Itay Lotem and Abdoulaye Gueye, both holders of the EHESS/Iméra Chair in Transregional Studies 2025-2026, have been invited to take part in the study days on Actors, Objects and Knowledge in Circulation – 16th to 21st centuries organised by CeRCLEs – Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges.
Study days and site visits
To mark the first year of existence of the Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges (CeRCLEs), these study days are an opportunity to take an empirical look at the various forms of circulatory dynamics. Whether we’re talking about people, things, words, ideas, practices, knowledge, norms or models, their mobility and the connections they generate are at the heart of the social fabric. These themes guide the thinking of the Centre’s members, who approach them from perspectives that go beyond national scales and cultural areas, combining disciplinary approaches (anthropology, economics, socio-linguistics, history).
The study days take place from Tuesday, December 2nd to Thursday, December 4th, 2025 at the Centre de la Vieille Charité. Site visits include a guided tour of the exhibition Aden – Marseille. D’un port à l’autre at the Centre de la Vieille Charité, a guided tour of the Musée de la Moto, and a historical walk in St André.
“Words, concepts”
Itay Lotem, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster and holder of the EHESS/Iméra Chair – Transregional Studies 2025-2026, is the discussant in the ‘Words, Concepts’ session on the first day (Tuesday, December 2nd).
“People, Territories, Spaces”
Abdoulaye Gueye, Professor of Sociology at the University of Ottawa and holder of the EHESS/Iméra Chair – Transregional Studies 2025-2026, is the discussant for the session on ‘People, Territories, Spaces’ on the third day (Thursday, December 4th).
