https://calenda.org Lodel 1.0 https://calenda.org/1410206 https://calenda.org/1410206 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM) in Naples, in partnership with the Università di Napoli Federico II, invites applications for five fully funded scholarships in the PhD program in Global History and Governance for the academic year 2026-2027. The PhD Programme offers an advanced interdisciplinary course of study and research culminating in an original doctoral dissertation. The Ph.D. program in Global History and Governance is aimed at highly motivated students with a solid personal background and multiple language skills. The program focuses on the comparisons, connections, and processes of globalization that have characterized different areas of the planet between the 16th and 20th centuries. Scholarship, prize and job offer Naples (80134) https://calenda.org/1408753 https://calenda.org/1408753 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The workshop explores tensions between different forms of representation and focuses on changes in the nature of representational relationships emerging from struggles between them. Rather than presuming a clear distinction between democratic and non-democratic forms of representation, the workshop explores transitions and hybrid forms between parliamentary and non-parliamentary representative modes as well as between democratic and authoritarian regimes in Europe. Call for papers Hamburg (20149) https://calenda.org/1409836 https://calenda.org/1409836 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 We invite scholars to participate in a workshop examining the ways in which age-related processes were (re)presented during the Cold War period. Particular attention will be given to health norms and prescriptions for a “healthy life,” as well as to the ways these discourses intersected with broader axiological frameworks, bodies of knowledge, and biopolitical strategies. Call for papers Sofia (1000, Sofia) https://calenda.org/1407925 https://calenda.org/1407925 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The word 'heirloom' evokes objects tucked away in wardrobes, imbued with woody, musty fragrance, aged with patina and eerie silence – rescued, retained, preserved, and remembered. Their fate remains unpredictable: second-hand stores, antique shops, auction houses, museum collections. Heirlooms chart different trajectories with different owners, soaked in different personalities, carrying a panoply of histories imposed by each owner. As objects moving between generations, heirlooms accrue, embody, and elicit multiple meanings, holding both personal and cultural relevance and developing their own life histories. Around this central object, scholars have explored postmemory, kinship, hidden heirlooms, space and homes, memorial samples, family archives, home cultures and migration, and industrial heritage. Not restricted to physical objects alone – what about the intangible? What if the heirloom no longer exists, resulting in 'oral heirlooms' (Ajit, 2015) or the passing of skill as inheritance? Call for papers Brighton (BN2 4AT) https://calenda.org/1409010 https://calenda.org/1409010 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This international conference examines the historical transformation of global contemporary art markets from the late twentieth century to the present. It aims to analyse the infrastructures, agents and regimes of value through which contemporary art circulates, gains legitimacy and acquires cultural and economic value. Bringing together historical, transnational, sociological, economic and interdisciplinary perspectives, the event invites critical reflection on art fairs, biennials, galleries, auction houses, collecting, digital markets, financialisation, inequalities and the construction of artistic and market value. Call for papers Lisbon (1600-214) https://calenda.org/1403823 https://calenda.org/1403823 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 For several decades, critical theories of society have relegated contemporary antisemitism to the margins. Often regarded as “non-systemic” or “residual,” and associated primarily with the past, antisemitism appears to elude the traditional frameworks of social and political critique. In academic research, efforts to connect the study of antisemitism with analyses of other forms of domination and othering remain limited. This international conference aims to move beyond this situation and to fully reintegrate the question of antisemitism into contemporary critical theory. Conference, symposium Aubervilliers (93) https://calenda.org/1402852 https://calenda.org/1402852 Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Mos Historicus : A Critical Review of European History invites researchers to submit original articles to its permanent, year-round Repository for Non-Thematic Submissions. As a Diamond Open Access journal published through the National Documentation Centre (EKT) and the University of Athens, it offers an ongoing forum for innovative historical studies outside of specific thematic issues. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer-review process and are free of publication charges. While the repository is open continuously, articles intended for consideration in the upcoming 2026 review pool should be submitted by 14 June 2026. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1402535 https://calenda.org/1402535 Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 As part of the 1st Eastern Bloc Censorship Research Group Conference, we invite paper proposals for a panel exploring the complex relationship between fashion, censorship, and authoritarian power, with a particular focus on socialist and post-socialist contexts in the former Eastern Bloc, including Albania and Yugoslavia. Call for papers Lodz https://calenda.org/1400574 https://calenda.org/1400574 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 The Visegrad Scholarship at OSA is a joint grant scheme of the International Visegrad Fund and the Blinken OSA Archivum. Designed to provide access to the Archivum in Budapest, Hungary, grants of 3,000 euros each cover travel to and from Budapest, a modest subsistence, and accommodation for a research period of eight weeks. For shorter periods, the grant amount is pro-rated. The Archivum’s academic and archival staff will provide reference services, introductory information sessions about the collections, research suggestions through designated advisors, feedback via the Visegrad seminars, and will facilitate contact with the CEU community. Scholarship, prize and job offer Budapest (1051) https://calenda.org/1401116 https://calenda.org/1401116 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Artists’ biographies are not neutral. They are constructed, shaped, and often contested. The one-day international SALON conference 'Unreliable Lives: Rethinking the Artist’s Biography in the Nineteenth Century' at Singer Laren (NL) explores how these narratives emerged in the nineteenth century and how they continue to shape or distort our understanding of art. Conference, symposium Laren (1251 BS) https://calenda.org/1400829 https://calenda.org/1400829 Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 We welcome applications from researchers specialising in energy and colonial history to participate in a series of online roundtables on the colonial histories of energy, which will take place in late summer 2026. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1400017 https://calenda.org/1400017 Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This conference will examine the manifestations of religiosity of women who were not fully considered by the Catholic Church as members of its body, such as beatas, consecrated virgins, beguines, bizzoche, penitents, tertiaries, puellae, as well as sisters of religious congregations, from 1400 to 1900. Conference, symposium Brussels (1000) https://calenda.org/1397803 https://calenda.org/1397803 Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This issue aims to restore much-needed scholarly attention to analog effects and other hands-on approaches to filmmaking in analog and contemporary digital cinema. Special effects have become a growing area in film studies with the rise of digital cinema since the turn of the century, sparking renewed interest across academic writing, popular culture, journalism, and fandom. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1397607 https://calenda.org/1397607 Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Organised by the Amidex “Democratic Alliance in the Indo-Pacific (DAIP)” project /LERMA (UR853), Aix-Marseille University, this study days aims to explore global strategies and diplomatic practices that prioritise soft power in the Indo-Pacific region. Amidst the ongoing competition between world powers to shape the international order according to their respective strategic preferences, this forum will examine how states utilise soft power resources to exert influence, establish international legitimacy, and foster regional and global partnerships. In particular, it will focus on the strengthening cohesion among democratic nations within the Indo-Pacific region and their shared efforts to shape an international order that aligns with democratic values. Study days Aix-en-Provence (13) https://calenda.org/1395289 https://calenda.org/1395289 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 Work has always been central to the making of European societies. More than an economic activity, it has shaped everyday life, social identities, relations of power, and ideas of value across centuries. From medieval social orders and early work ethics to industrialisation, class formation, and today’s precarious labour conditions, the history of work reveals how people lived, struggled, and belonged. In recent decades, new cultural, gender, global, and digital approaches have widened the field. At a time of renewed debate shaped by automation, platform labour, and AI, Mos Historicus : A Critical Review of European History invites original contributions for its fourth issue on Labour History/History of Work. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1392779 https://calenda.org/1392779 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This unconference invites participants to collaboratively explore Europe–Japan relations between 1868 and 1913 – a transformative period spanning the Meiji era and the lead-up to the First World War. Rather than a traditional conference, this event emphasizes dialogue, exchange, and co-creation of ideas. We especially encourage contributions that challenge established narratives, introduce new perspectives, or explore underexamined bilateral connections across Europe and Japan. Call for papers Budapest (8000) https://calenda.org/1393322 https://calenda.org/1393322 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This panel, part of the 2027 conference of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), explores the relationships between visual cultures, audiovisual approaches, religions and contemporary spiritualities. It brings together contributions examining images not only as research tools but as performative practices that shape religious communities and imaginaries. Proposals incorporating image corpora are welcome. Call for papers Buenos Aires https://calenda.org/1393113 https://calenda.org/1393113 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 On 11-12 June 2026, the Royal Museums of Fine Art of Belgium will host an international conference entitled Looted Art and the Art Market: Nazi Art Theft in Belgium, Europe, and Its Aftermath. Bringing together provenance research, art market studies, and data science, this conference aims to advance an interdisciplinary framework for analyzing the movements of cultural objects and their connections to actors, institutions and power structures shaped by the Nationalist Socialist era and its aftermath. Conference, symposium Brussels (1000) https://calenda.org/1390693 https://calenda.org/1390693 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200 This issue of RILEA journal wishes to focus on socio-ecological and territorial transition (SETT), its design and institutional framework, its links with applied language research, and with vocational teaching in applied foreign languages. Call for papers 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/1379007 https://calenda.org/1379007 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100 If you would like to learn about agrivoltaics or discover new aspects of it, join the interdisciplinary and international thematic school that will take place in St Malo from 1 to 5 June 2026. It is open to doctoral students, lecturers and researchers. Furthermore, it is not limited to an only one discipline and is open to international researchers. Summer School Saint-Malo (35) https://calenda.org/1378532 https://calenda.org/1378532 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100 Focusing on Italian, German, French and other historical or national contexts, the volume conceptualises the Far-right not as a fixed ideological formation but as a dynamic and transnational network sustained by flexible and often unobtrusive linguistic infrastructures. It distinguishes between far Right as an adjectival umbrella term (neo-fascist, nationalist, radical, terrorist, subversive right movement and phenomena) and Far-Right as a situational category within the broader right–left continuum (Pirro 2023; Livi 2024). The volume does not seek to replace ideological analysis with a purely linguistic approach. Ideological formations remain central to any understanding of the Far-right. Yet they become historically intelligible only when examined through the semantic and discursive processes by which they are articulated, circulated and normalised. Call for papers https://calenda.org/1378588 https://calenda.org/1378588 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100 While gender equality has been formally recognized as a universal human rights principle, its meanings, applications, and limits have varied across historical, cultural, political, and geographical contexts. Historically, gender has played a central role in defining who could claim rights, on what grounds, and with what limitations. At the same time, claims based on gender difference have functioned both as instruments of emancipation and as mechanisms of exclusion. Call for papers Naples (80100)