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CALL FOR PAPERS – 12th InASEA conference : THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INFORMALITY: VERNACULAR GOVERNANCE, CLIENTELISM, AND GREY ECONOMIES IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

12th InASEA conference

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INFORMALITY:
VERNACULAR GOVERNANCE,
CLIENTELISM, AND GREY ECONOMIES IN
SOUTHEAST EUROPE

8-11 OCTOBER 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS

Organisers:
The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology,
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
“Sts. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje

ABOUT THE TOPIC

Across Southeast Europe, public life is deeply shaped by practices that exist beyond the boundaries of formal institutions and legal definitions: informal arrangements, clientelist networks, personalized governance, and grey economic activities. Rather than viewing these phenomena as mere dysfunctions or residues of underdevelopment, this conference seeks to explore them as deeply embedded, historically situated, and socially meaningful practices.

This event brings together scholars, researchers, and practitioners to reflect on the social life of informality — how people navigate institutions, forge relationships, and secure livelihoods through alternative and often vernacular forms of organization. Informality, clientelism, and the grey economy are not simply exceptions to the rule of law; they are part of the rule’s lived reality, coexisting with formal systems in ways that are often adaptive, ambivalent, and ethically complex.

Too often, dominant policy discourses impose singular and moralizing definitions of these practices, overlooking the local logics, cultural histories, and everyday negotiations through which they emerge. This conference invites us to move beyond normative frameworks and toward a more anthropological and ethnographically grounded understanding — one that centers lived experience, historical depth, and moral reasoning.

By tracing how governance actually functions in everyday life — in homes, markets, offices, neighborhoods, and kinship networks — we can better understand the vernacular forms of statehood, legitimacy, and cooperation that sustain social life in times of uncertainty and
institutional fragility.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We welcome contributions that explore the ambiguous and situated nature of informality, clientelism, and grey economies, especially through qualitative, ethnographic, and historically informed approaches. We are interested in how these practices are shaped by and shape social
relations, moral economies, and historical memory, as well as how they relate to broader processes of transition, globalization, and digital transformation.

Submissions may focus on any part of Southeast Europe, and comparative or transregional perspectives are encouraged.

Key Themes (suggested, but not limited to):

Ethnographies of informality: how people solve problems, navigate bureaucracy, and build networks in everyday life.
Clientelist arrangements: political loyalty, social obligation, and personalized systems of exchange.

Grey economic activity: informal labor, hybrid livelihoods, and everyday entrepreneurship in precarious contexts.

Moral economies and vernacular ethics: how people define fairness, obligation, and legitimacy in informal transactions.

Historical legacies: how socialist, imperial, or post-conflict histories continue to shape informal governance.

Discretion, negotiation, and workaround cultures in public administration and social services.

Kinship, friendship, and local solidarities as foundations of informal systems.

Digital transformations of informality: new platforms, apps, and networks for informal exchange.

Urban space and informality: housing, infrastructure, and informal urban planning.
Everyday engagements with the state: how the state is interpreted, invoked, or circumvented.

Gendered and generational dimensions of informal life and economic survival.

Beyond binaries: challenging the dichotomy between formal and informal, legal and illegal, modern and traditional.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words, clearly outlining the research question, approach, and key insights.
Please include a short biographical note (max 150 words) for each author.

We welcome submissions from early-career scholars, doctoral researchers, and practitioner-researchers, alongside established academics.

Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.
For panel submission: title of the panel, names of panellists (no more than four panellists per
panel), abstracts of each panellist (no more than 300 words), and their short biographies (no
more than 100 words).

Submission Deadline: 27 February 2026
Notification of Acceptance: 27 April 2026

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The conference will feature keynote lectures, thematic panels, and roundtable discussions
designed to foster open, interdisciplinary exchange. Select contributions may be invited for
inclusion in a special journal issue or an edited volume on informality, clientelism, and
everyday governance in Southeast Europe.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For abstract submissions and inquiries, please contact: inasea2000@gmail.com
For updates and full conference details: Dushica Brachikj and Aleksandar Meshkov
inasea2000@gmail.com

REVIEWING COMMITTEE

Elena Barbulescu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nebi Bardhoshi, Tiranë, Albania
Alenka Bartulović, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Danijela Birt Katić, Zadar, Croatia
Ioannis Manos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Robert Pichler, Viena, Austria
Ljupcho S. Risteski, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Ljupcho S. Risteski, President of the Committee, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Mirjana Mirchevska, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Ilina Jakimovska, Head of IEA, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Davorin Trpeski, Dean of FNSM, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Ana Ashtalkovska Gajtanoska, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Ines Crvenkovska Risteska, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Viktor Trajanovski, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

CONFERENCE SECRETARIES
Dushica Brachikj, IEA, FNSM, UKIM, Republic of North Macedonia
Aleksandar Meshkov, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

CONFERENCE FEE

InASEA members who have paid their membership dues for the past two years will be asked to pay an on-site only Conference fee of 40 EUR.

Non-InASEA members and members who have not paid their dues will be asked to pay an on-site Conference fee of:

80 EUR for participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece,
Kosova, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey; 120 EUR for participants from all other countries.

For all participants who have paid the Conference fee, the conference organizers will cover full accommodation and meals during the Conference.

For conference participants who do not require accommodation and meals, the conference
fee is 40 EUR.

ACCOMMODATION SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Co-financing of accommodation and travel costs will be available for young scholars (Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers up to the age of 35) who are not employed and do not have access to other funding sources (e.g., project funds). Eligible applicants may receive
financial support up to a maximum of 150 EUR.

The final decision will be made by the Organizing Committee.

Appel à contributions – European Journal of Turkish Studies, Fabrique sociale de la mort et nécropolitique en Turquie : encadrer, réguler, invisibiliser

Appel à contributions – European Journal of Turkish Studies,Fabrique sociale de la mort et nécropolitique en Turquie : encadrer, réguler, invisibiliser
Édité par Julie Alev Dilmaç et Seçil Doğuç Ergin
  • Réception des résumés d’intentions : 9 février 2026
  • Retour aux auteur.e.s : 2 mars 2026
  • Soumission des articles attendue pour le : 1er juin 2026
  • Envoi des évaluations aux auteur.e.s : 1er Septembre 2026 Retour des textes révisés attendu pour : Octobre 2026.
Ce volume analyse les modalités par lesquelles la mort est encadrée, régulée et politisée en Turquie, et interroge la pertinence de la notion de nécropolitique dans le cas turc. Il examine, à différentes échelles d’analyse, le rôle de l’État dans les pratiques rituelles, la gestion des corps et l’organisation des espaces funéraires — qu’il s’agisse de morts individuelles ou collectives — ainsi que dans la production de hiérarchies entre morts jugés dignes de deuil et morts relégués dans l’invisibilité, tout en éclairant l’émergence d’un nouveau régime de mort : la mort civile.

Modalités de soumission

Les personnes intéressées sont invité.e.s à soumettre un résumé d’intention d’une page et demie maximum (en français ou en anglais), comprenant :

  • un titre provisoire ;
  • une présentation claire de la problématique de recherche en lien avec la Turquie contemporaine ;
  • les principaux matériaux ou corpus sur lesquels s’appuieront les analyses ; • les objectifs poursuivis, faisant apparaître, le cas échéant, une structure d’article encore provisoire ou potentielle ;
  • ainsi qu’une courte bibliographie indicative (5 références maximum).
  • Les résumés devront être envoyés en format Word ou PDF, accompagnés d’une notice biographique succincte (5 lignes maximum), d’ici le 9 février 2026.

Pour toute information concernant le numéro spécial, et pour soumettre résumés et article, écrire à jadilmac@hotmail.com et secildoguc@gmail.com.

Call for applications – Spring School : Imperial Seas

Please find here the call for applications regarding the spring school Imperial Seas: Space and Societies from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Places of memory, heritage, material and immaterial traces, organised by the EFA, the EFR, the CETOBaC, TELEMMe, Galatasaray University, the IFEA, ANAMED and IMS-FORTH that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 7–11 September 2026

Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026

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Vous trouverez ici l’appel à candidature pour le séminaire de formation doctorale Imperial Seas: Space and Societies from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Places of memory, heritage, material and immaterial traces, organisé par l’EFA, l’EFR, lCETOBaC, TELEMMe, l’Université Galatasaray, l’IFEA, ANAMED and IMS-FORTH qui se tiendra à Istanbul, Turquie, du 7 au 11 septembre 2026.

Date limite pour le dépôt de candidature : 31 janvier 2026

Parution Balkanologie vol 20, n°1 Christianisme orthodoxe

 

Christianisme orthodoxe de Russie et d’Ukraine en Europe du Sud-Est : transferts, interactions, conflits

(English below)

Le dossier thématique vol. 20 n°1, octobre 2025, Christianisme orthodoxe de Russie et d’Ukraine en Europe du Sud-Est : transferts, interactions, conflits, dirigé par Detelina Tocheva, part de la double actualité de la guerre de la Russie contre l’Ukraine et de l’octroi de l’autocéphalie à l’Église orthodoxe d’Ukraine afin d’éclairer les rapports du christianisme orthodoxe de Russie et d’Ukraine avec celui d’Europe du Sud-Est grâce à une démarche historique et anthropologique. Il propose une introduction (Detelina Tocheva), cinq articles (le premier est co-écrit par Ana Dumitran, Roksolana Kosiv, Bogdan Ilieș et Andrei Buda, les autres sont individuels, écrits par Kira Kaurinkoski, Goran Sekulovski, Katerina Seraïdari et Detelina Tocheva) et quatre comptes rendus de lecture (Fabio Giomi, Detelina Tocheva, Bernard Lory, Oriane Girard), dont trois sont liés à la thématique du dossier.

 Nous vous souhaitons une agréable lecture !

 

Orthodox Christianity of Russia and Ukraine in Southeastern Europe: Transfers, Interactions, Conflicts

 

The thematic dossier vol. 20 n. 1, October 2025, Orthodox Christianity of Russia and Ukraine in Southeastern Europe: Transfers, Interactions, Conflicts, edited by Detelina Tocheva, starts from two topical events, Russia’s war against Ukraine and the granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, in order to shed light on the relations between Orthodox Christianity of Russia and Ukraine and that of Southeastern Europe through a historical and anthropological approach. It offers an introduction (Detelina Tocheva), five articles (the first one is co-authored by Ana Dumitran, Roksolana Kosiv, Bogdan Ilieș and Andrei Buda, four are individual articles written by Kira Kaurinkoski, Goran Sekulovski, Katerina Seraïdari and Detelina Tocheva) and four book reviews (Fabio Giomi, Detelina Tocheva, Bernard Lory, Oriane Girard), three of which address the theme of the dossier.

Enjoy reading!

 

Balkanologie. Revue d’études pluridisciplinaires a été fondée en 1997. Editée par l’AFEBalk – Association française d’études sur les Balkans, la revue de sciences humaines et sociales publie deux numéros par an, en accès libre sur la plateforme OpenEdition où sont aussi à disposition tous les numéros parus depuis 1997.  Par leur composition, le comité de rédaction et le comité scientifique reflètent la diversité des disciplines et celle des approches qui nourrissent la production sur les Balkans en sciences sociales. La revue publie des articles et des comptes rendus en français et en anglais.

Les propositions d’articles, de dossiers thématiques et de comptes rendus peuvent être envoyées à l’adresse balkanologie@gmail.com.

Vous souhaitant  une bonne lecture  !

 Detelina Tocheva, Anne Madelain  et le comité de rédaction de la revue

Hans-Lukas Kieser, Khatchig Mouradian – The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire

Hans-Lukas Kieser (Anthology Editor) , Khatchig Mouradian (Anthology Editor), The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire. History and legacy, Bloomsbury Publishing, I B Tauris Handbooks, 2025, 792 p., £94.50

Description

Drawing on contributions from fifty established and emerging academics, The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire explores the scholarship that has emerged in recent decades on the Late Ottoman period and its legacies.
Seven chronological sections, featuring thirty-four chapters and eight supplementary essays, guides the reader from the late eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century.

The first two sections cover the Ottoman Empire before the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. Section III addresses diachronic topics from Arab and Kurdish nationalism to missionaries and Zionism. Sections IV and V examine the post-1908 period, marked by the Young Turks’ rise (specifically the Committee of Union and Progress), the Great War, and mass violence. Section VI discusses the post-Great War treaty system and its lasting impact, while Section VII explores post-Ottoman realities entangled with the late Ottoman legacy.

The volume includes two bibliographies, a chronology of political events, and an incisive afterword on the state of the field. Surveying scholarship and its interdisciplinary dimensions, and highlighting mass violence as a formative force in the region’s history, this handbook serves as a reference for researchers, diplomats, students, and general readers.

Table of Contents

Continuer la lecture de Hans-Lukas Kieser, Khatchig Mouradian – The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire

#regardscroises The Musical Landscape of Smyrna through the Greek Estudiantinas

The Musical Landscape of Smyrna through the Greek Estudiantinas

Nikos Ordoulidis Early Recordings Association, University of Surrey
Invited by Dimitris Gianniodis École française d’Athènes

The lecture will be held in English

vendredi 5 décembre 2025    
0:00-EET
École française d’Athènes
Didotou 6, Athens, 10680

This lecture explores the musical landscape of Smyrna in the early twentieth century, focusing on the Greek estudiantinas as a central phenomenon of an urban cosmopolitanism that developed within a milieu of multiple cultural references. Drawing on evidence from historical recordings, literature, and the press, it highlights a dynamic field in which musicians drew inspiration from the Spanish tradition of estudiantinas and transformed it into a Greek-speaking soundscape code, grounded in aesthetic intersections stretching from the Mediterranean to the Balkans and Central Europe. Smyrna, as a quintessential site of cultural transformation, functioned as a hub of multiple circulations, where Greek musicians actively contributed to shaping a global musical network. The lecture proposes to view the estudiantinas as carriers of a polymorphic artistic creation, situated in one of the most emblematic locales east of the Aegean, shortly before the Catastrophe of 1922.

Alevi Archive: Ethnohistory of Alevi Communities in Anatolia, 16th–20th Century | Deadline: 30/11/2025

Source : https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/

Date-limite/Deadline : 30/11/2025

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For the project Alevi Archive: Ethnohistory of Alevi Communities in Anatolia, 16th–20th Century we announce the following positions:

The project will reconstruct the only scarcely explored ethnohistory of the Alevis in Anatolia, focusing on the period from the 16th to the 20th century. It will examine settlement dynamics and the processes of community-building among Alevi groups, as well as their complex relationships with the state, Sunni Muslims, and non-Muslims. Combining a range of methods based on previously unconnected sources—including Ottoman archives, Alevi manuscripts, oral traditions, and material culture—a comprehensive virtual research environment will be developed. This environment will enable the reconstruction of the development of Alevi communities within the context of Ottoman social and religious history from the Early Modern Period to the Modern Era.

A la poursuite de radiotočka ! Lancement de la série

Disponible sur/Available on Arteradio, Deezer, Soundcloud.

Un ethnologue français part en Bulgarie sur la piste d’une radio communiste disparue…
A partir de 1947, la Bulgarie s’équipe massivement en matériel de diffusion radiophonique, sous l’influence de l’Union Soviétique : apparait alors un récepteur câblé monocanal, appelé radiotočka (радиоточка). Présent dans les maisons privées, l’espace public et différents bâtiments institutionnels, ce “point radio” diffusait les émissions nationales et des programmes locaux, entre information et propagande.
Que reste-t-il de radiotočka ? Quelle était sa portée auprès des gens ? De quoi est faite la mémoire sonore du communisme en Bulgarie ? Quelles en sont les voix, les musiques, les ambiances, les textures ? Entre réalité et fiction, documentaire et imaginaire, recherche et
création, cette série embarque l’auditeur dans une enquête ethnographique aussi originale que
surprenante.

Olivier Givre : recherche – prise de son – écriture – traduction – voix.
Raphaël Cordray : réalisation – prise de son – montage – mixage – musique – voix.
Voix : Annie Cordray, Aurélie Darbouret, Damien Faure, Dusan Kazic, Rodica Pausan, Christo Popov, Ekaterina
Shakarova, Maria Stoeva.
Remerciements : Zdravko Gueorguiev, Svilen Kostadinov, Krassimira Krastanova, Velio Isaev, Zahari Milenkov,
Roumyana Nikolova, Anton Orush, Anna Papuktchieva†, Petya Platchkova, Antoineta Radoslavova-Doitcheva,
Maria Slavtcheva, Meglena Zlatkova et toutes les personnes rencontrées lors de cette enquête.

Marina Chauliac, Annie Cordray, Aurélie Darbouret, Damien Faure, Dusan Kazic, Claire Mandon, Eugenia Maximova,
Rodica Pausan, Maya Pelovska, Christo Popov, Ekaterina Shakarova, Maria Stoeva et toutes les personnes
ayant contribué à ce projet. Merci aux contributeurs KissKissBankBank !
Les enregistrements radiophoniques utilisés dans cette œuvre ont été gracieusement mis à disposition par la
Radio Nationale Bulgare.
Avec le soutien financier de l’Université Lumière-Lyon2 – direction science & société, direction recherche et
études doctorales, CNRS Sciences Humaines & Sociales – programme de soutien aux sciences partagées,
l’Ecole Française d’Athènes, l’UMR EVS – CNRS 5600.
Avec le concours de la Compagnie Microphone, la Radio Nationale Bulgare, la Fabrique des Ecritures
Ethnographiques, Radio France Internationale, le réseau CREABALK-Creative Balkans.