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Links to exercises (writing commentaries, résumés
and abstracts...)
N.B.: students and other users interested
in locating film analysis tools should refer to our filmsite
page created for the CAPES/Agrégation exams (click
here). For advice and exercises on the methodology of
research, we recommend Martin Maner's The Research Process:
a complete guide and reference for writers (Boston: McGraw-Hill).
Current edition is the 2nd ed. published in 2000.
CAPES/Agrégation
2010 : this
page is dedicated to the preparation of the civilization questions
for these national competitive examinations — bibliographies
and recent publications not listed on the official bibliographies,
announcements of workshops and conferences, documents available
at the American Library in Nancy, etc. It is currently undergoing
reconstruction.
American Library in Nancy: information and activities
Click here for the
information page of the American Library, which is currently
being housed on our site.
Other programs of interest
Information will be posted here as it is received.
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CRESAB
workshops/conferences, past, present & future (click here
to see list of past conferences):
Upcoming conference 10-11 September 2010: Nationalism and Legitimacy
The notion of legitimacy is essential
to the study of nationalism. As Anthony D. Smith has argued,
"For nationalists, the nation is the sole criterion of
legitimate government and political community. [...] [T]oday
no state possesses legitimacy which does not also claim to represent
the will of the 'nation', even where there is as yet patently
no nation for it to represent."
This conference seeks
to examine the evolution of legitimacy of the nation-state in
the con-temporary world. Notably, we wish to consider how successfully,
and in what ways, nation-states (re)define themselves in order
to maintain this legitimacy, the ways in which nations and nation-states
may reinforce one another's legitimacy and the extent to which
this legiti-macy may be strengthened or undermined by supranational
bodies.
The conference will include keynote addresses by leading scholars
in the field: John Breuilly and John Hutchinson, of the London
School of Economics,as well as panel sessions for the presentation
of papers exploring aspects of the relationship between nationalism
and legiti-macy. Suggested themes include, but are not limited
to:
* The impact of globalization, immigration, and ethnic relations
on the legitimacy of nation- states
* Socio-economic aspects of national legitimacy
* The perceived legitimacy of supranational bodies
Both theoretical and empirical approaches are welcome.
The primary focus of the conference will be on the English-speaking
world, but we will also consider submissions concerning other
geographical regions.
Please send proposals of no more than 500 words by 1 April 2010
to:
colloque-cresab@univ-nancy2.fr
Papers submitted to the conference
will be considered for publication. Please note that the CRESAB
cannot cover travel and accommodation costs. Presenters are
expected to register for the conference. Further enquiries are
welcome at colloque-cresab@univ-nancy2.fr
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CRESAB
seminars for 2009/2010
N.B.: the General Assembly of the CRESAB was held
on Oct. 9
27 November: seminar on "Identité nationale
et emploi: lorsque l'accès et la vie au travail interfèrent
avec la thématique de l'identité" (Roseline
Théron), 18:00, room J09
15
January 2010,
17:00, room J09: in preparation for the September conference,
the first in a series of round table discussions on the subject
of nationalism and legitimacy. Click
here for the text of the article under discussion (Peter
Stillman, "Concept of Legitimacy")
29 January, 17:00, J09: reprise of the 15 January discussion.
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Beginning with Feb. 12, the seminars will deal with the historical
background of the concepts of legitimacy and nationalism.
Program
of the historical background seminars.
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12 February, 17:00, A-020: second in the series of round
table discussions on nationalism and legitimacy, specifically
on the historical roots of the theories (Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth
theories).
G.R. Elton, The Tudor
Constitution, pp. 1-2 & 12-17
David Armitage, Shakespeare
and Early Modern Political Thought, pp. 26-28
J.P. Kenroy, The
Stuart Constitution, pp. 7-23
Perez Zagorin, A History of Political Thought In the English
Revolution, Extract
1 (Richard Overton, a Leveller), Extract
2 (Robert Filmer, a Royalist)
12 March, 17:00, room J09: Hobbes
and Locke (see Program
for links to texts online)
29 March, 18:00, room J09: Richard
Somerset will discuss "The World Before the Deluge: the
transformation of a classic of popular science" (seminar
organised jointly with the group "Itinéraires du
Texte et du Livre" on the subject of recyling of texts
in the social and political contexts.
26
April , 18:00, room J09: David Ten Eyck will discuss "The
Political Packaging of Poetic Texts: the case of Ezra Pound's
Fascist propaganda" (seminar organised jointly with "Itinéraires
du Texte et du Livre").
The
next seminars on nationalism and legitimacy will be announced
as soon as their dates are known.
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Living Archives
n° 9 & n° 10 (TS) on line
