https://calenda.org Lodel 1.0 https://calenda.org/1390138 https://calenda.org/1390138 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The workshop examines service as a key social relationship from the medieval period to the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe and the Habsburg lands, it brings together early-career researchers to explore forms of dependent labor across households, rural economies, and institutions. Approaching service as more than a category of employment, the workshop highlights its value as an analytical lens that cuts across class, gender, and race. Particular attention is given to rural labor and women’s work, as well as to changing forms of service in the transition from premodern to modern societies. Call for papers Ljubljana (1000) https://calenda.org/1390180 https://calenda.org/1390180 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Consacrée à l’art méconnu des peintres d’offrandes dans la Grèce antique, la rencontre programmée à l’Ecole française d’Athènes le 6 mai permettra de présenter, durant la session du matin, les recherches menées sous l’égide du Louvre et du C2RMF sur la polychromie des statuettes de terre cuite. La seconde session sera consacrée à une ouverture vers l’Egypte ptolémaïque et romaine, en examinant la question de la transmission et des adaptations de la technè grecque au contexte multiculturel de l’Egypte gréco-romaine. Study days Athens https://calenda.org/1388695 https://calenda.org/1388695 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 We invite submissions for the edited volume The Handbook of Religion and Transmedia Storytelling: From Antiquity to the Digital Age. We invite scholars across disciplines, including religious studies, media studies, cultural studies, literary studies, narrative studies, anthropology, and political science. We particularly welcome proposals that focus on a wide range of traditions and cultural contexts, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Indigenous traditions, Afro-diasporic religions, and esotericism. We also encourage contributions that examine phenomena at the intersections of religion and broader cultural domains, for example conspiracy theories, speculative fiction, nonfiction paranormal narratives, and apocalyptic narratives. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1389493 https://calenda.org/1389493 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 We are pleased to share with you the programme of the two-day event on May 28–29, 2026, exploring reproductive policies and women’s labor in Soviet Central Asian societies. The event will feature a roundtable, a workshop, and a film screening. Conference, symposium Bishkek https://calenda.org/1389452 https://calenda.org/1389452 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This international conference asks whether the biomedical humanities can intervene in the very constitution of the phenomena they study. We propose to rethink the body as a relational entity shaped by biological, social, environmental, and existential assemblages—moving beyond traditional partitions (body/mind, nature/culture, biological/social) that structure contemporary medicine. Conference, symposium Mons (7000) https://calenda.org/1387898 https://calenda.org/1387898 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The history of the chemical industry has long attracted scholarly attention and continues to do so today. This workshop reflects on the current state of the historiography, including its implications for other areas of research. Focusing on Northwest Europe and its connections to other regions, the workshop provides a forum to discuss works in progress and identify avenues for future research. Those interested in attending, either in person or virtually, are encouraged to register via the link above. Study days Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59650) https://calenda.org/1388661 https://calenda.org/1388661 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is happy to announce up to 5 short (1-2 months) paid Grant Writing Residencies in the period August-December 2026. Candidates will spend the Residency preparing postdoctoral fellowship applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO). Scholarship, prize and job offer https://calenda.org/1388439 https://calenda.org/1388439 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Since the 1990s, long-term care (LTC) policies across Western countries have undergone major transformations, notably toward marketization, aging in place, and recognition of informal caregivers. Despite this convergence, the normative and ideational dimensions of these changes remain understudied. Drawing on scholarship about the role of policy ideas in welfare state reform, the workshop invites contributions on three interconnected themes : the influence of international organizations and transnational networks on policy convergence ; the impact of shifting cultural norms around gender, family, and intergenerational solidarity ; and the concept of autonomy as both a normative framework and a practical tool for comparing LTC systems. Call for papers Paris (75) https://calenda.org/1387037 https://calenda.org/1387037 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 According to Camus, the world we live in is absurd. While this can become manifest to us in nearly any situation, Camus is adamant that the world’s absurdity is not owing to any specific features. Rather, it is intrinsically relational and results from the unresolvable tension of two elements : the unbridgeable hiatus between a reason that seeks understanding and a world that remains strictly irrational. If it is our understanding that opens up the world for us, at the same time, the world irrevocably resists being fully grasped. The absurdity thus creates a human desire for clarity that will never see its fulfilment. Study days Cambridge https://calenda.org/1386623 https://calenda.org/1386623 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities, invites applications for the position of Assistant / Associate Professor (tenure track) or Professor in French. The employment will begin 1.8.2027. The position is located at the School of Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Turku, within the Department of French. An Assistant / Associate Professor or Professor is expected to conduct and supervise scientific work, provide research-based teaching, follow developments in their field, and participate in societal interaction and international cooperation. Scholarship, prize and job offer Turku (FI-20014) https://calenda.org/1387221 https://calenda.org/1387221 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The issue examines how urban forms emerge and configure possible futures in contexts shaped by partial infrastructures, social and environmental vulnerabilities, and the reconfiguration of public action. The issue welcomes empirically grounded work — fieldwork, case studies, and comparative approaches — on cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, in dialogue with contemporary debates in urban studies, the sociology of space, and critical geography. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1386829 https://calenda.org/1386829 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 At this conference, we seek to highlight questions around the nature of boundaries in Central Africa and beyond - whether that means physical, political, and communal boundaries or disciplinary boundaries. How do boundaries function in the past and present within the region and in its relationships with the rest of the continent? What might it look like to build more effective bridges across boundaries to address the pressing political, economic, and social issues in Central Africa and its diasporas? Call for papers Kinshasa https://calenda.org/1383728 https://calenda.org/1383728 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Dans le cadre de la semaine des océans 2026. L’Institut halieutique et des sciences marines (IH.SM) de l’université de Toliara organise un colloque international consacré au rôle de la science des océans dans la transition vers une économie bleue durable. Ce colloque vise à réunir chercheurs, étudiants, décideurs publics, organisations internationales, ONG et acteurs du secteur privé afin de partager des connaissances, expériences et innovations contribuant à la compréhension et la gestion durable des océans et des zones côtières, en particulier dans le contexte de Madagascar et de l’océan Indien occidental. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1385758 https://calenda.org/1385758 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 What transnational narrative patterns, thematic or iconographic motifs can be identified in European films that portray ageing and age-related subjects ? What role, if any, is played in this by the ‘silvering of stardom’ and ‘the silvering of audiences’ across the European region ? How can these representations be viewed in light of the specific industrial and institutional dynamics that characterise film production in Europe, including supranational funding schemes and co-production agreements ? We will prioritize contributions that focus on films released after 2010 and incorporate transnational or comparative approaches between European countries. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1388220 https://calenda.org/1388220 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The 2nd International Seminar will focus particularly on culture and diversity, as well as the ways in which the principles of equality are being undermined. The title refers directly to Martin Luther King’s vision of true equality, as expressed in his famous 1963 speech, ‘I Have a Dream’, which called for an end to racial discrimination, by choosing the words and wishes of union. The research highlights the importance of combatting xenophobia and hate speech directed at migrants, refugees, the Romani-Gypsy community, and cultural minorities. Conference, symposium Evora (7000) https://calenda.org/1384523 https://calenda.org/1384523 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The New Left Histories seminar series at the Raphael Samuel History Centre, is organising a workshop to assess the current state of research on the New Left, broadly conceived from both national and transnational perspectives, and to foster critical discussion on its historiography – a field that has recently experienced renewed scholarly interest. Call for papers City of London (N1 8HP) https://calenda.org/1385219 https://calenda.org/1385219 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Cities have always been more than merely settings for human events—often marked by conflicts of varying intensity. They are themselves among the most sensitive and enduring outcomes of those events and conflicts. Urban transformations bear the material and symbolic traces of the tensions that have traversed them: wounds produced by armed conflicts, political and social crises, natural disasters, and processes of exploitation or exclusion, as well as by projects of reform, reconstruction, and refoundation. It is within this unresolved tension between trauma and reparation, fracture and recomposition, that the theme of the congress is situated. Call for papers Genoa (16123) https://calenda.org/1385433 https://calenda.org/1385433 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This call for contributions invites proposals to a two-day roundtable (2-3 July 2026, online) from researchers currently working on the arts in the field of ethnomethodology/conversation analysis (EM/CA). Call for papers https://calenda.org/1382867 https://calenda.org/1382867 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The German Historical Institutes of London, Paris, Rome and Warsaw host the online seminar series “Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History”. Its aim is to foster the exchange of new ideas and perspectives among early career and established scholars from all fields of medieval studies. Sessions will take place every two months and provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for presenting and discussing a wide range of topics and methodological approaches. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1383532 https://calenda.org/1383532 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Kounouz Journal invites scholars and researchers to submit original and unpublished manuscripts for its forthcoming issue. The journal welcomes contributions in theoretical and applied linguistics, language education and pedagogy, language and technology ,communication studies, intercultural studies, didactics, history, civilization studies, methodology, Special second and foreign language acquisition, discourse analysis, translation and interpreting studies, sociolinguistics, artificial intelligence in linguistics and language education, as well as interdisciplinary and emerging research areas. Call for papers Khenchela https://calenda.org/1383663 https://calenda.org/1383663 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 We are seeking European collaborators and partners interested in contributing to the development of a Horizon Europe project in the fields of cybersecurity, crisis management, and organizational communication. It is designed in response to the Horizon Europe call “Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparedness (HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-01)” and seeks to provide new insights into how communication among diverse stakeholders influences decision-making and action during crisis situations in the era of AI. Miscellaneous information Bordeaux (33600) https://calenda.org/1383173 https://calenda.org/1383173 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Hyper-present on almost all heads and bodies, hair is a forceful matter of difference. It signals gender, class, sometimes religion or politics – as well as racialised distinction. As such, hair connects and disconnects humans and other species across the globe and throughout history. The conference “Global Histories of Hair” aims to bring together researchers working on hair as a matter of distinction in the early modern and modern worlds. Call for papers Lucerne (6002) https://calenda.org/1382298 https://calenda.org/1382298 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Taking a multidisciplinary, transnational approach, this conference explores the role of informal communication under conditions of World War II occupation and Nazi rule. Bringing together specialists on diverse European societies, the conference examines informal communication’s relationship to official state communications on the one hand, and its embeddedness in specific social realities and wartime mentalities on the other. Call for papers Munich (80636) https://calenda.org/1383644 https://calenda.org/1383644 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This international conference aims to provide a space for transdisciplinary and transnational reflection, while promoting training and networking of young researchers (PhD students and PhD holders -3 years) who explore collective violence, its memory and representations across Europe. The call is addressed to PhD candidates in humanities and social sciences : political studies, sociology, psychology, visual arts, history, performative arts, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, anthropology, law, economy. The conference will be followed by a multilingual digital publication. Call for papers Tours (37) https://calenda.org/1382146 https://calenda.org/1382146 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Freedom of conscience is considered an unalienable right akin to freedoms of expression and speech, as noted in Articles 18 and 19 of the UN Charter. However, if we turn to the Medieval period, and its great diversity of innovative religious writing, it is clear that the mechanics of external oppression upon an individual’s inner life already existed in clear and comprehensible terms. Therefore, the (broad) question we would like to answer is : if we look beyond the eighteenth century, do we see this idea gradually become concrete ? Call for papers Cambridge (CB3 9DP) https://calenda.org/1382773 https://calenda.org/1382773 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This international colloquium explores how ambiances—light, wind, humidity, sound, temperature—shape the experience of island spaces and the relationships between communities, territories, and built environments. It is structured around five themes : sensorial architectures, digital sensing, geo-sensitive approaches, knowledge and skills, and arts and ambiances. Call for papers Port Louis https://calenda.org/1382907 https://calenda.org/1382907 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Petrus Hispanus’ Tractatus, or Summulae logicales, composed in the mid-thirteenth century, came to occupy a central place in the study of logic from the late thirteenth century onward. Commented in several studia and then by Buridan at the University of Paris, it was gradually adopted across European universities and remained in use until the seventeenth century, surviving in hundreds of manuscripts and hundreds of printed editions. Summer School Porto https://calenda.org/1382559 https://calenda.org/1382559 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This international conference examines the history of confinements through the lens of their materiality. Indeed, confinement is defined by walls that separate individuals from society. Beyond the mere walls, daily interactions between confined individuals, institutional authorities, and staff are largely paved and defined by a variety of things : food, water, books, graffiti, clothes, money, letters, official registers, medicine, punishment objects, etc. In this regard, and drawing on the material turn in history since the early 2000s, things – whether “tangible” things physically available to historians or “textual” things described in written sources – might offer an additional perspective on the history of confinements more broadly, especially when addressing forms of “prison before the prison”. Conference, symposium https://calenda.org/1381002 https://calenda.org/1381002 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The editorial team of On_Culture, would like to draw your attention to the Call for Abstracts for Issue #21 of On_Culture (Spring 2027) on “Embodiment”. This issue foregrounds four interrelated dimensions of embodiment. It thus opens up novel vistas for revisiting the “corporeal turn” of the 1990s, this time from a contemporary cultural studies perspective, asking what relational approaches can offer interdisciplinary analyses of culture today. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1381317 https://calenda.org/1381317 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The international conference Placebo, Hypnosis and Functional Disorders aims to articulate three domains that have historically evolved along distinct trajectories: research on placebo and nocebo effects, hypnosis and suggestion, and the broad field of psychosomatic medicine. These domains are increasingly converging toward shared theoretical frameworks, while also exhibiting a diversity of methodological and experimental approaches rooted in their respective disciplinary traditions. Call for papers Villers-lès-Nancy (54)