November 4-7th in Mexico…
This conference aims to shed light on recent Central American events (the violence, the corruption, but also the massive mobilizations for human rights and the new forms of political action) all in light of their past. What are the continuities and ruptures since 1979, since the triumph of the Sandinista revolution and the explosion of internal wars in the region? And what challenges for the new generation?
Edited by: Ioana Cîrstocea, Delphine Lacombe, Elisabeth Marteu, London: Routledge, 2019.
This book provides an insightful approach to understanding the contemporary circulations of feminist repertoires and shows how the international/transnational circulations of gender are interconnected, even coextensive, with the globalization process itself.
Contemporary mobilities in lusotopy: Questioning (post)imperial borders
Mobilités contemporaines en lusotopie: Questionner les frontières (post)impériales
Mobilidades contemporâneas na lusotopia: Questionar as fronteiras (pós)imperiais
Deadline: 5 October 2019
Sabrina Melenotte, PhD in Political Anthropology, is Research Fellow IRD, at Urmis (Paris) since October 2019.
Christelle Hamel is an INED Researcher, currently member of Urmis Paris Team.
Please watch here or on Canal U Urmis Channel the video of Andreas Wimmer’s conference: How to improve on Barth’s theory of ethnic boundaries, Urmis Nice Research Seminar, 22th of March, 2019.
Methodology Workshop Slafnet: Memory Of Origins, Location And Life Stories In African Slave And Post-Slave Societies.
Thursday 6th June, MSHS, Nice, France
A Spring school was held at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, on April 15-19, 2019, in the framework of the European project SLAFNET (https://slafnet.hypotheses.org) that has the objective of implementing dialogue between European and African researchers and students around the thematic issue of slavery in Africa. This Spring school was organised by Prof. Ahmed Hassen (IES, Université d’Addis Ababa), Alexander Meckelburg (Hiob Ludolf Center for Ethiopian Studies, [Lire la suite…]
The deadline for sending proposals is July 15, 2019. The international Conference will be held in November 7-8, 2019 – Campus Saint-Jean d’Angely, Nice
Aïda Castellano is PhD Student at Urmis Paris. Title of PhD Dissertation: “Afro-Cuban” artists and dances in Barcelona, Toulouse and Havana: the religious at the heart of the construction of a transnational Cuban identity. Contact : aida.castellanobro@gmail.com
This is the program of Slafnet Spring School “Slavery and Slave Trade in Ethiopia and Beyond”, in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, 15-19 April 2019.
The Master’s specialization in Migration Studies (MMS) is a new international, interdisciplinary specialization provided by Université Côte d’Azur within 3 Master’s programs: international and European law, social sciences and political science. Located in Nice and drawing on the expertise of specialized researchers and professionals, it provides students with in-depth knowledge and specific skills in the field of migration and ethnic relations. It will therefore provide excellent preparation for further academic [Lire la suite…]
International Symposium, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société Sud-Est (MSHS Sud Est), Nice (France), Thursday 13th February Access map This international conference will explore how the school contributes, along with other spaces and institutions, to building a national ‘imagined community’ in the so-called ‘South’. It will examine how school discourses and practices combine, in various ways and to different extents, an objective of cultural homogenization of the [Lire la suite…]
Danae Emilia Rivadeneyra Yriarte is PdD Student at Urmis Paris.