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Appel à articles Varia / Call for Varia articles – Balkanologie

Appel à articles Varia / Call for Varia articles – Balkanologie

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Fondée en 1997, la revue Balkanologie est éditée par l’Association française d’études sur les Balkans et accessible sur OpenEdition Journals. Elle publie deux fois par an des travaux de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales portant sur l’Europe du Sud-Est, espace entendu au sens large comme s’étendant de la Hongrie à la Turquie, depuis l’époque
ottomane jusqu’à nos jours.
Balkanologie lance aujourd’hui un appel à articles Varia. D’une longueur de 50 000 à 80 000 signes (résumés, notes et annexes compris), ces articles écrits en français ou en anglais devront être envoyés au format Word (.docx). Ils ne doivent pas avoir fait l’objet d’une publication antérieure. Ils seront évalués en double aveugle par des spécialistes du domaine travaillant en France ou ailleurs. 
Les consignes relatives à la mise en forme des articles sont consultables ici :
https://journals.openedition.org/balkanologie/309 

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Founded in 1997, Balkanologie is an academic journal published by the Association française d’études sur les Balkans. It is available on OpenEdition Journals. Twice a year, it publishes social sciences and humanities research on Southeast Europe, an area understood in the broadest sense as stretching from Hungary to Turkey, from the Ottoman
era to the present day.
Balkanologie is launching a call for Varia articles. Articles in French or English should be between 50,000 and 80,000 characters in length (including abstracts, notes and appendices) and submitted in Word (.docx) format. They must not have been previously published. They
will be evaluated through a double-blind peer-review by specialists in the field based in France or elsewhere.
Format guidelines for authors can be found here: https://journals.openedition.org/balkanologie/309

EFA- 10/04/2025- #SemMod Associational life as public sociality

10/04/2025- 18.00 EEST

What is a Voluntary Association? Rethinking Associational Life from Southeastern Europe: Concepts, Archives and Perspectives
Seminar #2

Associational life as public sociality: Α research project, a database, a case study

Efi Avdela University of Crete
Despo Kritsotaki Academy of Athens
Dimitra Lampropoulou University of Athens

In collaboration with the CETOBaC, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Modern Greek History Research Center of the Academy of Athens

https://www.efa.gr/events/semmod-10-4-25/

Programme 2025

Hybrid seminar

École française d’Athènes, Didotou 6

Follow online / Suivre en ligne

This seminar engages with the concept of “public sociality”, which encompasses different forms of collective public action, both formal and informal. Based on the research conducted within the project “Forms of public sociality in 20th-century urban Greece: associations, networks of social intervention and collective subjectivities”, the seminar highlights the main theoretical and methodological aspects of “public sociality”, presents the associations’ database created within the aforementioned project, and delves into a more specific paradigm, the case of Greek mental health related associations from the 1950s to the 1980s. With this tripartite structure we intend to flesh out the notion of public sociality and discuss the concepts, sources and methodologies we can use to examine collective identities and action in the 20th century. Among the main themes of the seminar are the meanings of collective subjectivity as envisioned by the subjects themselves and the agents they interacted with; the conceptualisation and transformation of the boundaries between private and public and state and non-state; and the political dimensions of voluntary action.

Séminaire – Voluntary Associations and Social Movements in 20th-Century Yugoslavia

 

What is a Voluntary Association? Rethinking Associational Life from Southeastern Europe: Concepts, Archives and Perspectives
Seminar #1

jeudi 20 mars 2025    
18:00-EET
École française d’Athènes
Didotou 6, Athens, 10680

Beyond Dichotomies: Voluntary Associations and Social Movements in 20th-Century Yugoslavia

Fabio Giomi CNRS, CETOBaC
Melvin Bernard EHESS, CETOBaC
Jovana Papovic EHESS, CETOBaC
Ana Otasevic EHESS, CETOBaC
Lucie Raskin INALCO, CREE

In collaboration with the CETOBaC and the Modern Greek History Research Center of the Academy of Athens

#SemMod
Programme 2025

Abstract

This seminar aims to revisit the research conducted over the past ten years within the CETOBaC Balkans cluster on voluntary associations and social movements. Particular attention will be given to the seminar For a History of Social Movements in Southeastern Europe (19th-20th Century), led for four years at EHESS by Fabio Giomi and Nathalie Clayer, as well as to several publications involving members of the group: Fabio Giomi, Stefano Petrungaro (eds.), Voluntary Associations in Yugoslavia, 1918-1941, European Review of History: Revue européenne d’histoire, Special Issue, 26, 1, 2019; Fabio Giomi, Célia Keren, and Morgane Labbé (eds.), Public and Private Welfare in Modern Europe: Productive Entanglements, Routledge, London, 2022; and Fabio Giomi, Lukas Posselt (eds.), Qu’est-ce qu’une association ? Pratiques volontaires, pratiques documentaires, 1870-1960, 20-21. Revue d’histoire, forthcoming. Building on these works, the seminar organizers will seek to demonstrate, through their respective case studies, how research on Southeastern Europe can contribute to destabilizing several dichotomies that continue to shape global historiography on voluntary associations—such as public-private, East-West, and liberal-illiberal divides.

About the seminar cycle

This seminar cycle aims to bring together a network of scholars at different career stages and institutional affiliations who share a common interest in two key aspects: first, the study of voluntary associations; and second, a regional focus on Southeastern Europe, with particular attention to Greece and the (post-)Yugoslav region in the 20th and 21st centuries. Despite Southeastern Europe’s reputation for being less inclined toward civic engagement, recent research—including our own—has highlighted the central role of voluntary associations (udruženje/удружење or društvo/друштво in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and σύλλογοι or εθελοντικές οργανώσεις in Greek) in shaping social and political life since their emergence in the 19th century. Given the region’s profound socio-political transformations throughout the 20th century—ranging from imperial rule to nation-state formation, from liberal democracy to right-wing dictatorship and to “real socialism”—this project seeks to integrate Southeastern Europe into the global history of associations.
Over the course of three sessions, members of this research network will present recently published and ongoing research on the trajectories of volunteering and associational engagement. We will explore how individuals and groups navigated and shaped these networks over time, focussing on the lived experiences of association members and the interplay between personal agency, institutional structures, and broader social transformations. This seminar cycle aims to foster a dialogue on the key research questions driving participants’ work, the concepts they mobilize, and the sources available for studying associational life.

Appel à communications | Journée d’étude des doctorant·e·s du CETOBaC

Imaginaires cartographiques : Espaces et images de l’Europe centrale et orientale, de la Méditerranée orientale, du Caucase et de l’Asie centrale

Mercredi 11 juin 2025
EHESS, Campus Condorcet, 2 Cours des Humanités, Aubervilliers

Les personnes intéressées pourront soumettre leur proposition jusqu’au 30 mars 2025 par courriel à l’adresse suivante :

<jdcetobac2025(at)gmail.com>

Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, “Made in Turkey II,” (detail), 2,40 x 3,40 m. 2005. Courtesy of the artist

Au XXe siècle, l’effondrement d’empires (ottoman, austro-hongrois, russe/soviétique) ou d’États multiethniques (Yougoslavie) a reconfiguré les territoires de l’Europe centrale et orientale, de la Méditerranée orientale, du Caucase et en Asie centrale. Les (re)délimitations de l’espace ont déplacé des communautés, restreint la mobilité et redessiné des régions, de même que leur réseau de communication. Tout au long de l’histoire, la cartographie n’a pas seulement enregistré les ambitions impérialistes et colonialistes, elle a également joué un rôle crucial dans la construction des nations, à mesure que ces régions se re-définissaient. Bien que les cartes suggèrent un régime visuel basé sur l’abstraction, les expériences vécues et les pratiques incarnées des individus et des communautés affectées par la transformation de ces régions ont refaçonné l’espace de manière différente de ses représentations officielles : les routes migratoires établissant un réseau de lieux autrefois non connectés ; les croquis de mémoire des réfugiés sur leurs patries perdues exprimant des imaginaires cartographiques ; les interventions artistiques dans l’espace évoquant la dérive situationniste, une approche expérientielle de l’espace révélant des connexions et des récits cachés au sein du tissu urbain et social. Ces approches incarnées et phénoménologiques constituent un savoir spatial « situé », tel que l’a introduit Donna Haraway dans son essai fondamental « Les savoirs situés » (1988), ayant un impact significatif sur la discipline de la géographie. Le concept de « savoir situé » a influencé les méthodologies des études spatiales, soulignant comment le savoir géographique reflète souvent des cadres coloniaux, nationalistes, patriarcaux ou capitalistes. De même, l’essor d’un « tournant spatial » dans les études consacrées à l’Europe centrale et orientale, à la Méditerranée orientale, au Caucase et en Asie centrale ouvre la voie à une relecture critique des narrations territoriales et identitaires, tout en valorisant de nouvelles approches multi-situées et décentrées. 

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Atelier méthodes pour les recherches sur l’Europe du Sud-Est 20/02

Atelier méthodologique en ligne pour les doctorant.e.s et jeunes chercheur.e.s qui travaillent sur les Balkans ou l’Europe du Sud-Est plus largement (voir l’affiche ci-dessous). 
L’atelier a lieu en ligne le 20 février à 13h et il est organisé par le RECET de l’Université de Vienne.

 

Ph.D. Research Grant Announcement 2025/26

The Orient-Institut Istanbul is pleased to invite applications for Ph.D. research grants for 2025/26. The purpose of the grant is to provide support for research in Turkey to Ph.D. candidates not living in Turkey.

During the duration of the scholarship no other scholarship may be obtained, and no paid employment positions may be taken.

Grants are preferably available to support research in one of the institute’s research areas, https://oiist.org/en/research-profile/  namely

  1. Musicological research on the Ottoman Empire and Turkey
  2. Narrative sources on Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire
  3. Past and contemporary forms of religious expression in the regions investigated at the OII (since the 11th century)
  4. Turkology (Linguistics and Literary Studies)
  5. Iran
  6. Entanglements between Turkish or Ottoman society, culture and literatures on the one, and Southeast Europe, the Mediterranean, Iran, The Caucasus and Eastern Europe on the other side. The migration of academics and artists is part of this field
  7. Ottoman modernities
  8. Science, Technology, and Society with a topic relating to Turkey

The research grant consists of a monthly stipend of € 1,200 for the duration of usually ten to twelve months. Short term grants of up to 90 days may also be made available. Travel expenses of a journey to and from Turkey will be reimbursed. Start of the scholarship should be at the earliest February 15th, 2025 and at latest September 15th, 2025.

Prospective applicants are expected to hold an M.A. degree in a related academic discipline. As a rule, a complete application is to demonstrate the necessity of conducting research in Istanbul or Turkey at large. If, in exceptional cases, the fellowship is not, or only partially, spent in Istanbul, a close connection to the institute is required. Upon consultation this may also be arranged through supervision by members of the Orient-Institut’s Scientific Advisory Board or other scholars associated with the institute.

Good command of Turkish or another source language necessary for the proposed project is obligatory. As the Orient-Institut Istanbul aims at creating an open and supportive academic environment, grant holders are expected to attend colloquia and conferences organised by the institute and to give a presentation of their own research. Research stays outside Istanbul must be cleared with the institute’s director.

Applications to Prof. Dr. Christoph K. Neumann
Director of the Orient-Institut Istanbul must be submitted via our online application form by January 2nd, 2025. For the reference letter, please share the link https://oiist.org/referenzschreiben-formular/ with the academic supervisor you have asked for a reference letter to upload the reference letter there.

Complete applications must include the following:

  • Cover letter with indication of the desired period of the fellowship
  • CV
  • Outline of the Ph.D./ research project
  • Explanatory statement and research schedule for the stay in Istanbul/Turkey
  • Letter of recommendation written and uploaded by an academic supervisor
  • Copy of M.A. diploma
  • Documentation of proficiency in Turkish or another relevant source language

Gianfranco Bria & Giuseppe Tateo (eds), Vol.19 | N°1 (2024): Special Issue: “Multidisciplinary to Shared Religious Places: Insights from Southeast Europe” in Fieldwork in Religion, 2024

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024): Special Issue: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Shared Religious Places: Insights from Southeast Europe

Parution Balkanologie vol.19 n°1 Varia

Le Comité de rédaction de Balkanologie a le plaisir de vous annoncer la publication du vol. 19 n°1  Varia.

Il y est question du « partage littéraire » entre deux figures du surréalisme serbe et français – Marko Ristić et Louis Aragon – (Biljana Andonovska), des frontières des Balkans à la lumière des expériences migratoires d’écrivain.e.s (Roberto Gómez Martínez), de mobilisation d’artistes dans des luttes environnementales contemporaines en Grèce au prisme géographique des « fronts » (Sylvain Guyot, Véronique André-Lamat, Isabelle Sacareau, Pablo Salinas-Kraljevich), de mobilisation par le régime communiste albanais d’« agitateurs » au plus près des populations (Doan Dani) et, au croisement des études sur le religieux et sur les minorités en migration, de la diaspora bosniaque en France (Dževada Šuško).

Une lecture croisée de Fabrice Jesné et de Egidio Ivetic, ainsi que des comptes rendus d’ouvrages récents par Daniel Baric, Bernard Lory, Anne Madelain viennent compléter le numéro.

Cécile Jouhanneau, Anne Madelain et Detelina Tocheva
Éditorial [Texte intégral]

Varia

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