{"id":8580,"date":"2026-09-09T08:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:35:41","slug":"a-social-question-before-the-social-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/fr\/actualite\/a-social-question-before-the-social-question\/","title":{"rendered":"A Social Question before the Social Question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did European societies understand and address poverty before the emergence of the modern \u00ab\u00a0social question\u00a0\u00bb? Taking place at Somerville College, Oxford, on 22\u201323 October 2026, this conference brings together scholars to explore ideas, practices, and institutions of poor relief across Enlightenment Europe.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference examines changing approaches to poverty and poor relief in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe. Contributions explore rural poverty, political economy, parish relief, confinement and assistance, as well as projects for social reform. Drawing on examples from across Europe, the programme offers a comparative perspective on how poverty was understood and addressed in the age of Enlightenment. The conference is co-organised by Damiano Bardelli, a member of the SGEAJ, together with Matilde Cazzola and Joanna Innes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-social-question-program.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Contenu embarqu\u00e9 A Social Question \u2013 Program.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b4157e2d-be93-4cf4-8e46-dfd0091de94b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-social-question-program.pdf\">A Social Question \u2013 Program<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-social-question-program.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b4157e2d-be93-4cf4-8e46-dfd0091de94b\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did European societies understand and address poverty before the emergence of the modern \u00ab\u00a0social question\u00a0\u00bb? 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The conference examines changing approaches to poverty and poor relief in eighteenth- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,27],"tags":[175,67,225,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-8580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actualite","8":"category-colloques","9":"tag-conference-fr","10":"tag-enlightenment-fr","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-social-history","13":"czr-hentry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Social Question before the Social Question - Schweizerische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr die Erforschung des 18. 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