The file contains the minutes of the meeting (chairman: Bernard Pottier). Included are the agenda, the list of Committee members and working documents, including: reports about workshops, summer school, the Second Meeting of the Steering Committee of the ESF-Network on the History of European Expansion and additional activities, a copy of the introductory, "Bilan et pespectives de recherches en géographie historique du monde méditerranéen", par Hélène Ahrweiler, from the final publication of Byzantine studies, table of Contents from the Tao-Tsang Project, draft minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences (4-5/12/1986), draft Information Leaflet on the Standing Committee for Humanities, report on the Summit Meeting (2-9/05/1987).

Topics discussed include: approval of the previous meeting’s minutes; the progresses on new activities (The Origin of the Modern State, The Huguenots and other Religious Migrations in Early Modern Europe, European Medieval Historiography, Typology of Languages in Europe, Dictionary of Romance Family Names, the Nature and Administration of Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Conference on the Running of Archaeological Institutes Abroad, Music and Art in 19th Century Europe, History and Concept of the Humanities in the 19th century); reports on the events in 1987 (Colloquium on "The Image of the Indians in 16th and first half of the 17th century Europe", "the reconstruction of Wooden buildings from the Prehistoric and Early History Period") or under preparation (Fourth Conference on Tropes and the workshop on "Judicial Records and the Computer: Inquisitorial, Ecclesiastical and Secular Courts"); report on the Had Hoc Committee on computerised lexicography; additional activities; review of the SCSS meeting; a speech by Professor Jürgen Mittelstrass on "Interdisciplinary in research in the Humanities" and a review of the Committee’s second mandate and preparation of the third mandate.

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