Seminar on Readings in the Social Sciences

The seminar on Readings in the Social Sciences is animated by members of the École française de Rome (EFR) on a different theme each year. Deliberately broad, the topic chosen makes it possible to approach each month one aspect of the general problems facing the social sciences. Depending on the session, either the specific incidences of this problem in history or in archaeology are addressed (two of the disciplines the most represented at the EFR), or the participants venture into specialist areas of the social sciences which are less familiar to them

Each session is organized around a selection of texts of methodological or epistemological importance. Exchanges are conducted in a collegial and informal atmosphere, in which discussions play an important role. Occasionally external researchers are invited (French, Italian or of other nationalities) whose work is particularly relevant to that year’s theme.

These seminars are presented in a research notebook – hypotheses.org – on the following website: http://semefr.hypotheses.org/

The theme of the seminar on Readings in the Social Sciences for the year 2019-2020 is L’erreur / L’errore. It is coordinated by Bertrand Augier, Angela Cossu and Séverin Duc , members of the EFR.

The sessions are open and organized alternately in different premises of the EFR (the seminar room, the conference hall or the archaeological laboratory.

Further information on the calendar of the sessions →

See the details of the forthcoming sessions →