Category Archives: Conferences

Chris Harker on Thinking Urban Worlds

Posted on December 20, 2012 by stuartelden

At his Families and Cities blog, my colleague Chris Harker reflects on the Thinking Urban Worlds workshop from a couple of weeks back.

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CFP – Discourse, Power, Resistance, 9-11 April 2013, Greenwich

Posted on December 20, 2012 by stuartelden

The second call for papers for Discourse, Power, Resistance, 9-11 April 2013, Greenwich has been posted. Power can be a wonderful thing, as Terry Eagleton told the DPR conference in 2008: wonderful and essential for the achievement of our best … Continue reading →

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Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones – cfp

Posted on December 18, 2012 by stuartelden

A call for papers – please contact arielhan@yahoo.com with any queries. Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, 1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands Session title: Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones Organizer: Dr. … Continue reading →

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Thnking Urban Worlds workshop – recordings and reflections

Posted on December 13, 2012 by stuartelden

The recordings from the Thinking Urban Worlds workshop in Durham last week are now available – Andy Merrifield, Stuart Elden, Simon Marvin, with an introduction by Colin McFarlane and discussant comments by Gordon MacLeod. There are also written reflections from Colin and Rob … Continue reading →

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AAG Political Geography preconference

Posted on December 11, 2012 by stuartelden

The AAG Political Geography preconference will be held on 8th April 2013, at UCLA. Full details and call for papers here.

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Andy Merrifield – ‘Whither Urban Studies?’

Posted on December 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Andy Merrifield has a substantial piece at the cities@manchester blog on the question of ‘Whither Urban Studies’. Some elements are close to the talk he gave at Durham last week at the Thinking Urban Worlds workshop (see here for notes on … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities conference

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

George Washington University, Friday January 25 – Saturday January 26, 2013 – details here. Digital humanities is a vibrant field that uses digital technologies to study the interactions between cultural artifacts and the society. In our second decade of the … Continue reading →

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Urban/Territory/World

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The ‘Thinking Urban Worlds’ workshop at Durham was held on Wednesday. A very interesting afternoon of discussion organised by Colin McFarlane with presentations by Andy Merrifield and Simon Marvin, and discussant comments from Gordon MacLeod along with my own paper. … Continue reading →

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Richard Sennett public lecture in Newcastle

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Richard Sennett – The Architecture of Cooperation, Thursday 13 December 2012, Architecture, Planning and Landscape Annual Lecture 2012, Newcastle University. More details here. Details on the series as a whole here.

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Gregynog Ideas Lab II

Posted on December 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Details now available of the second Postinternational Politics summer school in Gregynog, Wales.

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