in historical perspectives (18th-20th centuries). Twentieth and twenty-first century migrations into and from the Arab world to Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Patterns of voluntary and forced migrations within the Arab world including those driven by famine, conflict, ethnic or religious persecution, and economic, environmental, labor and educational factors. Incentives and effects of emigration (labor markets, environmental pulls and pushes, educational opportunities, changing social structures/customs, health, tourism, etc). Integration of diaspora communities into host communities/countries (religious, cultural, social, political or economic, etc). Cultural production by and about diaspora and migrant communities. 11/06/2010 "Rights in Exile: Global perspectives on the protection of refugees and IDPs" 21 June 2010 Further details are available at: www.stichting3r.nl/events This international conference will discuss the dynamics of legal assistance to refugees, drawing on perspectives from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. Participants range from lawyers to academics, policy-makers, social activists to media professionals, representing a wide range of interests from countries around the world. For those not able to attend in person, the Institute for Social Studies will be providing a live stream, as well as other online ways to keep up-to-date on the conference. Live streaming The Conference will be live-streamed via the ISS website (www.iss.nl/live). You will need Windows Media Player (version 7 or higher) to access the streaming media. View system requirements and FAQs. Twitter During the discussions we would like to use Twitter to facilitate the process and engage worldwide participation using a large screen with a continuous flow of Tweets. Please use the hash tag #rightsexile when tweeting. Blog Follow the blog on the Conference, submit articles or comment on the posts to stimulate a healthy discussion. 10/06/2010 Announcement of PhD summer school on The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies Topic of 2010: Social Networking Deadline for registration: 1 July 2010 Lecturers: William Melody Charles Steinfield Ramjee Prasad Knud Erik Skouby Anders Henten Reza Tadayoni Dates: 22-27 August 2010 Place: Skagen, Denmark Organizer: Center for Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI), Aalborg University, Denmark Information and registration: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/ Program of summer school: http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/program.html The topic of the 2010 PhD summer school is Social Networking The PhD summer school on the political economy information and communication technologies focuses on social networking in 2010. Internet-based communities have existed for more than 20 years, but during the past few years, social networking has become widespread. Worldwide, people connect via the web and extend their social communities beyond what could ever have been realized without the web. Till now, users of web-based social networking and communities have mainly used traditional computers with large screens. For many users the concept of social networking means always-on, which sets focus on the trend of being able to do social networking also on smart phones and other smaller screens. The transition from the big screen to the small screen in relation to social networking and communities will be one of the issues examined at the PhD summer school. The summer school will concentrate on the interrelationships between the technological, economic, political, and cultural aspects of social networking. Issues that will be dealt with at the summer school include: · User generated content and applications · Mobility and social networks · Privacy and trust in social networks · Standards and technical platforms · New services and applications for mobile devices facilitating social networks · Business models for social networks · Regulatory aspects of social networks The summer school is organized in cooperation with CTIF (Centre for TeleInFrastructure), the CAMMP project (Converged Advanced Mobile Media Platform), and is part of the activities of the Mobile and Wireless Cluster (KMT) located at CMI. Aim and objectives of the summer school The aim of the course is to refine the level of knowledge of the participating Ph.D. students on the economic and political structures and mechanisms affecting technology development in the information and communication technology (ICT) area. It also considers the impact of implementation and application of ICTs on the economy and broader social developments. It is a course in the political economy of technology development with a disciplinary point of departure in economics and social science. This theme is explored at a company (micro), sectoral (meso) and/or societal (macro) level. This will depend on the specific topics chosen in the course. The course targets Ph.D. students with a technology background combined with an economics and/or social science approach and students with an economics and /or social science background focusing on technology development. Best regards Anders Henten, henten@cmi.aau.dk Reza Tadayoni, reza@cmi.aau.dk CMI, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark 10/06/2010 Travel disruption and ash clouds Please note that the survey on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AirCrisisSurveyITT will be closed on 18th June, so if your travel was disrupted (whether you could not leave or not get back) and you haven't yet told us about your experiences, please fill in the survey. More than 500 and more people who have completed the questionnaire and given their comments. Funding is being applied to analyse the data and conduct qualitative research into the impacts of the crisis. Dr Jo Guiver Researcher, Institute of Transport and Tourism University of Central Lancashire Preston, PR1 2HE, UK jwguiver@uclan.ac.uk (00 44) (0)1772894923 09/06/2010 Urban and Regional Planning Post Doc Position at the University of Amsterdam Are you a recently graduated PhD urban/transport planner, with scientific ambitions and passion for urban mobility issues, who would like to spend a couple of years in an exciting research and policy laboratory? Then this Post Doc position at the University of Amsterdam might be for you! http://www.fmg.uva.nl/werken_bij_de_fmg/vacatures.cfm/6352B26D-AE98-4410-8A4E2DD1AD9BADE2 09/06/2010 New book: Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects (RGSIBG Book Series) Peter Adey Review ''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' —Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa ‘By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical – this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.’ —Stephen Graham, Newcastle University This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society Presents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or 'aerealities', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobility Features a series of detailed international case studies which map the history of aviation over the past century – from the promises of early flight, to World War II bombing campaigns, and to the rise of international terrorism today Demonstrates the transformational capacity of air transport to shape societies, bodies and individual identities Offers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane are considered in the modern era. 08/06/2010 Call for Submissions for the Journal of Arabian Studies The Centre for Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter is pleased to announce the launching of the Journal of Arabian Stud-ies (JAS): http://huss.exeter.ac.uk/iais/centres/gulf/gulf_journal.php JAS is the only journal focus-ing on the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf, the Red Sea, and their connections with the Western Indian Ocean (from West India to East Africa), from Antiquity to the present day. It covers a wide range of topics, in all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It follows in the footsteps of Arabian Studies (1974-1990) and New Arabian Studies (1994-2004), although it breaks new ground by incorporating social science subjects and extending the journal’s scope to the present day. The first issue of JAS is expected out in June 2011. For your article to be potentially included in the first issue, you should submit it no later than September. Please follow the submission guide-lines on the journal's webpage. Books to be reviewed in the first issue should be send to our Book Review Editors no later than July. James Onley, Editor, Journal of Arabian Studies, http://huss.exeter.ac.uk/iais/centres/gulf/gulf_journal.php 08/06/2010 Babelmed Newsletter June 2010 http://www.babelmed.net/ “Traffic Island” Ces dix dernières années, Malte a connu un afflux de boat people, ce qui a fait de l’ « immigration » l’un des sujets de débat les plus brûlants du pays. Mais tandis que le racisme augmente, les hommes politiques locaux se montrent peu soucieux de favoriser l’intégration des migrants à la population locale. Emigration et amours raisonnables Les jeunes Tunisiennes seraient de plus en plus tentées par l’émigration et les mariages mixtes. Pourquoi ce désir d’ailleurs? Tunisiennes: l’émigration via le mariage L’appel de l’ailleurs est irrésistible en Tunisie. Elles sont de plus en plus nombreuses à convoler en justes noces avec des Arabes vivant dans les pays du Golfe ou même ailleurs. Turquie: des migrants sans droits La frontière est ouverte à l’ouest, mais pas à l’est. Etre immigré en situation irrégulière, c’est être sous-payé, vivre dans des conditions inhumaines, être enfermé dans des «pensions», voire trouver la mort. Emigration clandestine: la société civile... A Larache, deux associations, Pateras de la vida et l’Association marocaine des droits humains ont dès le départ tiré la sonnette d’alarme sur un phénomène aussi complexe que dramatique. 08/06/2010 New Facebook page for Tourist Experiences International Conference UCLan, UK, 2011 A dedicated Facebook page is now available with regard to the second Tourist Experience: Meanings, Motivation, Behaviour International Conference, to held at the University of Central Lancashire, England, in April 2011. The keynote address is Professor Chris Ryan, and the conference event will be held in dual locations: firstly at the University campus, before transferring to the nearby and internationally renowned Lake District National Park. Updated details will be made available at the conference website as well as on Facebook Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Preston-United-Kingdom/Tourist-Experiences-International-Conference-UCLan-UK-April-2011/118448121530133?__a=5 08/06/2010 In-Spire Call for papers - Boundaries, borders and (inter)disciplinary research InSpire publishes critical interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. So we thought it was about time that we began to get critical about interdisciplinarity. That`s why the next special issue, set to be published in the Summer of 2010, seeks to foster a discussion on â€œBorders, Boundaries and (inter)disciplinary research. We are seeking articles which take into consideration the role of boundaries, limits and borders from a diverse range of academic disciplines and perspectives. What is the purpose of the boundary? How are borders constructed? How are they contested? How are they being reconfigured? What is the value and what are the limits of inter- and post-disciplinary research in investigating these questions? Suggested topics include The gender divide Disciplinary boundaries National/state borders Limits to growth Legal exceptionalism Limits to communication/thought We encourage submissions from established academics as well as young researchers in the form of traditional articles with critical research and academic referencing. Articles should be submitted according to the submission guidelines at www.in-spire.org/guidelines.html http://www.in-spire.org/guidelines.html> They should be sent to the managing editor at enquiries@in-spire.org mailto:enquiries@in-spire.org> no later than 15 June 2010. For further information please see our website at www.in-spire.org http://www.in-spire.org/> 08/06/2010 Call for papers - SPACE AND POWER IN CONTEMPORARY ITALY The contribution of geography and political science Siena, Scuola Superiore di Santa Chiara, October 19th 2010 The political situation in Italy has recently attracted the attentionof the international political community. The Italian situation is apeculiar one, but it nevertheless provides evidence of some generaltrends in contemporary politics: the crisis of representative parties,the spectacularisation of politics, the resurgence of regionalism, therescaling of statehood, the evolution of antagonism and socialconflicts, the changing relationship between space and power in apostmodern, postnational, postwestern and postdemocratic world. The aim of the workshop is to reflect upon these issues from thetheoretical and methodological perspective of political geography,comparative politics and policy studies. Call for papers: PhD students and early career researchers are invitedto propose an abstract of their research by filling in the attachedform and sending it to rondinone@unisi.it, by July 31st, 2010. A maximum of ten presentations will be selected according to their originality and to the author’s (or authors’) ability to apply themost advanced political and geographical research methods to theempirical analysis of relevant issues. The presenters of the selected papers will be hosted in Siena by the Scuola Superiore Santa Chiara (full board). Presentations given in English should have a Powerpoint in Italian. Presentations may refer, inter alia, to the following lines of enquiry:• The electoral geography of the Italian second republic• Populism, show-politics and postdemocracy• Citizenship, identity, cultures• The question of the North and the South (of Italy)• Administrative geographies• The Europeanization of public policy• Regionalism and multilevel governance• Social movements, antagonism and political conflicts Key note speakers: John Agnew (University of California Los Angeles), Ilvo Diamanti (Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”), Claudio Minca (Wageningen University, Royal Hollaway). Discussant: Elena dell’Agnese (Università di Milano la Bicocca),Cristiano Vezzoni (Università di Trento), Luca Verzichelli (Universitàdi Siena). Scientific Committee: Paolo Bellucci, Cristina Capineri, FilippoCelata, Antonella Rondinone, Fabio Serricchio. Download the call for paper:cfp: http://geostasto.eco.uniroma1.it/dotgeoeco/file/Cfp_Siena19oct10.pdfform: Download the abstract submission form:http://geostasto.eco.uniroma1.it/dotgeoeco/file/Cfp_Siena19oct10_form.doc 08/06/2010 Edward Soja's lecture on “Spatial Justice and the Right to the City” Thursday 10th June 2010, 7pm Pati Manning c. Montalegre, 7 Barcelona On the occasion of the book launch: “Edward W. Soja: la perspectiva postmoderna de un geógrafo radical”, first volume of the new series “Espacios críticos” (Icaria Editorial) Will also participate: - Oriol Nel·lo, secretario para la Planificación Territorial de la Generalitat de Catalunya - Núria Benach (Universitat de Barcelona) & Abel Albet (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), authors of the book and editors for the series. “Edward W. Soja: la perspectiva postmoderna de un geógrafo radical” Núria Benach & Abel Albet Icaria Editorial · Colección Espacios Críticos ISBN 978-84-9888-243-8 www.icariaeditorial.com 08/06/2010 Productivity and Innovation in the MENA Region – Mapping Euro-Med Knowledge and Technology Transfer Panel at the mediterranean Programme Florence 6-9 April 2011 European University Institute Juliane Brach \| University of Copenhagen, Denmark \| German Institute of Global and Area Studies \| Germany brach@giga-hamburg.de Rigas Arvanitis \| Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France \| American University of Beirut, Lebanon rigas.arvanitis@ird.fr Abstract A major obstacle to economic development in the MENA region is its comparatively low productivity and relatively low degree of international competitiveness. Both hampering factors are closely related to a general lack of technological capacities. Our hypothesis is that MENA countries do not lack talent or entrepreneurial competence, but a systematic transformation of innovative activities into knowledge and products. This workshop will focus on two main issues that are more or less unexploited: 1) the innovative capabilities of local actors (enterprises, universities and research institutions) and 2) the potential of EU-Med cooperation initiatives in this field. This workshop will engage researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds such as economics, social science, engineering and regional studies into a dialogue and discussion on technology, innovation and research capacities in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Research papers with different perspectives and strongholds such as single country or inter, intra or regional analyses are welcome. Well grounded empirical studies and theoretical contributions with a regional impact will be highly appreciated. The aim of this workshop is to discuss and exchange our views and experiences with applied research in this field and to bring together researchers. Ideally this workshop will help to identify common research interests and trigger future joint projects among the participants as well as contacts at the policy level. The Call for Papers for the 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting 2011 is open until 15 July 2010. Further information is online available at: http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Med/mrm2011/ 07/06/2010 The 2010 Exeter Gulf Studies Conference: "The 21st-Century Gulf: The Challenge of Identity", University of Exeter, 30 June - 3 July 2010 A cutting-edge interdisciplinary conference of over 60 research papers exploring the challenges of 'identity'- political, economic, socio-cultural, and international - as the GCC states, Iran, Iraq and Yemen undergo paradigm-shifting changes. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Clive Holes (University of Oxford), Prof. Gary Sick (Columbia University / Gulf2000), Dr Ali Al-Khouri (UAE Identity Authority), Dr Neil Partrick (PartrickMideast & RUSI), Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, KCMG (FCO) And including the official opening of the unique exhibition: "Journey of a Lifetime - Photographs taken by HRH Princess Alice in Saudi Arabia in 1938", on loan from the King Abdulaziz Public Library (Riyadh),previously shown only at George's Chapel, Windsor castle. In the presence of HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, Saudi Ambassador to the UK. Organised by the Centre for Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter, this continues an illustrious tradition of Exeter conferences on the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf region. The Call for papers is now closed and the programme finalised, but all are very welcome to join in for what I think you'll agree is a very rich menu of scholarship and debate! Full details on the conference http://huss.exeter.ac.uk/iais/centres/gulf/gulf_conference.php or contact Jane Clark, Email: jane.clark@exeter.ac.uk 06/06/2010 Interdisziplinary Workshop "Migrations to the Gulf Countries: From Exception to Normality?" Oxford, 18 June 2010 Organised by the International Migration Institute, Oxford Department of International Development and the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College with the support of the Maison Française d'Oxford. Oxford University Conveners: Dr Hein de Haas (IMI, QEH), Dr Hélène Thiollet (DPIR/Scs Po), Dr Leïla Vignal (MEC/Oriental Studies) A Recent empirical evidence seems to challenge the common idea that GCC countries represent an 'exception' with respect to migration issues. This also raises the question of whether the ongoing social process of migrant settlement will gradually force GCC states to adapt their policies to these new realities on the ground. The workshop will challenge the «exceptionalism» of the Gulf, on the basis of new theoretical and analytical approaches in both migration studies and in Gulf Studies research. Registration before 16 June. For further information contact Emanuela Paoletti: emanuela.paoletti@qeh.ox.ac.uk www.imi.ox.ac.uk/event-store/migrations-to-the-gulf-countries-from-exception-to-normality 05/06/2010 Conference: "New Media \| Alternative Politics: Communication technologies and political change in the Middle East and Africa" Cambridge, 14 - 16 October 2010 The spread of digital technologies in the Middle East and Africa has generated the view that 'new media' open up political spaces for dissent, activism and emancipation. This conference offers an opportunity to critically reassess these assumptions. "New media, alternative politics" will bring together researchers, academics, activists, journalists and policy makers to discuss whether and how new media empower an alternative politics and mobilise political change. We welcome proposals for papers or presentations from researchers, activists, practitioners, policymakers and academics from all disciplines. We are happy to consider proposals for presentations in a variety of formats in addition to the traditional format of academic conference papers. These could include presentations via Skype, podcasts, slideshows, short films or posters. To apply please send abstracts of not more than 300 words to Anne Alexander (raa43@cam.ac.uk) by 31 July 2010. Full details at www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1323/ 04/06/2010 International Symposium: "Arab World Diasporas and Migrations" Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies 21-22 March 2011 The symposium is dealing with the subject of migrations and diasporas to, from, and within the Arab world. We define the Arab world geographically and welcome contributions about non-Arab communities in the Arab world. The themes we seek to address include, but are not limited to the following: - Migrations to and from the Arab world in historical perspectives (18th-20th centuries). - Twentieth and twenty-first century migrations into and from the Arab world to Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia. - Patterns of voluntary and forced migrations within the Arab world including those driven by famine, conflict, ethnic or religious persecution, and economic, environmental, labor and educational factors. - Incentives and effects of emigration (labor markets, environmental pulls and pushes, educational opportunities, changing social structures/customs, health, tourism, etc). - Integration of diaspora communities into host communities/countries (religious, cultural, social, political or economic, etc). - Cultural production by and about diaspora and migrant communities The goal of the symposium is for scholars to present original unpublished research. Presenters will be asked to submit their revised papers for publication in an edited volume. Please submit a formal abstract (no more than 500 words) and a CV (no longer than 4 pages) by email to Ms. Maggie Daher (mad35@georgetown.edu). The abstract should also include information on methodology and sources. Deadline for receipt of material is August 15, 2010. Participants will be notified of their acceptance by September 15, 2010. Travel and hotel expenses will be paid for invited participants. 3/06/2010 New Book: Sa Calatrava mon amour. Etnografia d'un barri atrapat en le geografia del capital de Jaume Franquesa Editorial Documenta Balear Páginas 360 Año 2010 Precio 23,00 € EAN9788492703784 Ens endinsa en el món dels centres històrics de les nostres ciutats, evidenciant els processos que els conformen i afaiçonen. Una potent i escrupolosa etnografia ens permet submergir-nos en l'univers únic i irrepetible de sa Calatrava, un transformat veïnat del cap i casal mallorquí. Coneixerem els seus espais i racons, la memòria, els discursos i els conflictes dels habitants del barri, els projectes i malifetes dels calatravins i de l'administració. Alhora, el sòlid savoir faire analític de l'autor connecta les dinàmiques específiques d?aquest barri amb altres ciutats que també estan atrapades en l'enganxosa teranyina de la geografia del capital. «El llibre de Jaume Franquesa ens endinsa en el món apassionant i mòbil dels centres històrics de les nostres ciutats, evidenciant la matèria, les textures i processos que els conformen i afaiçonen en aquesta canviant etapa de la postmodernitat. Una potent i escrupolosa etnografia ens permet submergir-nos en l'univers únic i irrepetible de Sa Calatrava, un transformat veïnat del cap i casal mallorquí. Coneixem així, de primera mà, els seus espais i racons, la memòria, els discursos i els conflictes dels habitants del barri, els projectes i malifetes dels calatravins i de l'administració. Alhora, el sòlid savoir faire analític de l'autor connecta les dinàmiques específiques d'aquest barri amb els processos més amplis que travessen a hores d'ara a tantes i tantes ciutats, creixentment atrapades en l'enganxosa teranyina de la geografia del capital. Aquestes i altres raons prou més llargues d'explicar em porten a recomanar vivament la lectura de Sa Calatrava Mon Amour, un esplèndid treball que he gaudit i del que també he deprès molt.» Josepa Cucó. Catedràtica d'Antropologia Social. Universitat de València «En un moment històric en què el govern de Rodríguez Zapatero està proposant projectes d’“Economía Sostenible” i “Economia Social” que pretenen la quadratura del cercle tantes voltes anunciada d’un capitalisme amb rostre humà, el treball de Jaume Franquesa ens serveix d’advertència no només de l’efecte despolitizador d’aquestes pràctiques i discursos, sinó paradoxalment de l’efecte ‘amplificador’ de l’expansió del capital que aquests processos inicien.» [del pròleg de] Susana Narotzky. Catedràtica d’Antropologia Social. Universitat de Barcelona «Ben escrita, ben informada i basada en una recerca minuciosa, aquesta obra combina el coneixement etnogràfic i la imaginació geogràfica per a oferir-nos una anàlisi evocadora de la producció de l'espai social a Palma i a Mallorca durant els darrers decennis. Indispensable per a tots aquells, científics socials o no, interessats a entendre els processos contemporanis de transformació urbana.» Carles Carreras. Catedràtic de Geografia Humana. Universitat de Barcelona «Pot seduir-nos l'escriptura del materialisme històric? sí, sens dubte, quan en Jaume Franquesa la utilitza per explicar la lògica subjacent dels espais i les vides dels calatravins. (…). Com personatges a la recerca d’autor, els calatravins han trobat el seu Pirandello.» Alexandre Miquel. Professor Titular d’Antropologia Social. Universitat de les Illes Balears Author's email: jaume.franquesa 'at' gmail.com Book available at: http://www.lacentral.com/9788492703784 2/06/2010 EastBordNet - Remaking Borders 2011 Conference Catania, Sicily 20-22 January 2011 The first EastBordNet conference Remaking Borders will be held at the Monastero dei Benedettini in Catania, Sicily, January 20-22, 2011. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Deadline: 30th July 2010 Borders, it seems, are never what they used to be: every period and place generates a sense that this is the moment when the borders changed. Commentary on today’s contemporary moment in the European region is no exception, and there is plenty of material to discuss: the end of the Cold War; the violent break-up of Former Yugoslavia; the expansion of the European Union; the European integration process; the political aftermath of September 11th 2001; the development of digital technologies; the rise of undocumented migration and people-trafficking; intense debates about gender, sexuality and religious faith; the multiple moral and material shifts implied by what many call “the neoliberal turn,” including the recent financial meltdown. The list could go on; once again then, borders are not what they used to be. A question here is whether this incessant shifting of borders is a characteristic of borders as such (what could be called the ‘border-ness’ of borders), or alternatively, whether borders are the outcome of something else: the idea that borders are a symptom – that they appear, disappear and change shape, location and meaning in line with activities, relations, conflicts, ideas, and regulations that come together, leaving their particular mark as borders until something else comes along. So, how to think about the making and remaking of borders, both literally and metaphorically, is as important to explore as the idea that borders are never what they used to be. This conference aims to draw together researchers working on these issues in both conceptual and empirical terms. There will be a focus, though not exclusively, on the eastern peripheries of Europe, loosely defined: given that the location of these borders is currently undergoing revision, part of the aim of the conference is to understand where the eastern peripheries are heading, rather than assuming their location. There will also be a focus on exploring people’s everyday experiences of the separations, movements, connections and relocations that involve borders – which can be both formal and informal, and located at the centre as well as at the edges of places, and in the mind, on maps or in paperwork as much as in the landscape. This focus on the everyday helps to explore the cumulative effect of thousands of individually insignificant details that add up to something important, but are often neglected in favour of accounts of big events that appear to change everything in a moment. Some panels will be devoted to particular themes: money and finance, time, gender and sexuality, movement and travel, documents and technologies, visibility and invisibility, amongst others. These themes are intended to draw out different aspects of the social, moral, and material aspects of remaking borders; they have already formed a focus of attention for researchers in EastBordNet, through a series of workshops and work groups. In conceptual terms, the conference aims to explore the diversity of approaches towards thinking about border, whether this concerns geo-political borders or more abstract notions of border and related concepts, such as difference, travel, exchange, translation. Proposals for both individual papers and panels, from any disciplinary perspective, that address these issues are invited. There are some panels which will follow the themes of the EastBordNet workshops and work groups; other topics can be suggested by applicants. Please return your proposals by 30 July 2010 to: costconference@manchester.ac.uk http://www.eastbordnet.org/conferences/2011/index.htm «Back to News Archive
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