International Conference organised around the ANR “Experts” Programme

After years of work on expertise and Paris building experts in the early modern period, we are holding an international conference at Paris Nanterre University on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 May 2023, which will open up the discussion on “The mechanisms of expertise and its actors. Middle Ages - 19th century” to various theoretical, disciplinary, national and international perspectives. All interested colleagues are invited to send proposals to the conference organising committee, particularly, but not exclusively, in the five thematic areas listed below.

  1. The sources of expertise and their conservation
  2. The status of the expert
  3. The reasons for expertise and the expert's missions
  4. The experts' practices
  5. The authority of the institution

Proposals for contributions must be submitted by 15 November 2022 at the latest to the following address [email protected]. They may be written in French or English. They should be no more than 4,000 characters including spaces, and include five keywords.