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++ 2nd call for papers and participation ++
  
  
2nd GaWC Student Workshop
  
  
GLOBALISATION, WORLD CITIES AND HISTORY
  
  
In conjunction with:
  
  
10th GaWC Annual Lecture:
  
  
THE STUDY OF CITIES: HISTORICAL AND STRUCTURAL APPROACHES
  
  
by Professor PIET SAEY, Professor-Emeritus in Social
Geography and Planning at Ghent University (Belgium), and
member of the Globalisation and World Cities Study Group
and Network (GaWC).


  
MONDAY 14 JANUARY 2008
  
Hosted by the Department of Geography, Loughborough
University (UK)
  
Loughborough University
Stuart Mason Building (SMB)
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
  
  
  
  
In conjunction with the 10th GaWC Annual Lecture by Prof.
Dr. Piet Saey (Ghent University, Belgium) the
Globalisation and World Cities Study Group and Network
(GaWC) organises its second student workshop, this year
focusing on Globalisation, World Cities and History.
  
Recently, GaWC has extended its interests beyond
contemporary globalisation, and started to investigate the
external relations of cities in the past. Transnational
city networks are not limited to our present-day society,
but cities and towns have been connected with each other
since their early origins. Related to this, one can ask
whether or not globalisation and/or the “network society”
are really as new as often conceived in the scientific
literature. Since globalisation is often interpreted as a
strengthening of the role of cities at the expense of
states, attention is paid as well to the complex relation
between cities and states throughout historical times.
  
The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop provides an opportunity for
students (PhD, Postgraduate, Undergraduate) to discuss
issues on Globalisation, World Cities and History by
exchanging and sharing their research ideas and work
experiences in an informal and friendly environment. This
will be facilitated by a number of senior researchers
(e.g. Professors Piet Saey, Peter Taylor, and Michael
Hoyler) and early-career researchers. Students from all
disciplines of the social sciences and humanities are
welcome (historians, archaeologists, geographers,
sociologists, anthropologists, economists, political
scientists,…).
  
We would like to invite you to participate in this event
and to present and discuss your research interests /
projects with other students. Possible themes for papers
include:


1) Globalisation in history
2) Historical city networks / urban networks
3) Cities versus states in history
4) (World) cities in the past
5) Urbanisation and history
6) Transnationalism, long-distance trade and
migration between cities / towns in the past
7) Historical financial centres


Because this workshop is intended for students, there will
be no registration fee for this event (including the
participation at the GaWC Annual Lecture). Refreshments
will be provided thanks to the generous sponsorship by the
Geography Department of Loughborough University. However,
travel, lunch and accommodation will have to be financed
by the participants themselves. After the workshop, we
intend to go for dinner in town (cost per person will be
less than 10 £).


Students who would like to present a paper should send a
short abstract (ca. 250 words) by Friday 30 November 2007
to Raf Verbruggen ([log in to unmask]).
  
Other participants also will have the opportunity to be
actively involved in the workshop through discussion
sessions (in small groups as well as a round table
discussion). All participants should register by Friday 21
December 2007 by sending an e-mail with full name,
position, institution, contact information (address +
e-mail), research interests / thesis topic (in a couple of
sentences), and whether or not attending the conference
dinner (+ dietary requirements) to
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If you have any questions regarding the workshop, travel,
accommodation,… please do not hesitate to contact us.
  
  
We hope to hear from you soon,


  
Julia Grosspietsch, PhD Candidate, Department of
Geography, Loughborough University
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Raf Verbruggen, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography,
Loughborough University
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Globalisation and World Cities Study Group & Network
(GaWC)

Visit us at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc
  
  
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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:
  
09.00-09.30: Registration and Tea/Coffee
09.30-09.45: Welcome by Head of Department (Prof. Dr. Ian
Reid)
09.45-10.45: Presentations I
10.45-11.30: Small group discussions (themes will be
attuned to the interests of the participants)
11.30-11.45: Break
11.45-12.30: “Generic concepts linking social science and
history: Braudel, Wallerstein, GaWC”: Seminar by Prof Dr.
Peter Taylor (Loughborough University), director of GaWC
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.45: Presentations II
15.00-16.15: GaWC Annual Lecture: “The study of cities:
historical and structural approaches, by Prof. Dr. Piet
Saey (Ghent University, Belgium)
16.30-17.30: Roundtable discussion and reflections from
the workshop
17.30-18.00: Post-workshop drinks
18.30 - …: Conference dinner

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WORKSHOP VENUE, TRAVEL, AND ACCOMMODATION:
  
  
  
Loughborough University is easy to reach:
  
  
To have a look at (downloadable) maps of Loughborough
University Campus and the surrounding area please refer to
www.lboro.ac.uk/about/map/ or read on for some further
travel tips:
  
  
  
Workshop venue:
  
  
The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop will take place in the
Stuart Mason Building (Reference Number on Campus Map: 48,
SMB) towards the south end of the campus’ Central Park.
  
  
  
Loughborough University can be easily reached by ROAD, by
RAIL or by AIR:
  
  
By ROAD: Loughborough is just off the M1 (Junction 23).
Leave the M1 at Junction 23, and follow the A512 that
takes you directly to the campus.
To get to the Student Workshop venue, Stuart Mason
Building (Reference Number on Campus Map: 48, SMB), it is
best to use the East Entrance and report to the gatehouse
to ask for car park space.
  
  
By RAIL: Loughborough is part of the Midland Mainline
route network. London St. Pancras can be reached in 90
min, Birmingham New Street in 80 min, Bristol in just over
3 hours, Edinburgh in 5 hours, Leeds in 2h 30 min,
Manchester in 2h 30 min, and Nottingham in 20 min.
  
Check timetables and ticket fares at
www.thetrainline.co.uk, or www.midlandmainline.com.
  
 From 14 November 2007 Eurostar-train services
(www.eurostar.com) will be launched from London St.
Pancras to mainland Europe. Brussels and Paris can then be
reached in 2h and 2h 30 min respectively (might be an
alternative to flying, especially because of the good
connection between London St. Pancras and Loughborough).
  
Some tips for students not familiar with English trains
and fares:
- Book as far as possible in advance and you can get
really cheap deals.
- Trains from and to London can be very expensive when you
are travelling in peak times.
- Book a return ticket, they are usually much cheaper than
two single journeys.
- If you are booking special offer tickets (e.g. from and
to London), you can only get the best deals when you are
travelling on off-peak trains. You also need to book two
single journeys, special deals are not for return
journeys.
- There are no special student prices (to get a student
price you would need to purchase a student rail card, but
that does not pay off if you only use it for one journey).
- Loughborough station has a short platform, hence it
might be possible that you cannot alight from your coach
and need to move to a different coach. It is best to ask
the ticket inspector from which coaches you can alight at
Loughborough.
- Keep your ticket until you have left the train station,
you will have to use it to leave the train station through
electronic barriers.
  
If you want to get the cheapest fares you need to play
around a bit on the booking-website.
  
 From Loughborough train station there is a bus (Kinchbus,
Number 7, www.kinchbus.co.uk/7kinchbus.html) that takes
you directly to the campus, during term time the bus
leaves every 10 min. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to arrive
on campus.
To get to the Workshop venue (Stuart Mason Building,
reference Number on Campus Map: 48, SMB) you should alight
at the 2nd bus stop on campus, at the Haslegrave Building,
Ref. No.: 61, N).
  
  
By AIR: Loughborough is about 8 miles from East Midlands
airport (www.eastmidlandsairport.com).
Low cost airlines flying to EMA are:
- BMI Baby (www.bmibaby.com)
- Easyjet (www.easyjet.com)
- Ryanair (www.ryanair.com)
  
 From the airport, there is a bus to Loughborough
(www.kinchbus.co.uk/airline.html) every 30 minutes (ca. £
2). It takes ca. 25 minutes to arrive at Loughborough town
centre or train station from where you could again take
Kinchbus No. 7, or walk to the campus from town centre
(ca. 20-25 min).
By taxi, it takes ca. 15 minutes to go from the airport to
the university (approx. £ 15-20).
  
 From Birmingham International Airport (www.bhx.co.uk) to
Loughborough, travel time is 100 min by train
(www.thetrainline.co.uk) and 2h 30 min - 3h by coach
(www.nationalexpress.com).
  
  
  
Accommodation in Loughborough:
  
  
For details about hotels, guesthouses and B&B’s in
Loughborough please refer to:
  
http://accommodation.lboro.ac.uk/visit/hotels.php
  
www.bedandbreakfast-directory.co.uk/results.asp?town=Loughborough&county=Leicestershire&country=England
  
www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/propertysearch.asp?townCity=Loughborough
  
www.touristnetuk.com/EM/LEICESTERSHIRE/accommodation/ac-serviced/loughborough.htm



Raf Verbruggen
PhD-Candidate
Department of Geography
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
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