Konferenz “This Town Is Gonna Blow…” European Protest Movements and Society in the 1980s

http://thistownisgonnablow.jimdo.com May 6-8, 2010: Thirty years after the Bremen “Bundeswehrkrawalle” European protest movements of the 1980s will be the subject of an international academic conference On May 6th 1980, a group of new recruits was publicly sworn in with the German Bundeswehr in the Bremen soccer stadium. As a reaction, street battles of hitherto unknown …

STUDY DAY: Cold War Cities

The Cold War Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London CONFERENCE: Art Histories, Cultural Studies and the Cold War, 24 September 2010 Keynote Speaker: Miranda Carter (author of Anthony Blunt: His Lives, 2001) To register for the conference please email G.F.Pooke@kent.ac.uk or B.D.H.Thomas@kent.ac.uk STUDY DAY: Cold War Cities, 25 September 2010 Programme …

Cityscapes in History: Creating the Urban Experience

International conference organized by Dr. Katrina Gulliver and Dr. Helena Toth (LMU Research Fellows) Language: English 29.07.2010 – 30.07.2010 In this conference early stage researchers are brought together tracking new basic approaches in the research field of urban history. Separate sections will focus on historical and local questions as well as on topics like “Cities …