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• 31 oct 2015

  Helsinki

  Call for papers - Representation

  Managing the State, transforming the City. Office buildings for central State administrations as a "forgotten" type of political architecture (1880–1980)

  XIII International Conference of European Association for Urban History – Session 29

  From the late XIX^th century onwards, both the competence and scale of Ministerial departments and State-run corporations have increased continuously in Western countries. This growth – which accelerated after each World War, and became a truly global phenomenon in the second half of the XX^th century – necessitated the construction of large and well-equipped office buildings, which were often grouped together in the "administrative districts" of capitals and other major cities. 

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• 03 jui 2012

  04 jui 2012

  Blois | Tours

  Conference, symposium - Representation

  Les « ministres des arts », les ministres et les arts sous Louis XV

  Le colloque Les « ministres des arts », les ministres et les arts sous Louis XV, organisé l’Équipe d’accueil InTRu (Interactions, transferts, ruptures artistiques et culturels) de l’université François-Rabelais de Tours et le Conseil général du Loir-et-Cher, avec la participation du GHAMU, à Tours et Blois, se tiendra les 3 et 4 juillet 2012.

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