CALL FOR PROPOSALS: XI JORNADAS DE HISTORIA MODERNA Y CONTEMPORÁNEA “Gobierno y representación en la Edad Moderna y Contemporánea” (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina - DEADLINE 30 April 2020)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

XI JORNADAS DE HISTORIA MODERNA Y CONTEMPORÁNEA “Gobierno y representación en la Edad Moderna y Contemporánea”

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Deadline 30 DE ABRIL DE 2020

“Gobierno y representación en la Edad Moderna y Contemporánea” es el tema principal con el que se presenta esta convocatoria, teniendo en cuenta que en el año 2020 se cumple el segundo centenario de la revolución liberal que abrió el ciclo de las que se produjeran en Europa y el mundo occidental a lo largo del siglo XIX: la protagonizada por Rafael de Riego. Las Revoluciones Liberales cambiaron el concepto de representación que había sido hasta entonces estamental como estipulaba la tradición en el Antiguo Régimen a través de las asambleas, o personal por medio de la agregación en las cortes monárquicas. En el siglo XIX encontramos un nuevo actor, el pueblo, que gobierna a través de sus representantes. La Revolución de 1820 puede ser vista como un verdadero parteaguas en la historia de la modernidad, si se considera que desde entonces dejó de ser posible volver a las fórmulas tradicionales de política y representación en España e Hispanoamérica. En resumidas, se trata de un hito ilustrativo de los profundos procesos iniciados a comienzos del siglo XIX, los cuales crearon las condiciones que dieron origen al mundo contemporáneo, sin romper totalmente con la tradición política de la modernidad. De este modo, se aúnan estudios de historia moderna que explican los contextos de donde partieron los impulsos de las Revoluciones del siglo XIX, como de historia contemporánea, que no sólo observan las consecuencias sino que a la vez analizan ese nuevo mundo que lentamente empezó a crearse durante ese período de cambio.

Coordinadores generales: Dra. Ana Mónica González Fasani (UNS) – Dr. Guillermo Nieva Ocampo (UNSa./CONICET) – Dra. Carolina Biernat (UNQ/CONICET).

Organizan: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Cátedra Historia de América II, Cátedra Historia Moderna y Cátedra Historia Contemporánea (Departamento de Humanidades – Universidad Nacional del Sur); Proyecto de investigación “Agentes de gobierno en el mundo hispano. Microanálisis del poder monárquico (ss. XV-XVIII)”, del Consejo de Investigación de la Universidad Nacional de Salta; Instituto Universitario “La Corte en Europa” de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Carrera de Licenciatura en Historia de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Centro de Estudios Sociales de América Latina (Facultad de Ciencias Humanas – Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires/Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas).

Información de interés

Fecha de celebración: 26 al 28 de agosto de 2020

Lugar de celebración: Universidad Nacional del Sur.

Presentación de ponencias: Los resúmenes deberán enviarse a los coordinadores de Mesa y a la coordinación de las Jornadas al correo jhmcuns2020@gmail.com, hasta el 30 de abril de 2020. Los mismos podrán ser elaborados por hasta dos autores y no deberán superar las 250 palabras. El formato solicitado es el siguiente:

1. Título de la ponencia.

2. Nombre y apellido de los autores.

3. Pertenencia institucional de los autores.

4. Correo electrónico de contacto.

5. Texto del resumen, letra Times New Roman 12, justificado.

MesasTemáticas y más información

Source: http://iulce.es/call-proposals-xi-jornadas-historia-moderna-contemporanea/

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Edinburgh Studies in Law (book series)

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Edinburgh University Press are delighted to welcome Professor Alexandra Braun of the University of Edinburgh to the role of Series Editor for the established Edinburgh Studies in Law book series. Professor Braun and Edinburgh University Press are sending out a renewed call for submissions for monographs and edited collections that meet the series aims.

About the Edinburgh Studies in Law series

Edinburgh Studies in Law was launched in 2005 by Edinburgh University Press in association with the Edinburgh Law Review Trust. It provides a forum for legal scholarship that is comparative, historical or philosophical, in both private and public law. The aim of the series is to publish monographs and edited collections that are of interest to a wide readership, with work of interest to a Scottish audience being particularly welcome.

The series has published a number of volumes on Scots law and other legal cultures from an international, comparative and historical perspective.

Find out more about the Edinburgh Studies in Law on the series webpage: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/esil

Editorial Board

Emeritus Professor George Gretton, University of Edinburgh

Professor John Lovett, Loyola University

Professor Hector MacQueen, University of Edinburgh

Professor Elspeth Reid, University of Edinburgh

Professor Kenneth Reid, University of Edinburgh

Professor Lionel Smith, McGill University

Professor Anna Veneziano, Universities of Teramo and UNIDROIT

Professor Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh

Professor Reinhard Zimmermann, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg

Submitting your proposal

To discuss or submit your proposal, email series editor Alexandra Braun: Alexandra.Braun@ed.ac.uk

Find the Edinburgh University Press book proposal guidelines online here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/publish

Complete your collection

To celebrate Professor Braun taking on the role of series editor, Edinburgh University Press are offering 30% discount on all volumes in the Edinburgh Studies in Law series when you buy directly from their website: visit https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/esil and use the code ESIL in the shopping basket. Valid to 31 December 2018.1

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: UK-German Call for Proposals: Funding Initiative in the Humanities (DEADLINE: 20 February 2019)

(Source: DFG)

We learned of a UK-German funding initiative in the humanities, including law.

The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) hereby launch a competitive call for proposals with a view to bringing together arts and humanities researchers in the UK and humanities (including law and linguistics) researchers in Germany to conduct outstanding joint UK-German research projects.

Both funding agencies are aware that some of the best research can only be achieved by working with the best researchers internationally. Accordingly, they wish to fund academic research of the highest quality within their own countries, to strengthen and deepen cooperation between their two countries in the relevant fields, and to contribute to the growth of a transnational collaborative research culture in the UK and Germany.

The scheme will provide funding for integrated UK-German projects. The partner agencies will organise a coordinated peer review and a single joint selection process. Funding will be distributed among the research partners according to the researchers’ place of work and, in general, according to the funding rules of each individual agency.

The call is open to applications addressing any research topic where there is significant potential to advance knowledge through collaborative research bringing together arts and humanities researchers in the UK and humanities (including law and linguistics) researchers in Germany (see call document for further details of the remit of the call).

Awards will normally be for, and in any case will not exceed, a period of three years. On the UK side awards will be for up to a total of £350,000 (fEC). Projects do not have to be symmetrical, in the sense that neither the sums requested nor the items requested have to be identical on the UK and German sides, but there should not be large discrepancies – we would expect the work packages to be delivered reasonably equally.

This first joint call is being administered by DFG and applications must be submitted via DFG’s submission system “elan”. Deadline for this call for proposals: 20 February 2019 at midnight CET.

More information can be found here

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (Second Series) (Christian's Library Press Series)

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Continuing in the line of its predecessor, this series publishes original English translations and editions of early modern religious texts in the disciplines of economics, ethics, and law. Representing a variety of confessional traditions and methodological approaches, these texts uncover the foundations of the development of these and related disciplines.

General Editors

Andrew M. McGinnis, Acton Institute, USA
Wim Decock, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Jordan J. Ballor, Acton Institute, USA
Christiane Birr, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Germany
Stephen Bogle, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton Institute, USA
Ricardo Crespo, Universidad Austral and CONICET, Argentina
Virpi Mäkinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Richard A. Muller, Calvin Theological Seminary, USA
Herman Selderhuis, Theological University Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
John Witte Jr., Emory Law School, USA
Zhibin Xie, Tongji University, China

Call for proposals

CLP ACADEMIC, AN IMPRINT OF THE ACTON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION LIBERTY, is pleased to announce a call for proposals for works to appear in Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law (Second Series). This series publishes original English translations and editions of early modern religious texts in the disciplines of economics, ethics, and law. In the modern era these disciplines often have been detached from the religious and theological context in which they developed. This series seeks to uncover the early modern religious foundations and contexts of these and related disciplines and to provide access to previously inaccessible texts that will contribute to interdisciplinary research. Proposals must be for either an original English translation of a work from the early modern period (ca. 1450-1725) or an edition of a previously unpublished English work from that period (e.g., a work existing only in manuscript). For the purposes of this series, the disciplines of economics, ethics, and law are broadly understood, and proposed texts may include works in the fields of political economy, moral philosophy, moral theology, social ethics, ecclesiastical law, civil law, and common law, as well as theological works that significantly engage one or more of these fields. Proposals for a translation or edition of a complete, single work are preferred, though proposals for selections of writings by a single author, or for an anthology of related selections from multiple authors, will also be considered. 

Practical details:

SEND PROPOSALS AS AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT TO AMCGINNIS@ACTON.ORG PROPOSALS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
• bibliographic information on the source text and its authoritative early modern edition(s)
• list of any modern editions or translations of the work
• names and contact information for the proposed translator(s) or editor(s)
• word count of the original source text (approximate) brief English summary of the text (approximately 350 words)
• description of the text's significance in its own era andfor students and scholars today

See flyer for more practical details.

CFP: "L’évolution des métiers de la justice en France et en Europe" (Paris, 2016-2018)

WHAT L’évolution des métiers de la justice en France et en Europe, Call for Project

WHEN 2016-2018 (maximum 24 months)

WHERE Mission de recherche Droit & Justice, Paris

all information here

deadline September 7 2015

Projets à faire parvenir en 15 exemplaires 

Dépôt dans les locaux de la Mission de recherche : (avant 16 heures): 

Mission de Recherche Droit et Justice 2, rue des Cévennes – Bureau C100 75015 Paris ou 

Envoi postal : (cachet de la poste faisant foi) Mission de Recherche Droit et Justice Ministère de la Justice – Site Michelet 13 place Vendôme – 75042 Paris cedex 01 

Contacts

Phone : 01 44 77 66 60 

Fax : 01 44 77 66 70 

Email address: mission@gip-recherche-justice.fr 

Website : www.gip-recherche-justice.fr

CPF: "NGO-graphies” – the Second NGOs and Nonprofits Conference (Denver, November 17-18 2015)

WHAT NGO-graphies” – the Second NGOs and Nonprofits Conference, Call for Proposals

WHEN November 17-18 2015

WHERE Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado

all information here
deadline May, 15 2015

As non-governmental organizations (NGOs) take on roles and responsibilities that were traditionally in the hands of national governments, power has become increasingly denationalized and embedded in new configurations. While the scales of these mediations, service provisions, and representations have typically been categorized as local-regional-national-international, networks of NGOs now connect organizations at the grassroots directly to large-scale, transnational systems. The term “NGO-graphy” (Sampson and Hemment 2001) calls for a critical ethnographic approach to understanding non-governmental organizations and nonprofits. It also suggests a topographic image of NGO networks that both interact with and create human landscapes.

The purpose of this second NGOs and Nonprofits conference is to engage one another in thinking broadly about the patterns of NGO practices as they point to the role of coordination within networks and the factors that direct global flows of resources and knowledge. Together, we will examine how these networks are constituted through the personal interactions, cultural practices, and shifting discourses that give them meaning. Considering the power relations that shape and create NGO-graphies also allows us to problematize the ever-present methodological question of how researchers and practitioners can and should interact with NGOs, which become sources of information about local communities, points of entry, sources of income, and fieldsites themselves. We invite proposals for panels from anthropologists, related interdisciplinary scholars, and practitioners on topics including but not limited to the following questions:

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The Theory of Just War. Behind the Jurisprudential Defense of (Abstaining From) Military Action (Warsaw, 13-14 October 2015); DEADLINE 15 MAY 2015

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The Departments of Ethics, History of Philosophy and Law and Administration, as well as the International Centre for Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Łazarski Universities (Warsaw) host a conference on 13-14 October 2015 on the eternal interdisciplinary topic of "Just Wars". More information:

On 5th July 1415 the participants of the Council of Constance – a historically pivotal gathering of the ruling and clerical elite of contemporary Europe – were provided with the first of a series of legal writings concerning a momentous dispute between the Kingdom of Poland and the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (the Teutonic Knights). The case centered around the legitimacy of military attacks undertaken by the State of the Teutonic Order on the region of Samogitia (northwestern part of today’s Lithuania), whose inhabitants were the last ethnic group in Europe to resist conversion to Christianity. Arguing for the Polish side was Paul Vladimiri (Paweł Włodkowic), rector of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, who, following the most prominent theological and legal thinkers of the time, defended the rights of pagans to have their own states, safe from the attacks of Christians, provided they themselves refrained from attacking their Christian neighbours. Based on the idea of mutual tolerance and peaceful coexistence between different political communities, Paul Vladimiri’s argumentation has gone down in history as one of the prototype versions of the theory of just war. 600 years after its original presentation, some fundamental issues raised during the medieval dispute are still of utmost urgency:

What type of rationale legitimizes the use of force against an autonomous political community?

What are the preconditions of a morally/legally justified military intervention undertaken on the territory of an independent state?

Which international institution possesses the entitlement to authorize the enforcement of universally recognized standards of execution of political power, e.g. respect for basic human rights?

Are there any moral/legal constraints on the membership in alliances aimed at eliminating specific threats to world peace?

To what extent are individual people responsible for the aggressive policy of (morally deplorable use of force by) their state leaders?

Answers to these and many other questions related to the idea of just war will be discussed during a conference held at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland, on 13-14 October 2015. We are inviting proposals for paper presentations (up to 20 minutes long) that will contribute to the conference debate. Themes of presentations, accompanied by paper abstracts (maximum 300 words), should be submitted by May 31, 2015, via e-mail to saevientibus2015@uksw.edu.pl . PDF copies of Paul Vladimiri’s writings (the Latin original with its Polish and English translations) as well as the abstract submission form are available on the conference web page: www.saevientibus2015.pl. Selected presenters will be contacted via e-mail by June 15, 2015 and required to register. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume on the conference theme.

Registration procedure must be completed by September 15, 2015 by paying the conference fee of 100 EURO (or 115 USD; for details, see the Practical Information tab)

The conference fee does not cover accommodation. The organizers may assist participants in making hotel reservations (selected options are presented in the Practical Information tab of the conference web page).

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Law, Territory and Governance (Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia, Compiègne, 15-16 May 2015) DEADLINE 15 APRIL 2015

(the Château de Compiègne, image source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Society for Legal and Institutional History of Flanders, Picardy and Wallonia issued a call for abstracts for its annual conference. This year, the event will take place in Compiègne, seat of a former royal and imperial French palace, on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May. Contributions in English, French or Dutch are welcome, until 15 april 2015.

Abstracts outside the main conference theme can be presented in a separate session. Summary:

Les journées internationales d'histoire du droit et des institutions de notre société auront lieu cette année à Compiègne (France), du 15 au 16 mai 2015, à l'invitation de notre collègue Catherine Lecomte, professeur à l’université de Versailles – Saint-Quentin et présidente honoraire de notre société. Le thème qui a été retenu par le bureau est le suivant : « Droit, territoire et gouvernance ». Ce thème principal n’exclut pas naturellement la possibilité de communiquer sur d’autres sujets d’histoire du droit, de la justice et des institutions, une demi-journée étant prévue pour des contributions hors thème. Les interventions peuvent être faites en français, anglais ou néerlandais, mais dans ce dernier cas la communication devra être accompagnée d’un résumé en français ou en anglais.

Nous vous serions reconnaissants de bien vouloir nous faire parvenir à l’adresse donnée ci-dessous votre proposition de communication munie d’un titre précis, cela avant le 15 avril 2015, afin de nous permettre de dresser le programme du colloque et de le diffuser largement dans les milieux scientifiques.

Les séances de travail se dérouleront le vendredi 15 mai et le samedi 16 mai, à l’Université de technologie de Compiègne (Amphithéâtre L 103, Rue du Docteur Schweitzer, à 60200 Compiègne). Les déjeuners du vendredi et du samedi auront lieu à la même adresse que les séances de travail.

Practical information:

Conference venue: Amphithéâtre L 103, Rue du Docteur Schweitzer, 60200 COMPIÈGNE
Participants can register for € 25. Lunch on Friday or Saturday costs € 15. The more elaborate dinner on Friday evening € 50. Participants can register until 30 april 2015.

Contact:

Prof. dr. Christian Pfister
Rue Saint-Henri, 43 59110 LA MADELEINE (France)
pfisterlanganay at orange.fr

CALL FOR COOPERATION: Appel comme d'abus ('appeal as from abuse') (aca.hypotheses.org)

(the Le Bret family, members of the Aix en Provence parliament, portrayed by Rigaud; source: vikidia.org)

 
Dr. Anne Bozon (Université Paris-VIII, MCF Early Modern History) and Dr. Caroline Galland (Université Paris X Nanterre, MCF Early Modern History) launch an open appeal for cooperation on the theme Appel comme d'abus, an early modern procedural mean for the King of France's sovereign courts to establish his jurisdiction in cases treated by ecclesiastical judges.

The platform text reads as follows (source: aca.hypotheses.org):

 L’inégalité d’accès aux droits est constitutive de la société française d’Ancien Régime, dont tout le fonctionnement est fondé sur le privilège. Dans le domaine judiciaire, cette inégalité se traduit par la pluralité des instances de répression, de régulation sociale et de résolution des conflits : les Parlements coexistent non seulement avec d’autres tribunaux de niveau inférieur, mais aussi avec des justices seigneuriales et ecclésiastiques. Ordre privilégié par excellence, le clergé dispose d’un pouvoir de juridiction et possède ses propres tribunaux, les officialités, lesquelles ont compétence dans les affaires de discipline ecclésiastique, ainsi que dans les matières qui relèvent du spirituel : mariages, testaments, vœux de religion, office divin, etc. L’appel comme d’abus, apparu dans les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge, est un moyen d’utiliser le pluralisme juridique pour remettre en cause une décision émanant d’une officialité ou d’une instance ecclésiastique, et la porter devant les tribunaux royaux. Dans un certain nombre de cas (violation des lois, atteintes aux libertés de l’Église gallicane, incompétence de l’official), les Parlements sont amenés à reconnaître l’abus dans les causes portées devant eux, et à renvoyer l’affaire devant un juge compétent pour un nouveau procès. Cela suppose un travail de définition, de délimitation et d’élucidation. L’appel comme d’abus est traditionnellement présenté comme un procédé utilisé par la monarchie pour affirmer son autorité à l’encontre des justices ecclésiastiques, qui perdent nombre de leurs attributions entre le XVe et le XVIIIe siècle. Son étude recoupe donc celle des relations entre l’Église et l’État, et plus particulièrement la question du gallicanisme. Mais un examen plus approfondi des affaires dans lesquelles il est utilisé montrent que l’appel comme d’abus fonctionne de manière plus subtile et complexe, et qu’il met en jeu les relations d’autorité à l’intérieur même du clergé. Au-delà de l’étude des fondements théoriques, des origines et du fonctionnement de cet appel, il est nécessaire de mettre en évidence les enjeux historiques multiples que son utilisation soulève. Observer les circonstances et le fonctionnement du recours à cet appel devrait permettre de mieux comprendre le travail quotidien des légistes, le fonctionnement du privilège, la définition même de l’abus, et toutes les difficultés qui peuvent naître de la coexistence entre plusieurs systèmes juridiques.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: La Guerre de l’antiquité au monde contemporain. Droit, institutions, diplomatie, économie et société (Utrecht, 30-31 May 2014)

The Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons, founded in Lille (France) in 1929, unites historians from France, Belgium and the Netherlands in a yearly gathering, rotating every year between these three countries. This year's meeting is scheduled for 30 and 31 May 2014, in the City of Utrecht, which recently celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Treaties of Peace concluded on 11 April 1713.

Fittingly, this year's theme is "War" in legal history, from Antiquity to the Contemporary era, across all sections of society and human behaviour. Contributions can be mailed until 30 April 2014 to prof. Emese von Boné. A registration form for the conference can be found here.

CFP: Judging in the 21st Century, SLS Annual Conference (Nottingham, 9 -12 September 2014)

What: Judging in the 21st Century,  2014 Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference, Call for Papers

Where: School of Law, Law and Social Sciences Building, University of Nottingham, NG7 24D

When: 9 -12 September 2014

Deadline for submitting abstracts: 28 February 2014

All information here

The overall theme of the Conference this year will be Judging in the 21st Century

The Legal History section will meet in the second half of the conference on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September.  They welcome proposals for papers on any issue relating to legal history, including, but not confined to, those addressing this year's conference theme.  Alternatively, if you would like to propose a topic of current interest for a panel or roundtable discussion, please do get in touch to see if this can be arranged.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Juris Diversitas Annual Conference (17-19 July 2014 - Aix-en-Provence, France)

CALL FOR PAPERS

JURIS DIVERSITAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
17 July (evening) to 19 July 2014

Faculty of Law and Political Science –

Aix-Marseille University - Aix-en-Provence, France

COMPARATIVE LAW AND …

Inherently interdisciplinary, the conference’s primary focus will be comparative law’s links to a wide variety of other disciplines and themes (e.g., anthropology, economics, feminism, history, the humanities, legal education, legal philosophy, literature, politics …). Proposals may be theoretical analyses or case studies on the past or present, North or South, East or West …

Proposals may be in either English or in French. Any proposal on comparative law will be considered. Panel proposals are strongly encouraged, as is the participation of doctoral students and scholars from outside of the discipline of law. 

CFP: ASLH Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 6-8 November 2014

What: ASLH Annual Meeting, Call for Proposals

Where: Denver, Colorado

When: November, 6-8, 2014
Deadline: March, 1, 2014

All informations on: http://aslh.net/

The 2014 meeting of the American Society for Legal History (ASLH) will take place in Denver, Colorado, November 6-8, 2014. The ASLH invites proposals on any facet or period of legal history, anywhere in the world. We also encourage thematic proposals that range across traditional chronological or geographical fields. In selecting presenters, the Program Committee will give preference to those who did not present at last year's meeting. Travel grants will be available for presenters in need. These resources will nevertheless be limited, and special priority will be given to presenters traveling from abroad, graduate students, post-docs, and independent scholars. The Program Committee welcomes proposals for both full panels and individual papers, though please note that individual papers are less likely to be accepted. The Program Committee encourages the submission of a variety of different types of panel proposals, including: traditional 3-paper panels (with a separate chair-commentator); incomplete panels lacking either one paper or a chair-commentator (whether 2-paper panels with a chair-commentator, or 3-paper panels without a chair-commentator), which the Committee will try to complete; author-meets-reader panels; and roundtable discussions.