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• 15 oct 2014

  Sao Paolo

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Intermediate Groups in the Portuguese Dominions, 16th-18th century

  Revista de História (Universidade de São Paulo)

  The Revista de História of the University of São Paulo (Brazil) invites interested scholars to submit proposals for articles to be published as part of a ‘dossier’ concerning intermediate groups in the Portuguese dominions on the Early Modern Age. Throughout that period, ‘middle people’ strove to assert themselves in rural areas and helped to shape old and new urban centers in the Portuguese World, corresponding to an increased demand for specialized services and ensuring the necessary extensions of royal representation functions and Church activities. Even though almost non-existent in juridical or normative terms, those groups were recognized both by nationals and foreigners as a complex and vibrant intermediate social layer. Time has come to try and distinguish its specificities, trends of formation and effective roles in social dynamics.

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• 30 sep 2014

  Rio de Janeiro | Paris

  Call for papers - Modern

  The Ruins of the Heritagization

  The aim of ‘Ruins of the Heritagization’ is to institute an archeology of territories considered as being ‘heritage’ focusing the "ruins" produced by the process of labelling cities. ‘Ruins of the Heritagization’ will be set in two moments of reflection, in Rio de Janeiro and in Paris. They will allow the mobilization of efforts to focus on what in the speeches and patrimonial practices is perceived as "saved" while being, at the same time, what trivializes a local economy, promotes the destruction of informal settlements, or still, transforms radically established practices. Relating what labeling leaves on the territories, which territories it produces and leaves as inheritance will be the subject of these meetings.

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• 16 mai 2014

  Lima

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  El derecho a la ciudad en América Latina

  Lo político de las políticas urbanas

  El Grupo de Trabajo “El Derecho a la Ciudad en América Latina” (GT-DC), reconocido por el Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), se ha conformado con el propósito de discutir y reflexionar sobre los contenidos teóricos y las experiencias desarrolladas en torno a esta temática de gran actualidad en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Después de un primer evento que se realizó en febrero de 2014 en la Ciudad de México, el GT-DC lanza la convocatoria a estudiantes de posgrado, docentes, investigadores, gestores públicos y público en general a participar ya sea como ponente, asistente o ambos, en el segundo seminario que tendrá lugar en la ciudad de Lima los 21 y 22 de agosto de 2014.

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