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Périodisations historiques et synchronies imaginaires 1er colloque de l’ANR PASSIM 12-13 mars 2026, Université d’Artois, Arras Coordonné par Anne Besson et Justine Breton — L'événement aura lieu à Arras et sera également accessible en visio (lien à venir). Les présentations durent 25 minutes, suivies de 15 minutes de questions. — JEUDI 12 MARS, 9h-18h Accueil 9h 9h30 : Mot d’ouverture par Anne Besson et Justine Breton Session 1. Jouer au fil du temps Présidence : Sandra Provini 10h Laurent Di Filippo (Université de Lorraine) : « L’Imaginaire du Moyen Âge Nordique vu à travers les jeux de société modernes » 10h40 Emilienne Parchliniak (Sorbonne Paris Nord) : « Vers une périodisation chinoise du Moyen Âge de l’Europe occidentale : étude de cas de Genshin Impact » 11h20 : pause 11h40 Maxime Kremer (Sorbonne Université) : « Le haut Moyen Âge dans le jeu vidéo : “post-apo” de l’Antiquité ou préface téléologique au Moyen Âge central ?» 12h20 Mélanie Bost-Fievet (CéRéDI de Rouen) : « Les Renaissances inventées du jeu vidéo » 13h : repas (buffet) Session 2. Synchronies sonores Présidence : Justine Breton 14h Corentin Charbonnier et Indrani Turton : « Musique metal et rester “trve” » 14h40 Audrey Tuaillon [...]

The Twenty-Fourth Warwick Symposium on Parish Research will be held on Saturday, 16 May 2026, at the University of Warwick and in a hybrid format. Parishes belonged to one of the most developed territorial networks in medieval and modern Europe. They are documented in a range of important sources, some generated within the communities (registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; fabric / poor relief accounts; inventories), others by ecclesiastical bodies (visitation / court records; benefice registers) and secular authorities (for numerous administrative / taxation purposes). Throughout the Continent, furthermore, church buildings were filled with material culture, some of which survives. Taken together, this rich set of evidence has the potential to yield huge amounts of data on individuals, groups / institutions, socio-economic conditions, religious life, spatial organization and cultural change. Traditional source critique, machine learning applications, visualization techniques, geostatistical analyses and Digital Humanities opportunities, to name but a few, can all be used – and perhaps combined – to enhance our understanding of both parish affairs and their wider repercussions. This brings new research possibilities as well as numerous challenges, not only technologically but also methodologically and even philosophically. The 2026 Symposium seeks to illustrate and reflect on these themes [...]

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