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• 01 sep 2016

  Paris

  Call for papers - Geography

  Nature in the city in the Middle East and Maghreb

  2nd GIS project: "The Middle East and the Islamic world" workshop project

  Les villes du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient comptent parmi les plus vieilles du monde, où la nature a toujours eu une place privilégiée : les jardins de Babylone, de Damas, de Marrakech et de Bagdad, dont les modèles sont issus à la fois de l’héritage perse et des descriptions du Coran, ont marqué les imaginaires et étaient des éléments-clés de la ville islamique (Gillot 2006). Au-delà de la fonction d’agrément, la fonction agricole, à travers l’agriculture urbaine et périurbaine, a toujours été constitutive du fait urbain dans le monde arabe (Nasr & Padilla 2004).(...)

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• 23 fév 2015

  Paris

  Call for papers - Prehistory and Antiquity

  From the Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula: studying domestic spaces in the Neolithic

  Under neolithisation scholars understand multiple processes of social and economic transformation which begin at different times and follow regional trends in the Near and Middle East. It is within the complex relational and spatial framework of the household that these shifts in the structure and activities of Neolithic communities are easiest to apprehend and study. The conference will therefore focus on the domestic sphere in order to highlight and understand the polymorphous nature of what we call neolithisation. Various thematic sessions will be held to shed new light on current data: “Impacts of the shift to a sedentary/semi-sedentary lifestyle”; “Organising the house and the household”; “Private space/public space”; “Acquisition, production, transformation and use”; “Eating-Moving”; “Symbolic manifestations”;“The living and the dead”.

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• 13 nov 2011

  11 nov 2011

  12 nov 2011

  Conference, symposium - Geography

  Man and the desert

  Multidisciplinary conference in Wadi Rum (Jordan)

  The area of Wadi Rum in Southern Jordan was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a mixed natural and cultural site in June 2011. Scholars involved in the the preparation of the nomination file came to realise that scientific knowledge about the broader Wadi Rum area is scarce and does not do justice to the importance of the site, be it its natural or cultural dimensions. It also became apparent that there is a need to systematise research and documentation efforts, and provide technical advices to the relevant authorities for the monitoring and conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the site. Man and the Desert: the First Multidisciplinary Conference on the Natural and Cultural History of Wadi Rum is expected to be the first of a series of conferences on the interactions between human communities and arid environments to take place every two years in Wadi Rum.

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