MESOPOLHIS 2026 days

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

☀️ On the programme:

Lundi 15 juin 2026, Mmsh, salles PAF & 1 (Aix-en-Provence)

9am: welcome coffee
9h15 : assemblée générale des doctorant·es
10.45: coffee break
11h : présentation et discussion des travaux de nos doctorant·es (panel n°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
12.30pm: lunch break
14h : réunion de bienvenue
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 (salle 1)
17h : rafraîchissements

Mardi 16 juin 2026, Iméra, Maison des astronomes (Marseille)

9h15 : présentation et discussion des travaux de nos doctorant·es (panel n°2)
→ Joaquim Axelrad : «Public action and children's socialisation: what social relationships run through Marseille's after-school services?» - 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 : «Earning money and making art useful: artistic intervention, a moral economy among modest visual artists«.» - Discussant : Claire Bénit
10h30 : pause café
10h45 : 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)
12h15 : pause déjeuner
13h45 : présentation et discussion des travaux de nos doctorant·es (panel n°3)
→ 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)» - Discussant: Lucas Faure
→ 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».» - Discussant : Seçil Dağtaş (Iméra)
→ Enzo Vidal-Sohy : « Enseigner dans le supérieur privé en science politique. Entre stratégies institutionnelles et opportunités de carrières, les trajectoires d’enseignant.es au prisme de la marchandisation » - Discussant : Dorota Dakowska
→ Anna Bonnin : «Loving relationships among unaccompanied minors: ethical issues and methodological difficulties in a so-called sensitive field».» - Discussant : Ariane Richard-Bossez
3.15pm: coffee break
15h30 - 17h : workshop on research ethics, led by Magali Nonjon and Anne Tricot – Invitée : Audrey Calvo (coordinatrice du comité d’éthique AMU)

Mercredi 17 juin 2026, EPS, salle 003 & bibliothèque de recherche (Aix-en-Provence)

9h15 : présentation et discussion des travaux de nos doctorant·es (panel n°4)
→ Kaan Doganok : «Topographies of anonymity: the necrotopographies 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 (Telemme) (Bibliothèque de recherche)
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 : remise des prix aux nouvelles et nouveaux docteur·es
18h30 : musical aperitif and dinner