Doctoral seminar "Experiences of violence in contemporary conflicts" 2025, session 1: "The exercise of violence".

Organised by three doctoral students and a young doctor in history from the MESOPOLHIS laboratory, this seminar aims to programme a monthly event for researchers, post-doctoral fellows, doctoral students and masters students in the humanities and social sciences whose research focuses on Experiences of violence in the context of contemporary conflicts (19th-20th centuries).

The aim of these regular meetings is to provide a forum where post-doctoral and doctoral students can present their current research and receive feedback from researchers and teacher-researchers working on these issues.

Inscription obligatoire au lien suivant (en présentiel à Aix en Provence et en distanciel via Zoom) : https://forms.gle/HLEKcqii4s2e36NF9

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Friday 28 March 2025 | 2pm-4pm | EPS (room 104)

Session 1: "The exercise of violence: specific experiences of violence in times of conflict at the beginning of the 20th century".

Speeches :

• Baptistine Airiau-Bomonta contract doctoral student at Sorbonne University: "The experience of asymmetrical violence: the case of the Antivari naval battle".
• Etienne KoganD. student at the University of Burgundy Europe under joint international supervision with the Autonomous University of Barcelona: "The historian and the actors of violence in the Spanish Civil War

Discussion: Walter Bruyère-Ostells, professeur d’histoire contemporaine à Sciences Po Aix (MESOPOLHIS)

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Don't miss a single session:

• Session 1: "The exercise of violence: particular experiences of violence in times of conflict at the beginning of the 20th century" (Friday 28 March 2025, 2pm-4pm, EPS 104)
• Session 2: "A violent experience without traces? Experiences of violence in times of conflict as captured by victims and carers of mental disorders in the 19th century" (Friday 4 April 2025, 10am-12pm, EPS 105)
• Session 3: "Documenting violence: how and why" (Friday 16 May, 2pm-4pm, EPS room 205)
• Session 4: "The memory of violence in question: places, perceptions and representations of memory in contemporary European conflicts in the 20th century" (Friday 23 May 2025, 2pm-4pm, EPS 105)

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Organising Committee :

• Théo BORELATER in contemporary history, doctoral student in history
• Pauline CHERBONNIERdoctoral student in history
• Victor NATALIZIOdoctoral student in history
• Thomas RAMONDADoctor of History

Reminder of the Call for Papers : click here.