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• 07 oct 2012

  Catania

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Visible and invisible: perceiving the city between descriptions and omissions

  VI AISU Congress – Macro-Session II - Numbers

  The conference will focus on the many ways in which the city has been described, narrated, portrayed and quantified in words, numbers and images over the centuries. Description and representation techniques from ancient and medieval times onwards provide an opportunity to initiate a comparison between different cities and contexts, seeking different ways of perceiving the urban whole in its full complexity.

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• 15 déc 2012

  La Rochelle

  Call for papers - History

  The magic behind Numbers. Figures, Standards and Beliefs

  Les Journées d’Histoire de la comptabilité et du management constituent, depuis leur première édition en 1995, un rendez-vous annuel incontournable pour ceux qui s’intéressent à l’histoire et à la gestion. Elles rassemblent des gestionnaires, historiens, juristes, sociologues et économistes. Pour la dix-huitième édition, l’axe de réflexion proposé porte sur le thème : La magie du chiffre. Quantification, normes et croyance.

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• 05 jui 2012

  City of London

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

  Two three-year temporary lectureships in Economic History at London School of Economics

  The Department of Economic History hopes to appoint two Lecturers in Economic History from 1st September 2012. Following in a long, distinguished tradition of research and teaching, the Department of Economic History uses concepts and theories from the social sciences as a starting point for studying the development of real economies and understanding them in their social, political and cultural contexts. Teaching and research in the Department has a global emphasis, and the expertise of current faculty is diverse in subject matter, theoretical emphasis and methodology.

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