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CfP: French Association for Canadian Studies 48th Annual Conference.

October 27, 2024 / Sean Eedy / 0 Comments

The French Association for Canadian Studies (AFEC) has issued a call for papers for its 48th Annual Conference, which will take place at Université Grenoble Alpes from June 18-20, 2025.

This event is aimed at all doctoral students, post-docs and other young researchers at the start of their careers (master’s students, temporary lecturers (ATERs), young PhDs without a contract) working on the Canadian cultural area – be it Anglophone Canada, Francophone Canada, Quebec, Indigenous People – or on themes related to Canada.

To echo the 2024-2025 edition of the Seasons of Canada (Saisons du Canada) organized by the Grenoble Centre for Canadian Studies, the general theme chosen for this next congress will be “Transition(s)”.

Under this broad and flexible theme, AFEC welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, from all disciplines – civilization, history, linguistics, literature, geography, law, sociology, political science, anthropology, arts, philosophy – reflecting the diversity of research carried out by up-and-coming researchers in Canadian Studies. Contributions may explore contemporary or historical issues related to Canada, including but not limited to:

Environmental or climate issues (ecological transition, energy, health), including ecological and ecofeminist perspectives;
Social reforms and political struggles in Canada, particularly those relating to the rights and representation of minority groups (indigenous people, 2SLGBTQ+, etc.);
Migration and (cross-)border issues;
The development and socio-economic impacts of new technologies (artificial intelligence, cybersecurity);
Current issues in indigenous studies, with a particular focus on movements of cultural and political resurgence and reappropriation;
The circulation of decolonial, postcolonial and/or feminist theories and practices in Canadian research (through the notions of positionality, situated knowledge, intersectionality, care, etc.);
The evolution of literary and artistic forms;
Linguistic issues (e.g. the revitalization / reclamation of Indigenous languages, the evolution of Canadian and Quebec language policies, debates surrounding certain linguistic practices, issues of linguistic representation in the media, etc.)

Proposals must be sent by e-mail to the organizing committee by December 1, 2024: afec2025@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

They should include a title, a 300-word abstract in English or French, 4 to 5 bibliographical references (not included in the total word count), and a short bio-bibliographical note (name, current status, institutional affiliation, fields of research and recent publications if applicable).

Following the review by the scientific committee, a response will be sent by January 15 at the latest to those who submitted a proposal.

The full call for papers is available here.

Call for Papers: The Stakes of Sanctuary

July 5, 2018 / Sean Eedy

McGill University, 7-8 March 2019

Patti Tamara Lenard (University of Ottawa) and Laura Madakoro (McGill University)

In recent decades, there has been a great deal of attention given to modern sanctuary practices,
ranging from the sanctuary offered to asylum seekers from Central America in the 1980s to recent
efforts to declare university campuses, cities and states sanctuary spaces. Although much of the
focus has been on contemporary activities in the United States, sanctuary is a global, and deeply
historic phenomenon. Continue reading

CfP: APPEL DE CONTRIBUTIONS – Transitions énergétiques et climatiques : enjeux, débats et expérimentations en cours

August 21, 2017 / Sean Eedy

Lien social et Politiques 82, Printemps 2019.

Ce numéro se situe dans la continuité de ces analyses avec une double intention :

Rassembler des travaux empiriques consacrés à des pratiques concrètes de « transition » énergétique et climatique (en incluant le champ de la mobilité), institutionnelles ou non, de manière à mieux saisir la dynamique des politiques et expérimentations en cours dans une variété de contextes ;

CfP: Appel à contribution – Les acteurs religieux africains à l’ère du numérique

January 15, 2017 / Sean Eedy

Appel à contribution – Les acteurs religieux africains à l’ère du numérique

Un numéro de la revue Émulations. Revue des jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs en sciences
sociales à paraître en 2017 sera consacré au thème « Les acteurs religieux africains à l’ère du
numérique », sous la direction de Pamela MILLET MOUITY (École des hautes études en
sciences sociales) et Frédérick MADORE (Université Laval).

À partir du milieu des années 1990 et surtout depuis les années 2000, tout un champ d’études s’est
développé sur la façon dont la religion s’inscrit dans le numérique – sites web, forums, blogues,
médias de diffusion en ligne, réseaux sociaux, etc. Les auteurs de ces recherches ont développé
différents concepts tels que « religion online », « online religion » et « digital religion », pour
mieux appréhender les nouvelles formes de religiosités qui sont apparues grâce au web. Cependant,
peu d’études ont jusqu’à présent traité de manière significative de l’usage de l’Internet par les
groupes religieux du continent africain. Pourtant, la visibilité et la résurgence des pratiques
religieuses de toutes les confessions marquent le quotidien individuel et collectif, tant sur le
continent africain qu’au sein des diasporas. Dans cette nébuleuse, les nouveaux médias numériques
sont devenus des outils, voire des espaces majeurs où se donne à voir ce « religieux africain » dans
sa forme plurielle. Certes, le degré de pénétration et l’accessibilité d’Internet en Afrique demeurent
parmi les plus faibles dans le monde : 28,7 % de la population y ont accès selon des chiffres de
20161. À cela s’ajoutent de grandes disparités entre Afrique du Nord et Afrique subsaharienne,
ainsi qu’entre les différentes régions linguistiques. Malgré tout, son usage est en forte
augmentation : entre 2000 et 2015, le nombre d’utilisateurs est passé de 4 500 000 à plus de
330 000 000.

CfP: Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française

December 6, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Appel à textes

Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française

Le Québec et l’histoire des ‘autres’

Date limite pour proposition (500-1000 mots): 25 janvier 2017

Le passé des autres et l’expérience de l’histoire au Québec (XIXe-XXe siècles)

De l’interprétation par les Canadiens du XIXe siècle des révolutions française et belge à celle par les Québécois de la Révolution tranquille de l’histoire des pays récemment décolonisés, le passé des autres a été l’objet d’appropriations nombreuses. Si les représentations de ce passé sont en général bien connues, ses appropriations et ses utilisations le sont moins. L’objectif de ce projet est d’explorer l’appropriation d’événements, d’expériences ou de mythes de l’histoire étrangère par les Québécois à des fins à la fois de relectures de l’histoire du Québec et de mobilisation du passé pour transformer la société.

CfP: History of Peacekeeping: New Perspectives DEADLINE EXTENDED

November 29, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Call for Papers:

History of Peacekeeping: New perspectives
L’histoire du maintien de la paix: Nouvelles perspectives
Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario
November 3rd and 4th 2017

NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

The organizing Committee for the conference is currently looking to fill a particular subject area – The role of NGOs in peacekeeping and peace support operations. If any one is interested we encourage submissions on this subject in particular from any perspective (historical, political science, sociological, psychological). The new deadline for submission is December 15, 2016.

CfP: Power, Publics, and the United States in the World

November 1, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) invites proposals on “Power, Publics, and the U.S. and the World” for its 2017 Annual Conference, to be held June 22-24 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View in Arlington, Virginia. Proposals must be submitted by December 1, 2016.

The production, exercise, and understanding of American power in the world takes many forms and touches myriad subjects. From exploring questions of strategy and statecraft to unpacking definitions of community, territory, and rights, scholars have illuminated the practice of American power and the many social and cultural processes that shape it. Members of various publics, domestic and foreign, also have commented on and constituted U.S. power. In policy and fiction, cultural production and political arrangement, scholars and their publics have worked—sometimes in tandem, sometimes at cross-purposes—to make meanings of the U.S. in the world.

CARFMS 2016 Student Essay Contest

October 24, 2016 / Sean Eedy

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REFUGEE AND FORCED MIGRATION STUDIES (CARFMS)

2016 STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) seeks to foster an independent community of scholars dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of Canadian refugee and forced migration research. The Association aims to engage students as active members of the Canadian refugee and forced migration research community, and invites students to participate in the sixth annual CARFMS Student Essay Contest. There are two categories: one for graduate and law students; and, one for undergraduate students.

Call for Papers: Migration/Representation/Stereotypes

September 28, 2016 / Sean Eedy

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS:

MIGRATION/REPRESENTATION/ STEREOTYPES

The omnipresence of stereotypes in the age of global migration is increasingly evident both at the level of governing structures and in everyday practices. Stereotypes, as Patrice Pavis tells us, stem from “preconceived ideas and unverified truisms” (369). In the context of migration, both historically and today, the use of stereotypes to characterize the migrant – whether it be a figure of suffering or a source of danger – can influence, polarize, and even radicalize public opinions and discourses. The influence of social media and political narratives, as well as literature and the arts, can be both productive and dangerous when it comes to our evaluation of a new migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, or exile as a neighbour, business partner, colleague, or friend. This is especially true in a world of increasing global conflicts and terrorism, neoliberal markets, and newly emerging nationalist agendas. This international, interdisciplinary, and bilingual conference aims to address the questions of the (ab)use of stereotypes when it comes to the representation of migration and refugees in various public discourses, both historically, conceptually and practically.

Viv Nelles History Prize for Graduate Students

September 23, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University is proud to announce the creation of a new prize: the Viv Nelles History Prize. This prize will be awarded to the graduate student term paper that best places Canada in a transnational framework. To be considered for the award, a paper must be nominated by an instructor and submitted electronically, to the institute, no later than 30 January 2017. The winner will be selected by the Institute’s Director, in consultation with Wilson fellows and associates. Each winner will receive a modest financial award. A plaque with their name engraved commemorating the achievement will also be displayed at the Wilson Institute. We will contact the winning student in Spring 2017.

Contact information for the Institute Directors and for Prize submissions can be found on the Institute’s website or via its Facebook page.