23/03/2017: École Normale Supérieure, Salle des Actes (45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France)

24/03/2017: Institut d'Études Avancées de Paris, Salle des Gardes (17 quai d'Anjou, 75004 Paris, France)

This conference explores the modalities of coexistence and of association of water and fire in representations (writing, painting, sculpture, architecture, medals, etc.) generated by political power (be it papal, episcopal, royal, princely, noble, or urban) in Early Modern Europe (16^th-18^th centuries). The articulation of water and of fire can be examined in a work or a series of works, which can be of different natures. A comparative approach to the topic is also welcome. As the objective of this conference is the application of an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of political representations, this call for papers is published in order to bring together historians, historians of arts, literature and performance.

Dénes HARAI (IHMC, PhD in History, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Gaëlle LAFAGE (PhD in Art History, Université Paris-Sorbonne)

Mathieu Da Vinha (Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles)

Jean-François Dubost (Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne)

Gabriel Guarino (Ulster University)

Jérémie Koering (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Yvan Loskoutoff (Université du Havre)

Jesús Félix Pascual Molina (Universidad de Valladolid)

Margaret Shewring (University of Warwick)

Christian Wieland (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)

Hendrik Ziegler (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne)

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