Lehr- und Forschungsbereich “Geschichte und Kulturen der Räume in der Neuzeit”, Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Erfurt 18.05.2012, Erfurt, IBZ – Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Universität Erfurt, Michaelisstraße 38, 99084 Erfurt Cities have been producing their own maps, e.g. for purposes of representation, control or orientation, right from the beginning of the 15th century, if not before. The …
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CfP URBAN VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST New Histories of Place and Event, University of London. 13.-15.02.13
URBAN VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST New Histories of Place and Event School of Oriental and African Studies University of London 13th-15th February 2013 Theme and Scope As part of an AHRC/DFG-funded Anglo-German research project on the history of urban violence in the modern Middle East, this international conference seeks to develop new discussions on …
CONF: 35th Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS). Bochum & Dortmund, Germany. 1.-5.10.12
35th Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS) Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum / TU Dortmund 1–5 October, 2012 Plenary Session Life In-Between: Putting the Integration Paradigm to the Test “Integration” is the topical issue of the hour as far as finding a solution to the social problems of heterogenic societies is concerned. On both a national and …
CfP Embodying Urban Asia Workshop, Singapore. 29.-30.11.12 Deadline: 23.07.12
EMBODYING URBAN ASIA Workshop at the National University of Singapore 29 to 30 November 2012 http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1276 Deadline: 23 July 2012 Asian cities have attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. Existing academic literature includes examination of the spatial effects of transforming economies, such as infrastructural challenges, projects of gentrification and new forms of social deprivation …
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ONLINE: UrbanPortal
http://urbanportal.org The Urban Portal is an online hub designed to provide experts and non-experts easy access to current research and resources on urban issues. The Portal is a core project of the University of Chicago Urban Network, an emerging community of scholars and others that aims to spur innovation in the study of urban processes …
ASSOCIATION, NETWORK: European Urban Research Association http://www.eura.org/
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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CfP, CONF: EURA Conference 2012 “Urban Europe – Challenges to Meet the Urban Future”, Vienna, Austria. 20.-22.09.12. Deadline: 17.03.12
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 …
CfP,CONF: The Rural Urban Relationship – 7th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) Marrakech, Morocco. 9.-14.06.2013
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 …
CfP, CONF: COMMUNITY SPACES: CONCEPTION – APPROPRIATION – IDENTITY Network 45plus: Post-War Architecture in Europe. Darmstadt, Germany, 7.-8.09.12. Deadline: 22.04.12
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 …
CONFERENCE: The Middle East’s New Urban Landscape: Inclusive Planning or Democratic Deficit, Amman, Jordan. 12.-13.03.12
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 …