Maison française d'Oxford
Thursday 4 & Friday 5 June
Political Rituals
International Conference
Thursday 4 June, Maison Française d'Oxford
Political Rituals
International Conference
Thursday 4 June, Maison Française d'Oxford
9.30 : Welcome address by Luc Borot, Director of the Maison Française d'Oxford
9:45 : Introduction by Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, Oxford.
9:45 : Introduction by Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, Oxford.
Morning session
Chair: Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, University of Oxford
- Jeroen Duindam, University of Gröningen, Ceremonies and Dynastic Power in Vienna and Istanbul
- Luc Borot, MFO, Republican Virtue and Utopian Rituals in James Harrington's Oceana (1656)
- Marine Roussillon, MFO, Court Feast: A way of domesticating the nobility?
Afternoon session
Chair: Luc Borot, MFO
- Marc Stears, University College, Oxford, Festivals of Freedom: Citizenship, character and the rhythm of democratic life
- Emmanuel Fureix, Université Paris XII, Rites et conflits politiques: deuils publics à Paris à l'âge romantique, 1814-1840
- Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, University of Oxford, Gaullist rituals in France since 1945
- Pierre-Yves Baudot, Université Paris X, The Meanings of a Formula: To Grant « National Funeral » - Uncertain categorisations and the institution of Republican funeral honours (France, 1877-2008)
Friday 5 June,
Department of Politics and International Relations, Seminar Room C, Manor Road Building Morning Session
Chair: Jean-Pascal Daloz, CNRS-MFO
- Harald Wydra, St Catherine's College, Cambridge, Ritual Initiations of Democracy
- Antoine Mandret-Degeuilh, Sciences Po, Paris, Political Rites as an Operational Concept
- François Foret, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Symbols and Rituals of the European Union
- Denis Fleurdorge, Université de Montpellier, Les rituels du président de la République française: Sociogenèse et fonctionnalité des formes de représentation du Pouvoir
Convenors:
- Jean-Pascal Daloz, CNRS/MFO & Department of Politics & International Relations
- Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College & Department of Politics & International Relations
With the support of Oxford-Sciences Po Research Group in Social Sciences (OXPO)
and the Department of Politics and International Relations.
and the Department of Politics and International Relations.
To register please contact Annabelle Allouch at annabelle.allouch@sciences-po.org
Information pratiques - Contact:
Maison Française d'Oxford
2-10 Norham Road, OX2 6SE, Oxford
Tel 01865 274 220
Fax 01865 274 225
email: maison@herald.ox.ac.ukSource: http://www.mfo.ac.uk/en/node/779
