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• 30 jui 2018

  Amman

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Contemporary Amman and the Right to the City

  A city of four million inhabitants today, Amman’s expansion has become disproportionate to its urban history. Amman has experienced an impressive urban growth over the past fifty years, driven by forced migration and market laws. Developing from a small rural settlement at the end of the 19^th century, Amman evolved into a regional crossroad at the end of the 20^th century, and has become today a symbol for the consolidation of Hashemite rule, and as a result, the site of its contestation. Amman’s exceptional position among other regional capitals and its recent urban history has forced its inhabitants to create narratives concerning the city’s foundation, invent urban traditions, and negotiate ways of socialization.

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• 30 jui 2013

  Aqaba

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  Territory and economy of the populations of the Hellenistic and Roman Empires borders

  IIe International Multidisciplinary Conference in wādī Rum

  The first International Multidisciplinary Conference in Wādī Rum took place from November 11th to 13th 2011 in Wādī Rum Visitor Center and was the opportunity to review scientific advances about the region. The second edition of the International Multidisciplinary Conference in Wādī Rum will be held in Wādī Rum Visitor Center on November 12^th, 13^th and 14^th 2013. The International Multidisciplinary Conference 2^ndedition will be dedicated to the study of the Nabatean territories and economy. The water issue that is particularly at stake in the region, is at the core of this International Multidisciplinary Conference 2^nd edition. It will encourage the comparison between what has been done through history in Wādī Rum region and beyond.

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