Calenda

New York

Governance and economic integration in urban border regions

Paper session: "Governance and economic integration in urban border regions", Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2012, New York City, USA, 24-28 February 2012.

Prague

Call for papers - History

Postwar Planning in Transnational Perspective

European Association for Urban History - 2012 Prague

For this Main Session at the EAUH 11th International Conference (Prague, August 29 - September 1, 2012), we invite papers that bring a transnational or comparative methodology to bear on planning postwar cities in Europe and North America. We are interested in how ideas about planning were exchanged across national borders and how planning in turn shaped trans-Atlantic shifts in political ideologies. Paper topics can range from specific urban interventions, such as the provision of housing, to the way cities fit into broader programs of social reform, Keynesianism, or market-oriented competition. We encourage contributions from all disciplines.

Cologne

Call for papers - Geography

Ecosystem services: their epistemology and relation to geography

32nd congress of the Union Géographique Internationale - special session

Dans le cadre du congrès international de l'Union géographique internationale, nous proposons une session spéciale qui analysera la place que la géographie a tenu, tient ou pourrait tenir dans l’approfondissement de la notion de services écosystémiques, sa mise en œuvre ou au contraire sa critique radicale.

Fribourg

Call for papers - Geography

Re-conceptualizing the social

First Jean Brunhes Conference

The first Jean Brunhes conference will focus on current re-conceptions of the social. To what extent do new perspectives in Human Heography focusing on concepts such as practice, performance, assemblage, network or system represent an epistemological shift? Do they add to, redefine or replace more traditional concepts within human geography such as space, place, territory or region? What kind of knowledge do these perspectives produce and how do they transform the relationship between knowledge and action? What are the political consequences of these perspectives? And what’s next?

Rio de Janeiro

Call for papers - Geography

I Latin American Geography and Gender Seminar: Space, Gender and Power

Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union Pre-Meeting

Chamada de trabalhos para o I Seminário Latino-Americano de Geografia e Gênero: Espaço, Gênero e Poder / Pré-encontro da Conferência Regional da União Geográfica Internacional: Conectando diferenças através de fronteiras espaciais, que terá lugar no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) a 8 - 11 de novembro de 2011.Instituições organizadoras: PUC- Rio / UEPG / UGI

Bordeaux

Call for papers - Sociology

Estuarine and Lagoon Ecosystem Trajectories

Throughout the world, estuaries and lagoons are among the most intensely modified and threatened aquatic ecosystems. Moreover, these systems are vulnerable to the consequences of global change. From a management point of view, there is a tremendous and concrete lack of knowledge regarding the functioning of estuarine ecosystems and the socio-economic relations that bind the various actors to these environments. This ECSA symposium will contribute to provide sound science on past and future estuarine and lagoon ecosystem evolution from ecological, social and political point of view. All example of medium and long terms surveys, describing how the ecosystem and socio-ecosystem is evolving are welcome.

Palermo

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Tourist Spaces

Between Practices and Theories

In our conference we intend to question the modalities according to which tourist spaces are lived, analyzed and interpreted. The interventions not only of anthropologists, semioticians and geographers, but also of other specialists, are particularly welcome to examine different tourist phenomena starting from the perspective of space. The fundamental principle upon which we wish to base our interrogation is founded on a precise anthropological conception of space. Besides being an abstract concept, in our perspective space constitutes an active element of cultural modeling: space is not a neutral container within which human actions are accomplished independently from its cultural shaping, but a real and true meaningful feature contributing to structure human actions and give them sense inside a society. If we follow this hypothesis, the reflection on tourist spaces takes on a particularly decisive role for many disciplines and for the definition of culture(s) in a more and more globalized world.

Le Creusot

Call for papers - History

The Transformation of the World Steel Industry from the Twentieth Century to the Present

Les changements dans la sidérurgie mondiale ont été plus rapides à la fin du XXe siècle que dans toutes les périodes antérieures. Le colloque « les mutations de la sidérurgie mondiale du XXe siècle à nos jours » vise à faire le point scientifique des mutations intervenues dans tous les domaines de cette industrie. Son ancrage dans la période contemporaine permettra une réflexion pluridisciplinaire et comparative sur les origines et les formes du changement.La démarche comparative est essentiellement historique, mais également ouverte à d'autres disciplines comme la géographie, l'économie, la gestion d'entreprises, la sociologie, les sciences de l’ingénieur, etc.

Johannesburg

Call for papers - Urban studies

Memory and City Conference

Please send via email a 500-1000 word abstract in any language to Mr. Thibault Hatton (comm.research@ifas.org.za), mentioning your name and affiliation, and specifying in the subject of the email “Memory and City proposal_YOUR NAME” before April 25th. The language of the conference will be English, but we might organize sessions in French provided we have enough proposals in this language.

Glasgow

Call for papers - History

Rural History Network International Conference

Le Réseau d'histoire rurale (RHN) lance un appel à contributions pour sa prochaine conférence qui se tiendra du 11 au 14 avril 2012 à Glasgow en Écosse dans le cadre de l'European Social Science History Conference. Les propositions de sessions ou d'articles sont à faire en anglais avant le 1er mai par le biais du site : http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/user/register.php

Lyon

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Geography

Post-doctoral researcher position in human geography

Dans le cadre du programme de recherche « GEStion des risques liés aux crues par une meilleure prise en compte du TRANsit Sédimentaire » (GESTRANS), financé par l’Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), le projet de recherche post-doctoral vise à renforcer la connaissance des attitudes à l’égard des événements hydrologiques extrêmes et à l’égard des dépôts sédimentaires dans la vallée de la Maurienne (Arc) et le Grésivaudan (Isère). Les savoirs, les valeurs et les comportements des habitants des communautés locales, des gestionnaires et des experts sont explorés par le biais d’un corpus d’articles issus de la presse quotidienne régionale, d’un questionnaire portant sur l’évaluation du paysage fluvial et le risque d’inondation, ainsi que d’une quinzaine d’entretiens semi-directifs réalisés auprès d’acteurs et décideurs.

Münster

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Devoted Bodies or Great Shows? Making profit on Sacred Areas

Fifth International Symposium of CORPUS

Le cinquième symposium international de CORPUS Groupe international d'études culturelles sur le corps aura pour thème : « Corps dévots ou grands spectacles ? S'enrichir en territoire sacré ». Fruit d'une collaboration entre CORPUS, l'Université de Munster (Allemagne), l'École nationale supérieure de folklore José Maria Arguedas (Pérou) et l'université nationale de Catamarca (Argentine), cet évènement aura lieu à Munster du 7 au 9 septembre 2011.

Johannesburg

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Geography

Call for Master's bursary application Urban Protected Areas (UPA) Network (South Africa)

To be allocated to one Master student registered at a South African University

The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) is pleased to announce that as part of the Urban Protected Areas (UPA) network, it will be offering one Master’s bursary of ZAR 20,000 (2000 euros) for the conduction of research on the history and policies of urban protected areas, with the Table Mountain National park in Cape Town as a case study. The bursary is intended to be allocated to one Master student registered at a South African University

Johannesburg

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Geography

Call for Master's Bursary Application Urban Protected Areas (UPA) Network (European Union)

To be allocated to one Master student registered at a European Union University

The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) is pleased to announce that as part of the Urban Protected Areas (UPA) network, it will be offering one Master’s bursary of ZAR 20,000 (2000 euros) for the conduction of research on the history and policies of urban protected areas, with the Table Mountain National park in Cape Town as a case study. The bursary is intended to be allocated to one Master student registered at a European Union University

Saint-Étienne | Lyon

Call for papers - Urban studies

Populating: the elusive category of urban policies?

Le peuplement, entendu comme action, plus ou moins délibérée et formalisée, consistant à intervenir sur la répartition spatiale des groupes sociaux, fait figure d’enjeu saillant autant qu’insaisissable des politiques urbaines actuelles ou plus anciennes. L’objectif de ce colloque est de faire le bilan des connaissances internationales sur le sujet et d’identifier les chantiers de recherche en cours et à venir afin d’analyser la façon dont le peuplement est construit comme objectif et enjeu des politiques urbaines, dans des contextes sociaux, historiques et politiques distincts. Autrement dit, il s’agit d’appréhender le peuplement à la fois comme politique(s) et comme catégorie(s) d’action publique, en confrontant à travers ce prisme des travaux qui ne le sont pas habituellement, soit parce qu’ils portent sur des terrains et des époques éloignés, soit parce qu’ils sont issus de disciplines différentes (géographie, science politique, sociologie, urbanisme, histoire, etc.).

Saint-Denis

Conference, symposium - Language

Translation(s), Migration(s), Identities

Dans un monde soumis à la dynamique de la globalisation et marqué par des mouvements migratoires massifs, les figures et oppositions figées du centre et de la périphérie, de l’identité et de l’altérité, du soi et de l’autre se dissolvent tandis que l’expérience du déracinement, de l’exil, du passage produit une superposition de plusieurs cultures qui s’hybrident dans un territoire radicalement nouveau par rapport aux migrations d’antan. La situation du sujet moderne, décrite par Salman Rushdie dans Imaginary Homelands comme celle de l’homme traduit (the translated man), tend à se généraliser. Homi Bhabha a élaboré une théorie de la culture qui est proche d’une théorie du langage, recourant à la notion de traduction comme motif ou trope. Il s’agira, dans un premier temps, d’approfondir la réflexion sur la « traduction culturelle » et d’envisager dans quelle mesure ce motif peut (et doit) être lié à une réflexion renouvelée sur le rôle et les modalités de la traduction au sens propre.

Geneva | Grenoble

Call for papers - Geography

Mobile Borders

XIth "Border Regions in Transition" (BRIT) Conference

First call for papers and pannel sessions "Border regions in transition (BRIT) XI": "The Mobile Borders" with special sessions on African and Alpine borders. September 6-9, 2011 Geneva, Switzerland/ Grenoble, France. Co-hosted by the Geography Department, University of Geneva and the Alpine Geography Institute, University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble I / CNRS unit : UMR Pacte.

Clermont-Ferrand

Study days - Geography

Governing Rural–Urban Relationships and Periurban Areas in France and Australia

Different Land Use Cultures, Same Issues?

The governance of rural–urban relationships has become a very challenging issue in many countries around the world over the two last decades. Many competing interests are embedded in it: agriculture, metropolitan development, biodiversity conservation, water resources use, etc. Many conflicts take place in periurban areas, for instance. These conflicts are signs of a more general evolution of rural – urban relationships in a context of global change – eg. global warming, loss of biodiversity, the global food challenge, the petrol crisis. This seminar aims to compare how these challenges are tackled in France and in Australia. Considering the differences between the political and institutional contexts of various countries, it will be a great opportunity to think about the role of land use culture in different governance systems. This seminar is organised in partnership with AgroParisTech Clermont-Ferrand, INRA-SAD and UMR METAFORT.

Clermont-Ferrand

Study days - Geography

Regional Water Management and Adaptive Management

How to deal with multi-scalar issues?

This seminar aims to discuss the interactions between regionalisation of water management and adaptive management. Regionalisation embeds many scales of time and space, which have to be combined to improve and change stakeholder practices. The seminar will bring together international specialists to analyse how adaptive management can deal with institutional, technical and political multi-scalar issues in order to foster change of practises. This seminar is organised in partnership with AgroParisTech Clermont-Ferrand, INRA-SAD and UMR METAFORT.

Poitiers

Call for papers - Political studies

International conference: The Territorial Politics of the Nation-State

Decentralisation, devolution, autonomy, (con)federation...

International ConferenceUniversité de Poitiers (France), MSHS, MIMMOC, October 14-16, 2010

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