Tunis: A scientific symposium on "Founders of Tunisian Sociology: Figures, Marks and Current Issues" will be held next October 11-13 in Hammamet. The event is organised by the Tunisian Association of Sociology (French: ATS), the Tunis Arab Centre for Research and Political Studies in Tunis (French: CAREP) and the Research Institute on Contemporary Maghreb (French: IRMC), in collaboration with the International Association of French-speaking Sociologists (French: AISLF). Although sociology had already been taught in Tunisia at the Institute of Higher Studies of Tunis (IHET) affiliated with the French university, the subject was truly established with the creation of the bachelor's degree in sociology in 1958 and the subsequent establishment of the Tunisian University in 1962. The event aims to explore sociological research of the founding generation in a bid to sketch the outlines of this early sociology and demonstrate its relevance today. It will provide an opportunity to have a better understanding of t he orientations of key first-generation sociologists and re-read some of their important and seminal texts. The editorial project which will be produced during this colloquim will include texts analysing the careers and work of these sociologists, and more generally the issues resulting from the establishment of sociology in Tunisia. This in addition to an anthology of some of their texts considered particularly important, followed by an analytical and critical reading. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse