21-23 January 2026 10th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association RN Sociology of Culture “Cultural Vulnerabilities and Planetary Problems. Creating New Sociological Studies of Culture Between Fragility and Fortitude”, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Tota A.L., “Resources of hope and human rights: Forced migration across the Mediterranean“, paper presented at the Session “Migration and Marginality”, 10th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association RN Sociology of Culture (23 January 2026), Rome, Italy.

Luchetti L., “Lives in transit: Gender, intersectionality and vulnerability in the migratory experience“, paper presented at the Session “Migration and Marginality”, 10th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association RN Sociology of Culture (23 January 2026), Rome, Italy.

23-24 October 2025 Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association-ESA Research Network 03 ‘Biographical Perspectives on European Societies’ Memory, Crisis and Future in association with the Institute for Sociology at the University of Göttingen, Germany
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Conference Booklet

Massari M., “Anatomy of a disaster. Memory practices and oblivion politics around a shipwreck in the Mediterranean”, paper presented at the RN03 Biographical Perspectives on European Societies session: “Migration, Displacement and Memory II”, ESA Mid-term Conference RN03 (23-24 October 2025), Göttingen, Germany.

2 October 2025 “Arte, Educazione e Cura. Percorsi di elaborazione dei traumi migratori e delle violazioni dei diritti umani”, Roma Tre University, Department of Law, Sala del Consiglio
Rome, Italy
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Tota A.L., “Estetiche dei traumi migratori e ecologie della cura: il ruolo delle arti“, chair of the Plenary Session and introductory lecture at the Conference “Arte, Educazione e Cura. Percorsi di elaborazione dei traumi migratori e delle violazioni dei diritti umani” (2 October 2025), Rome, Italy.

De Feo A., Co-chair, with Roberta Paltrinieri, at the Session “Scritture, immagini e biografie: pratiche educative per l’elaborazione dei traumi migratori“, Conference “Arte, Educazione e Cura. Percorsi di elaborazione dei traumi migratori e delle violazioni dei diritti umani” (2 October 2025), Rome, Italy.

18-20 September 2025 End-of-Term Conference “Le sfide del Mediterraneo per l’Europa”, Associazione Italiana di Sociologia (AIS), University of Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy
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Tota A.L., “Violent borders, violated bodies and hidden memories“, paper presented at the Plenary Session, in dialogue with Michel Wieviorka (Fondation Maison des sciences de l’Homme, France), AIS End-of-Term Conference “Le sfide del Mediterraneo per l’Europa” (19 September 2025), Bergamo, Italy.

Longo M., in dialogue with Michel Wieviorka (Fondation Maison des sciences de l’Homme, France), AIS End-of-Term Conference “Le sfide del Mediterraneo per l’Europa” (19 September 2025), Bergamo, Italy.

Massari M., “Naufragi mediterranei: pratiche di memoria, forme di resistenza e politiche dell’oblio da Cutro alla Tunisia“, paper presented as invited speaker at the panel of the AIS Section “Vita Quotidiana” “Quotidiano meridiano. Margini, frontiere, liminalità”, AIS End-of-Term Conference “Le sfide del Mediterraneo per l’Europa” (18 September 2025), Bergamo, Italy.

8-9 September 2025 13th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association RN Sociology of the Arts “Questioning Artistic Hegemony. Old and New Resistances in Algorithmic Capitalism”, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Tota A.L., De Feo A., “Political art and artivism: how Ukrainian artists challenge war“, paper presented at the session “Artivism II”, 13th Mid-term Conference of the European Sociological Association RN Sociology of the Arts (8-9 September 2025), Barcelona, Spain. 

6-11 July 2025 5th ISA Forum of Sociology “Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene”, Mohammed V University
Rabat, Morocco
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Tota A.L., “Arts for Social Justice. Deconstructing Powerful Visual Regimes of Migration in 2024 Art Biennale, Venice”, paper presented at the RC37 Sociology of Arts session: “How Do the Arts Play a Role in Social Justice”, 5^th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July), Rabat, Morocco.

Luchetti L., “Visual Art and Social Change: Practices of Creative Subversion in the Public Discourse”, paper presented at the RC37 Sociology of Arts session: “How Do the Arts Play a Role in Social Justice”, 5^th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July), Rabat, Morocco.

Massari M., Di Meo S., “Wounded Memories, Besieged Lives: Surviving and Resisting Across the Mediterranean Borders”, paper presented at RC38 Biography and Society session “Transnational Generations – Memories and Knowledge Transmission of/in Migration and Exile, Part I, 5^th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025), Rabat, Morocco.

27-30 August 2024 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Tension, Trust and Transformation”
Porto, Portugal
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Tota A.L., “Eco-visions and Mental Landscapes: on the Impact of the Arts in Transforming the Dominant Visual Regimes”, paper presented at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Tension, Trust and Transformation”, Research Network RN02 Sociology of the Arts, Porto, 2024 Portugal, August 29th.

De Feo A., “Reimagining Social Media Platforms through Art: The Case of MyceliumMinds Performance“, paper presented at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Tension, Trust and Transformation”, Research Network RN02 Sociology of the Arts, Porto, Portugal, 2024 August 29th.

Luchetti L., “Visual Art and Practices of Creative Subversion in the Public Sphere”, paper presented at the 16th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Tension, Trust and Transformation”, Research Network RN02 Sociology of the Arts, Porto, Portugal, 2024 August 28th.