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Information about an international conference on the history of punishment that was held at the university of Geneva, Switzerland, from December 2-4, 2010, is presented. Topics include the history of the materiality of the right to punish, the technique of judicial identification, and the history of corporal punishments and capital punishment.

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A conference paper about the Vichy Regime, or the French State (Vichy, France) under Marshal Philippe Pétain based in France's unoccupied zone in World War II, in Italian historiography is presented. It discusses the decline of France into totalitarianism, fascism, and the collaboration between Italian and French historians and researchers after the 1990s.

A conference paper about Italian historiography on France's Fifth Republic and its political system since the 1970s is presented. It discusses the study of French socialism and communism by left-wing journalist Bruno Crimi, a greater focus on the contemporary political history of France in Italian historiography starting in the 1990s, and historiographical topics including French presidents Charles de Gaulle and François Mitterrand, politics and religion, and media and politics.

A conference paper about Italian historiography on France's Fourth Republic within the political context of post-World War II Italy is presented. It discusses the evolution of French and Italian constitutional law, Italian and French political parties, public administration, and Gaullism, a French political movement centered on the ideals and policies espoused by French General Charles de Gaulle, and the transition from the Fourth to the Fifth Republic in France.

A conference paper about Italian historiography on the Third Republic in France, particularly the study of antisemitism and its political and social aspects in the 1930s, is presented. It also discusses French history trends in Italian historiography such as socialism and labor movements since the 1970s and an initiative between universities in Bologna, Italy, and the École Normale supérieure (Paris, France) focusing on French-Italian cultural relations in World War I.

A conference paper about social psychology in French and Italian historiography, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, is presented. It discusses French social psychologist, sociologist, physician, and anthropologist Gustave Le Bon, who is said to have invented the concept of social psychology, the concept of positivism, and the difference between the notion of social psychology in Italy and France.

A conference paper about Italian historiography on the political history of France, from 1814 to 1840, is presented. It discusses the emergence of historicism, approaching politics from a critical thinking perspective, and the influence of French economic and political theorist and philosopher Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon.

A conference paper about the editorial strategy of the French periodical "Mercure galant" in revealing or concealing the identity of authors of published musical poetry works is presented. Topics of discussion include the motivation behind keeping authors' names anonymous, the use of pseudonyms and initials by poets and musicians, and the periodical's founder and editor Jean Donneau de Visé.

A conference paper about the status of authors of riddles in the French periodical "Mercure galant" is presented. It provides a description of the periodical's section containing riddles, discusses the intentions of the periodical's founder and editor Jean Donneau de Visé, studies French dramatist Edme Boursault's critique of the periodical in his play "La Comédie sans titre," originally called "Le Mercure galant," and analyzes authorship in the letters sent by riddle participants.

A conference paper about commerce and authorship in several issues of the French periodical "Mercure galant's" supplement entitled "Extraordinaire du Mercure galant" is presented. It is suggested that the political aim of the periodical's founder Jean Donneau de Visé was to depict a peaceful and culturally unified kingdom in an effort to catch the attention of political powers.

A conference paper which sketches profiles of three readers of the French periodical "Mercure galant" through the analysis of their letters published in the periodical is presented. The author discusses Brossard de Montaney, a political advisor and regular contributor, Marie-Angélique Portas, a fille du roi, a term used to designate French girls sent to New France as wives for settlers and soldiers, and the one who signed his letter as De L'Isle and is suggested to be French Navy Intendant Honoré Lucas de Demuin.

A conference paper about the reporting of France's campaign led by French King Louis XIV in the Netherlands during the Franco-Dutch War in several issues of the French periodical "Mercure galant" is presented. Topics of discussion include the authorship and formatting of war articles, the readership sought by the periodical's founder Jean Donneau de Visé, and a comparison between war news in the "Mercure galant" and in the French periodical "Gazette."

A conference paper is presented about letters on Turkish literature, the Turks, and the Ottoman Empire cited by Charles de Peyssonnel, the secretary to the French ambassador to Turkey in Istanbul, in the French periodical "Mercure de France," originally called "Mercure galant." It discusses the periodical's role in 17th-century intellectual debates, the life of the periodical's editor and journalist Jean de La Roque and his writings about Turkish literature, and the depiction of Turkish men.

A conference paper about French historian and journalist Jean Donneau de Visé's strategic use of nouvellistes, or amateur newsmen, as characters in his collection of short stories entitled "Nouvelles Nouvelles" and in his French periodical entitled "Mercure galant" is presented. News of the campaign led by French King Louis XIV in the Netherlands during the Franco-Dutch War as reported by nouvellistes in the periodical are discussed.

A conference paper is presented in which several French-language political periodicals published in the Netherlands as well as the French periodical "Mercure galant" founded by French writer Jean Donneau de Visé, from circa 1650 to 1720, are analyzed. The meaning of the term mercure is defined and the distinction between periodicals referred to as gazettes and mercures and how the mercures published in the Netherlands distinguished themselves from the "Mercure galant" are discussed.

A conference paper which analyzes two self-portraits featured in two series referred to as literary portraits and entitled "Señoras y señores" by Spanish novelist Juan Marsé is presented. It examines the author's self-portrait published in the periodical "Por favor" (S1) in the 1970s and in the newspaper "El País" (S2) published in December 27, 1987. Topics of discussion include Francoism, social realism, and the use of individual and collective memory.

A conference paper which aims to show the confusion between referential and self-referential writing in the Spanish novels on memory, or post-memory, including "Martina la rosa número trece" by Ángeles López and "El día de mañana" by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón is presented. The authenticity of the story and some of the challenges it poses and the nature of self-reference in this type of novel are considered.

A conference paper which analyzes the tension between reference and self-reference in the contemporary Spanish novels "Rabos de lagartija" by Juan Marsé and "Sefarad" by Antonio Muñoz Molina is presented. The author discusses the novels' reference to history as well as their own history, the presence of fragmentary writing, textual incoherence, and the ironic conception of knowledge.

A conference paper which analyzes self-reference and realistic reference in the contemporary Spanish novels "La velocidad de la Luz" by Javier Cercas and "El vano ayer" by Isaac Rosa is presented. The author considers the role of such novels in contemporary Spanish society and looks at the notion of realism from a reception perspective.

A conference paper about the visual artifact and screen culture in contemporary Spanish novels is presented. It discusses the theory of the tournant visuel, or visual turn, among Spanish novelists, the motion picture screen as a visual prosthetic or deformed lens, the television as an ally to power, screens such as television and computer monitors and sexuality, and images from the virtual world and mental images. Works mentioned include "El sueño de Venecia" by Paloma Díaz-Mas.

A conference paper which analyzes self-reference in the contemporary Spanish novels "Soldados de Salamina" by Javier Cercas and "Hay algo que no es como me dicen: El caso Nevenka Fernández contra la realidad" by Juan José Millás is presented. Literary commitment, the narrator and his status as a writer, the evolution of the story, and the ethical aspect of self-reference are discussed.

A conference paper about the relationship between referential and self-referential in the autobiographical novel "El Mundo" by Spanish novelist Juan José Millás is presented. According to the article, the narrator discusses his relationship to family and the historical and social world as well as his relationship to writing. Also discussed are fotocuento, or a photography commentary, the dialectic between a document and text and an image and language, point of view, and the various forms of images in the work including metaphorical.

A conference paper about the meeting and reciprocal influence between contemporary Spanish literature and Spanish-American literature and authorship, poets and heroes, and the relationship between literature and power is presented. It discusses reference and self-reference and authors' commitment in the novel "Nocturno de Chile" by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño and the Spanish novel by Javier Cercas entitled "Soldados de Salamina." The Spanish song "Suspiros de España" is also mentioned.

A conference paper which analyzes the common theme of the island in the novels "El centro del aire" (1991), "El heredero" (2003), and "El lugar sin culpa. Los espacios naturales" (2007) by Spanish novelist José Mariá Merino is presented. The question of reference and self-reference and the works' relationship with reality and how this reality is signified are also considered.

A conference paper about the novel "La voz de Ofelia" by Spanish novelist, poet, and translator Clara Janés is presented. The work which tells the story of the author's encounter with Czech poet Vladimir Holan, recurring themes including flowers, music, and chants, the frequent use of the verb replegar, or replegarse, and the way the story folds and unfolds are discussed. The poem "Una noche con Hamlet" by Holan is also mentioned.

A conference paper about the novel "Paraíso inhabitado" by Spanish author Ana María Matute is presented. It discusses the notions of reference and self-reference, the theory of possible worlds, the author's creation of a world that switches between reality and fairy tales, and the relationship between the reader and the text.

A conference paper about the concept of self-reference in fiction with a particular focus given to the central role of syntax and self-reference as a production of interpretation and text is presented. The author examines the narrative function of language and discusses oral explanation and narrative writing, syntax in literature and in poetry, and the subconscious as a source for fiction.

A conference paper about the essays/novels by Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist Javier Marías entitled "Negra espalda del tiempo" (1998) and "Tu rostro mañana. Vol. 1. Fiebre y lanza" (2002) is presented. The role of metatextuality is examined. The author also discusses digression and moving thought, the common theme of a cultural object, the three types of commentaries including speculative, citation, and narrative, and the metanarrative archetype.

The article presents a conference paper given by Raymond Boudon. In the paper, Boudon focuses on a number of epistemological issues concerning rationality and the social sciences raised by sociologists. The conference paper was originally presented in English; Boudon translated it into French as a response to another article by Beat Bürgenmeier in this issue. The author examines examples from psychology and also looks at Emile Durkheim's work on suicide and economic cycles.

The article discusses papers presented at a conference series titled "Emerging Trends in Book History and Print Culture," hosted by students from the Groupe de recherches et d'études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ) at the University of Sherbrooke and from the collaborative program in Book History and Print Culture (BHPC) at the University of Toronto. Topics of papers included the Québec gay militant periodical press and the representation of literature in museums.