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• 12 oct 2014

  Bordeaux

  Call for papers - Europe

  Self, Other and Elsewhere: Images and Imagination in the Port Cities of Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe(18th – 21st Centuries)

  In these times when urban marketing is being applied to outline the identity of our cities with a view to promoting it more effectively, this international seminar proposes to reflect upon the representation systems of European port cities on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean from the 18th century through to the present day. The relationship between city and port – we will be addressing only sea ports here – is far from simple, depending on the types of activities (trade, industry, military, tourism, etc.) and from one period in time to another, with the relationships urban societies have with their port spaces and activities varying in intensity and in nature, especially as the long period of time considered here spans the phases of the development of maritime activity, its decline and, more recently, urban restructuring. In this respect, quaysides form the line along which city and port meet, and provide the most tangible illustration of these transformations. Over the years, how have urban societies represented their ports and the opening onto the world they provide? 

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• 05 sep 2014

  Riga

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Consistency of inner and outer spaces in European "Art nouveau" architecture

  Art nouveau Network - Historical Lab 5

  In the framework of the project “Art Nouveau & Ecology” actions, the Réseau Art Nouveau Network organises a series of five Historical Labs with the support of the Culture 2007-2013 Programme of the European Commission. The fifth of the series, hosted in Rīga, will explore on 5 September 2014 the following topic: Consistency of inner and outer spaces in European Art Nouveau architecture

   

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• 10 avr 2014

  Paris

  Study days - History

  New professional figures: mediators of memory

  Franco-Italian study day

  J'ai le plaisir de vous informer de notre journée d'étude franco italienne consacrée à l'histoire orale, organisée en partenariat par l'association Italia in Rete et le laboratoire DICEN (CNAM Paris). Cette journée de rencontre entre chercheurs et associations d’Italie et de France, s’inscrit dans le projet « Nuove figure professionali : mediatori della memoria » financée par la région Emilie-Romagne.

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• 30 avr 2014

  Paris

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  The transformation of urban space in Latin America (1870-1930): discourse and practices of power

  ALHIM 2015 journal issue 29

   Les Cahiers ALHIM (Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire), de l’université de Paris 8, Vincennes Saint-Denis, consacrent un de leurs prochains dossiers (2015 premier semestre numéro n°29) à l'analyse de La transformation de l’espace urbain en Amérique Latine (1870-1930) : discours et pratiques de pouvoir.

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