Archive for January 2026
Islam, Middle East and Muslim Worlds 2025 Thesis Prize: congratulations to Audrey Pluta (IISMM Prize) and Lucas Faure (Rémy Leveau Prize)!
The Middle East and Muslim Worlds Scientific Interest Group (GIS MOMM) and the Institute for the Study of Islam and Societies of the Muslim World (IISMM) are pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the Islam, Middle East and Muslim Worlds (IMOMM) Prizes. Following the evaluation of the 66 entries received and the deliberations of the jury, three thematic prizes and...
Read MoreScientific home - Welcome to Erika Greco!
MESOPOLHIS is delighted to welcome Erika Greco from 12 January to 1 June 2026. Erika Greco is a doctoral student in Peace Studies at the University of Rome «La Sapienza», and is joining us on a mobility scheme. Her work falls within the scope of Axis 2, «Migrations, mobilities, circulations», and her referent within the laboratory is...
Read MoreCall for papers - «Perspectives on socialisation at nursery school» study day, 2nd edition, with Eric Plaisance
Deadline for receipt of proposals: Monday 26 January 2026, 12 noon The second «Perspectives sur la socialisation à l'école maternelle» conference will be held at the Campus Condorcet on Monday 9 March 2026, in the presence of Eric Plaisance, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of his book, L'enfant, la maternelle, la société (PUF, 1986). This...
Read MoreSébastien Oliveau - Article in The Conversation: «France depopulating, France growing: a demographic review».»
Article by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, Director of MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Observatoire démographique de la Méditerranée), published on 17 December 2025 on The Conversation media website. While the emphasis this summer was on the observed end of natural demographic growth in France, all...
Read MoreSébastien Oliveau - Talk on France Culture: «Should we be worried about demographic decline?»
Speech by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, Director of the MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Observatoire démographique de la Méditerranée), in the France Culture podcast «Questions du soir: le débat» (Tuesday 2 September 2025).
Read MoreSébastien Oliveau - Article & video in The Conversation: «The end of natural growth in France: should we be worried?»
Article by Sébastien Oliveau, geographer, Director of MSH Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay; Aix-Marseille Université - MESOPOLHIS, DEMOMED (Observatoire démographique de la Méditerranée), published on 23 August 2025 on The Conversation media website. For the first time in a long time, deaths outnumber births in France. Is this really a surprise, or...
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