MESOPOLHIS 2026 days

The MESOPOLHIS days will take place from Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 June 2026!

☀️ On the programme:

Monday 15 June 2026, Mmsh, PAF room (Aix-en-Provence)

9am: welcome coffee
9h15 : general meeting of doctoral students
10.45: coffee break
11h : presentation and discussion of the work of our doctoral students (panel 1))
→ Grégoire Soria-Métais : «The European challenge in Serbia: the use of Europe as a source of authoritarian drift».» - Discussant: Théotime Chabre
→ Hélène Franc : «From colony to diplomatic partner: Franco-Algerian cooperation as a solution or a condition for Algerian independence (1962-1965)».» - Discussant: Philippe Aldrin
→ Philémon Mallet : «Making or breaking the border? Practices, ambiguities and dilemmas of activists grappling with the Bulgarian-Turkish border».» - Discussant: Théotime Chabre
→ Alessandro Cecchini : «Franco-Italian attempts to neutralise Malta and the management of Mediterranean competition (1971-1981)».» - Discussant: Philippe Aldrin
12.30pm: lunch break
14h : welcome meeting + quiz
15h : round table discussion on the book by Lucas Faure, Muslim humanitarian NGOs in France. Religious governance in the social sphere (Le Cavalier Bleu Editions, 2026), hosted by Dilek Yankaya
Discussant: Timothy Peace, University of Glasgow
16h30 : opening of the poster exhibition
5pm: refreshments

Tuesday 16 June 2026, Iméra (Marseille)

9h15 : presentation and discussion of the work of our doctoral students (panel no. 2)
→ Joaquim Axelrad : «Situations d'éducation et modalités de socialisation: étudier les attitudes enfantines face au périscolaire» (Educational situations and methods of socialisation: studying children's attitudes to after-school care).» - Discussant : Claire Bénit
→ Maia Tahiri : «In what way does the cultural consumption of French executives from Moroccan immigrant backgrounds reflect a transnational social belonging that can be described as European-Arab?» - Discussant : Ariane Richard Bossez
→ Appoline Haquet : « « Gagner des sous et rendre l’art utile » : l’intervention artistique, une économie morale chez les artistes plasticiens modestes » - Discussant : Claire Bénit
→ Anna Bonnin : «Amours en route et en déroute. Romantic relationships among MNAs in Marseille. Ethical issues and methodological difficulties».» - Discussant : Ariane Richard-Bossez
10.45: coffee break
11h : workshop on «The Quai d'Orsay archives and their implications for SHS research», led by Nicolas Badalassi and Jean-Philippe Dumas, Curator of the Diplomatic Archives (La Courneuve)
12.30pm: lunch break
14h : presentation and discussion of the work of our doctoral students (panel no.3)
→ Teoman Gonën : « « Que gouvernent ceux qui se sont mobilisés pendant le séisme ». Disaster and transformations in the registers of political legitimacy in a disaster-stricken district in Turkey».»
→ Enzo Vidal-Sohy : «Teaching in private higher education in political science. Between identity compromises and career opportunities, the trajectories of young teachers through the prism of the commodification of a discipline».»
→ Maxime Charcosset : «Participating without deciding? Struggles and power relations around the rise of citizen participation instruments during E. Macron's five-year term (2017-2022)»
Discussants: Lucas Faure and [coming soon]
3.15pm: coffee break
15h30 - 17h : workshop on research ethics, led by Magali Nonjon and Anne Tricot

Wednesday 17 June 2026, EPS, room 003 (Aix-en-Provence)

9h15 : presentation and discussion of the work of our doctoral students (panel no. 4)
→ Kaan Doganok : «Topographies of anonymity: a necropolitical reading of the urban through the cemeteries of Istanbul and Ankara».» - Discussant: Benoît Pouget
→ Arnaud Massat : «Les bases de la Marine nationale en outre-mer à l'épreuve de la Seconde Guerre mondiale: un réseau logistique et stratégique global... au service de qui?» (The French Navy's overseas bases put to the test during the Second World War: a global logistical and strategic network... in whose service?» - Discussant : Claire Miot
→ Coralie Tauleigne :«Un soldat pas si inconnu. Identifying the French unknown soldier of the Korean War (1950-1953): between historical investigation and political-memorial issues».» - Discussant: Benoît Pouget
→ Jean-Luc Cotard : «Writing the biography of a general: reflections on the genesis and development of an academic work».» - Discussant : Claire Miot
10.45: coffee break
11h : graphic novel workshop led by Emilie David and Jérémie Foa (in the EPS research library)
12.30pm: lunch break
14h : conference by Frédéric Monier on political corruption - More information on his book Dishonest power. Public corruption in France, 18th-20th centuries (Champ Vallon, 2025)
3.30pm: coffee break
15h45 : general meeting
18h : awards ceremony for new doctors and winners of the poster competition
18h30 : musical aperitif and dinner