Doctoral seminar "Experiences of violence in contemporary conflicts" 2025, session 2: "A violent experience without traces?"

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).

Registration required at the following link (face-to-face in Aix en Provence and distance learning via Zoom): https://forms.gle/HLEKcqii4s2e36NF9

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Friday 4 April 2025 | 10am-12pm | EPS (room 105)

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".

Speeches :

• Laurine DrutPhD student at the University of Burgundy, LIR3S UMR 7366 : "Napoleonic soldiers: experience of violence and treatment of psychological wounds
• Agathe Meridjen doctoral student and archivist, Université Paris Nanterre, ISP UMR 7220, Archives départementales du Val-de-Marne : "La guerre à l'asile : violences vécues, dites et tues dans les archives de la Maison de Charenton (1870-1871)" (War in the asylum: violence experienced, said and hushed up in the archives of the Maison de Charenton (1870-1871))

Discussion: Isabelle RenaudetProfessor of Contemporary History at the University of Aix-Marseille, Telemme UMR 7303

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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.