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http://www.eura.org/ At a time when global forces are strengthening and localism struggles to reassert itself, there is a need to re-examine the place which cities take in the social and economic order and this is what the European Urban Research Association (EURA) aims to achieve. This web site provides information about the origins of EURA, …
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http://www.eura2012.org/ “Urban Europe – Challenges to Meet the Urban Future” – is the topic of the next conference of the European Urban Research Association organized by the Department of Spatial Development, Infrastructure and Environmental Planning, Vienna University of Technology. The conference will be held at Vienna University of Technology from 20th to 22nd of September …
http://kek.org.hu/filmnapok/en/ On 29th March – 1st April 2012, the KÉK – Contemporary Architecture Centre organizes the Budapest Architecture Film Days for the fourth time, in Kino cinema. The mission of the Architecture Film Days, inspired by the Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival, and initiated by KÉK in 2007, is to generate a dialogue between architectural practice …
THE RURAL URBAN RELATIONSHIP – 7th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) Marrakech, Morocco 9-14 June, 2013 http://www.environmental-education.org/en.html Previous WEEC congresses have taken place in Portugal, Brazil, Italy, South. This is the first time the conference will take place in a country of Arab and Muslim culture. Morocco, among other things, is in a state of …
COMMUNITY SPACES: CONCEPTION – APPROPRIATION – IDENTITY Network 45plus: Post-War Architecture in Europe Darmstadt, Germany, September 7-8, 2012. Deadline: 22 April, 2012 Large housing estates of the post-war era have shaped the face of many cities throughout Europe. In the original plans of the 1950s-1980s they were to amend the urban structure and in many …
Columbia University Middle East Research Center 5 Moh’d Al Sa’d Al-Batayneh St. – King Hussein Park Amman, Jordan 12-13 March, 2012 An interdisciplinary panel of invited scholars will present their findings on public participation in Middle East urban planning. We welcome you to attend and participate in the discussions. Through the book workshop, contributors will …
Looking Behind the Facade of the Ghetto. Perspectives of Cultural Sciences on Urban Slum Areas and Their Inhabitant Conference of the Research Unit “Historical Cultural Sciences” (Forschungsschwerpunkt Historische Kulturwissenschaften, HKW) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Philosophicum, Old Faculty Hall, Jakob-Welder-Weg 18 55128 Mainz, Germany March 30 to April 1, 2012 What do we know …
UCL Cities Methodologies 2012 Inaugurated in 2009, Cities Methodologies is a pan-UCL initiative to showcase innovative methods of urban research. Through exhibits and events, it draws together undergraduate, masters, and doctoral research, alongside work produced by academics, and the wider community of urban researchers. Proposals are invited from UCL staff, students and alumni, and other …
Politische Kommunikation vor Ort. Demokratische Kulturen und lokaler Raum in Europa 1870-1990 / Political Communication on the Spot. Democratic Cultures and the Local in Europe 1870-1990 Berlin, April 4 – April 6, 2013. Prof. Dr. Thomas Mergel / Claudia Christiane Gatzka M.A. / Benjamin Schröder M.A., Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Deadline: March 31, …
Imaginations of the street European Capital of Culture events and the right to the city Workshop, 3-4 May 2012 Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Organized by Dr. Derya Özkan, Vildan Seçkiner (M.A.) http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.studies.general/13102 Deadline: 11 March 2012 This workshop is organized as part of the Emmy Noether Research Project “Changing Imaginations …