Conference website European Architectural History Network 31.05.2012-03.06.2012, Brussels, Palais des Académies The European Architectural History Network (EAHN) invites paper proposals for the twenty-three thematic sessions and four roundtable panels to be presented at its Second International Meeting. Sessions and roundtables will cover architecture of all periods, from antiquity, medieval, and early modern, up through the …
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Conf: ISSUES OF LEGITIMACY: Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Responsibility and Urban Development Naples,Italy, 04.-08.09.12
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ISSUES OF LEGITIMACY: Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Responsibility and Urban Development Naples,Italy, 4-8 September 2012 Convened by: IUAES Commissions on Urban Anthropology and on Enterprise Anthropology Withthe Collaboration of: University of Naples Federico II; University of Naples 2; Media Group Il Denaro; Brazilian Anthropological Association; Centro de Investigationes y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social, …
Conf: Urban History Group Annual Conference “The Living and Liveable City: Health, Lifestyle and Sustainability” St Catherine’s College Oxford 29.-30.03.2012
Urban History Group Annual Conference 29-30 March 2012 St Catherine’s College Oxford The Living and Liveable City: Health, Lifestyle and Sustainability The city has long stood as a model for the organisation and reform of human life. People have historically been attracted (and, for large periods, repulsed) by the opportunities offered by urban living because …
Conf & CfP: QUESTIONING URBAN MODERNITY 18.05.12, University of Amsterdam CfP Deadline: 10.02.12
QUESTIONING URBAN MODERNITY May 18, 2012, University of Amsterdam Deadline: 10 February, 2012 http://www.nica-institute.com/questioning-urban-modernity/ Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Robinson (Department of Geography, University College London) It is widely accepted that our understanding of contemporary city life is based primarily on the tradition of western conceptualizations of modernity, dating back to the turn of the twentieth …
CfP, Conference: THE COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS Sixth Biennial Urban History Association (UHA) Conference New York City 26.-28.10.12 CfP Deadline: 15.03.12
THE COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS Sixth Biennial Urban History Association (UHA) Conference New York City October 26-28, 2012 http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html Call for papers: The Program Committee seeks submissions for panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers on all aspects of urban, suburban, and metropolitan history for the Sixth Biennial Urban History Conference in New York City on October 26-28, …
Workshop: “The City: Analyzing Contemporary Transformations and Structures” University of Bielefeld 09.-10.03.12
Organisation: Anna-Lisa Müller Guest: Dr. Catharina Thörn, University of Gothenburg (keynote speaker) This workshop aims at bringing the social scientist’s perspective on contemporary urban transformations and structures into focus. What are the specific challenges for inhabitants, city planners, but also for us as researchers? What is life like in (post)modern cities, how can these cities …
“Rights, Responsibilities and Equity in Land Use Planning” 7.-10.02.12 Belfast, Northern Ireland
http://www.rpp.ulster.ac.uk/plpr/ The conference theme addresses the principal agendas for contemporary statutory land use planning with respect to the definition, exchange and enforcement of property rights. The sessions will provide an opportunity for scholars from around the world to present innovative research and engage in informed, interdisciplinary debates relating to the broad themes of the Association …
CfP: MID-SIZE CITY. THE DUAL NATURE OF URBAN IMAGERY IN EUROPE DURING THE LONG 20TH CENTURY. Deadline: 31.01.12
CALL FOR PAPERS Colloquium, Ghent University Urban Studies Team (GUST) 19-21 April 2012 http://www.gust.ugent.be/news MID-SIZE CITY. THE DUAL NATURE OF URBAN IMAGERY IN EUROPE DURING THE LONG 20TH CENTURY Urban life and the imageries surrounding it come in many shades and colors. The full spectrum however is little explored. Discussions in urban studies over the …
CfP: Walking in the City: Quotidian Mobility and Ethnographic Method, Deadline: 01. April 2012
Edited by Timothy Shortell, Ph.D., and Evrick Brown, Ph.D. Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College CUNY Deadline: 1 April, 2012 Local politicians, protesters, busy commuters, tourists, flâneurs, urban ethnographers. These social actors and many more work the city streets as an essential part of their quotidian routines. Everyday mobility on the streets and public spaces of …
CFP: International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) Streets of Protest: The Politics of Public Space Deadline: 15.03.12
From: Aysenur Ipek Türeli _International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)_ Thematic volume planned for January 2013 Streets of Protest: The Politics of Public Space Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2012 http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=204/ The diverse ways individuals and groups contest and remake public space is of interest to the field of architecture, especially at this moment of …