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The UCL Americas Research Network is pleased to present the 4th Annual Conference of the Americas Research Network: Intersections in the Americas to be held at UCL, Institute of the Americas from 3-4 May, 2018.

The Americas Research Network welcomes proposals on any aspect related to the theme of Intersections in the Americas, covering a range of periods and regions in the hemisphere. Papers of an interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome and we invite current postgraduate students and early career researchers alike to apply.

The theme for the conference this year draws on contemporary issues of division in the geopolitical, societal and domestic spheres. Today, the need to interrogate the concept of intersections between peoples, nations, cultures, ideologies and historical periods is increasingly clear. The relevance of intersections to the Americas can be read in terms of climate change, development, security and growing political tensions.

You can find full details of the call for papers here.

Abstract submission deadline: December 4, 2017.

La revue Interfaces Brasil/Canadá accueillera des travaux autour de la thématique «Représentations des dynamiques urbaines dans la littérature et le cinéma du Québec et du Brésil». Nous vous demandons d’adresser directement les articles sur la plateforme de la revue. La date limite pour le dépôt électronique des contributions est fixée au 8 décembre 2017. Les articles devront être formatés au préalable selon les normes imposées par la revue, téléchargeables à cette adresse. Les articles peuvent être présentés en portugais et anglais aussi.

Date limite de remise des propositions de communication: 8 décembre 2017.

Colloque international « La francophonie de l’Ouest, d’hier à demain » du 27 au 29 septembre 2018, à l’Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg (Manitoba), Canada

Le Centre d’études franco-canadiennes de l’Ouest (CEFCO) est un centre de recherche sur la francophonie de l’Ouest canadien, logé à l’Université de Saint-Boniface (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Il a pour mandat de promouvoir la production de la recherche scientifique et de la création littéraire relatives à l’Ouest canadien, et ce, en français. Parmi les activités que le CEFCO mène pour mettre en œuvre son mandat, il organise, tous les deux ans, un colloque scientifique.

Le colloque 2018, qui s’inscrira dans l’année de la célébration des 200 ans d’éducation en français au Manitoba, coïncidera avec les 40 ans du CEFCO. Cet anniversaire fournit l’occasion de porter un regard à la fois rétrospectif et prospectif sur les activités du CEFCO et, plus largement, sur la production et la diffusion du savoir sur la francophonie de l’Ouest canadien, à partir de différents volets (voir ci-dessous) et de deux perspectives entrecroisées – spécificité de la francophonie de l’Ouest et contribution de celle-ci à la francophonie canadienne et internationale.

Conjuguant ainsi passé, présent et avenir, dans principalement, mais pas exclusivement, quatre domaines − l’histoire et les autres sciences humaines et sociales, la linguistique, la littérature et l’éducation, le colloque invite les contributions qui s’inscrivent dans l’un des axes suivants mais ne s’y limitent pas : Histoire et autres sciences humaines et sociales; Linguistique; Littérature; Éducation

Pour de plus amples précisions, consulter son site Web.

Date limite de remise des propositions de communication: le 15 décembre 2017.

The 39th edition of the AIW, titled “Arrows of Time: Narrating the Past and Present,” will be held in Ghent, Belgium. It is being hosted by Ghent University, and is being sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, the History Department, Institute for Early Modern History, and TAPAS – Thinking About The Past. The workshop will take place from April 10-13, 2018.

The 2018 American Indian Workshop (AIW) is titled “Arrows of Time: Narrating the Past and Present,” and the organizers want to explore this theme on three related fronts. Firstly, the organizers would particularly like to highlight the historical connections –political, cultural, and academic – between the Low Countries, modern day Belgium and the Netherlands, and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Interest in Early Modern Indigenous interactions with the Dutch in New Amsterdam is growing, but some lesser-known intersections have recently begun to draw wider attention. […] Secondly, the 2018 AIW organizers invite contributions that problematize the uses and notions of ‘history,’ especially with reference to present day conflicts. This a very timely subject as the contested past is increasingly coming to the fore in the contested present. […] Thirdly, the organizers wish to explore the pedagogical and institutional side of history. The decolonization of academia is starting to gain traction, with increased discussion among educational policy makers on how to diversify curricula. How can this be achieved with reference to secondary and university history classes without trivializing the subject material and how can these topics be presented to a wider audience? Additionally, how can we accomplish the decolonization of the past within academia itself – especially in light of the recent controversies surrounding appointments at Dartmouth and elsewhere?

Deadline for Submissions: December 15, 2017.

A Conference in French & Francophone Studies
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
March 23-24, 2018

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of May 68, this conference invites scholars not only to think about its legacy, but also to consider other revolts, revolutions, historical tipping points, and social/literary/political transformations (all centuries, all francophone regions). Possible topics include (but are not limited to): May 68, then and now; Arab Spring; Literature and Politics; La Francophonie, then and now; Queer revolutions, queer future; Young adult literature and social transformations; War, trauma; Visual representations

Deadline for Submissions: December 15, 2017.