Billets dans la catégorie 'Colloques'

Forensic Cultures in Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Date janvier 28, 2010

University of Manchester, UK
Friday 11 – Saturday 12 June 2010
This international conference examines in analytical and historical perspective the remarkable prominence of forensic science and medicine in contemporary culture. It brings together leading scholars from history, sociology and socio-legal studies, media and cultural studies, and practitioners working within the diverse locations of forensic culture – [...]

Expertise et compétences

Date novembre 14, 2009

Dans le cadre des journées doctorales de Paris-1, Guillaume Calafat a organisé le 14 novembre 2009 une session trans-périodes sur l’expertise et les compétences, session conclue par Charlotte Guichard.
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Legal Medicine and Expertise in History

Date novembre 10, 2009

Taking place:
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Gipsy Lane Campus, Buckley Building, Room BG10 (where to find us)
4 December 2009 – 10:00 – 17:15
The workshop is designed to facilitate intellectual exchange and debate between academics working on the history of forensic medicine, by bringing together scholars who study the subject in a variety of national contexts and [...]

Experts, Authority and Law: conference at the University of Hull, 14-15 Sept. 2009

Date septembre 2, 2009

This interdisciplinary conference will examine the authority of experts, the authority of law, and the relations between them.
The general aim of the conference is to explore the bearing of contemporary developments in the area of social epistemology on the study of the institution of law. More specifically we are interested in exploring the interrelations between epistemic and practical authority with special reference to the authority of law. The conference will address both theoretical and applied issues.

We welcome papers on the following themes from legal, philosophical, historical, sociological and any other relevant perspectives.

* The nature of theoretical and practical authority. What are the parallels and differences between the authority accorded to experts and the practical authority of legislators and judges?
* Expertise as a basis of political authority. To what extent does the legitimate authority of legislators and judges depend on their claim to expertise on the matters about which they pronounce?
* Establishing and contesting expert authority in legal settings. How do (or should) courts decide which experts to trust and what weight to give their evidence? Is the authority claimed by experts a threat to the claims of courts (and in particular juries) to make fair and authoritative determinations of questions of fact?
* Experts in the democratic process. What is the proper role of experts in making law and policy? To what extent can legal procedures provide a model for lay decision-making based on expert knowledge (e.g. citizens’ juries)?

The History of Medicine and Global Connections: The Problem of Public Health Experts

Date mai 13, 2009

In recent years, global history and related subjects such as transnational, world, and connected history have caused a stir. The interest is in part a response to many kinds of public discussions about the global in our lives, but also in part–at least from the perspective of medical historians–because the turn toward social and cultural [...]

Formes de l’expertise à l’AFS : quelques notes

Date avril 20, 2009

Au cours de la séance de la RT29 “Sciences et techniques en société” du jeudi 16 après-mid, plusieurs interventions ont nourri la discussion sur l’expertise par des arguments ou des résultats d’enquête.

Congrès de l’Association française de sociologie 2009 : la place des experts

Date mars 30, 2009

Le congrès de l’AFS 2009, qui se tient du 14 au 17 avril 2009 à l’université Paris Diderot (site des grands moulins)  fait la part belle à la question des savoirs experts.

“Expertise” in the 18th century: interdisciplinary workshop

Date mars 16, 2009

In the quest to trace the origins of modern-day notions and practices of “expertise”, historians have consistently turned to the eighteenth century for its roots. The subject of this part-day interdisciplinary workshop is to critically explore such claims and even whether the term “expertise” can be used during this century