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From 15-18 October we are going to host an international conference to celebrate the centenary of Les Formes Élémentaires de la Vie Religieuse at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  in the City of Porto Alegre, Brazil.If you want more specific informations, please let your comment to this post or email to weiss.raquel@gmail.com, or check our website: www.durkheim-br.org Right below you can find the definitive program.Les Formes Elementaires: 100 Years of a ClassicPorto Alegre - Brazil 15 October18:00-20:00– Opening Section-   Speech from local authorities-   Opening Conference – “A Hundred Years After”William Watts Miller-   Cocktail and book lauching: “A Durkheimian Quest: Solidarity and the Sacred”, from W. Watts Miller (Berghahn Books: New York and Oxford, 2012) 16 October15:00 – 17:00- Les Formes Elementaires: Sacred and Morality in Contemporary WorldMassimo Rosati [Universitá di Roma – Tor Vergata]Raquel Weiss [UFRGS - Brasil] 18:00-20:00 – The Meaning of Les Formes Elementaires to the Social Sciences Paula Montero [USP]Matthieu Béra [Université de Bordeaux]17 de Outubro15:00 – 17:00: Les Formes Elementaires and the Question of KnowledgeMárcio de Oliveira – [UFPR]Susan Stedman Jones [British Centre for Durkheimian Studies]18:00-19:30 Special Section in Honour of  W. PickeringNick Allen [Oxford University] “Les Formes Elementaires and the Work of W. Pickering”18 de Outubro10:00-12:00 – Internal meeting Meeting with guests professors and professors from the university to discuss institutional partnerships. Presentation of the newly created “Brazilian Centre for Durkheimian Studies”14:30-17:00 -  Historical Perspectives on Les Formes ElementairesRafael Faraco Benthien [USP]François Pizarro Nöél [Université du Québec à Montreal]José Benevides Queiroz [UFMA] 18:30 -19:30 –Keynote SpeechProf. Edward Tiryakian[Duke University]"Past, Present and Future of Les Formes Elementaires”&#160;