Apologies for cross-posting




++ 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 
[log in to unmask]
  
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
[log in to unmask]
  
Raf Verbruggen, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, 
Loughborough University
[log in to unmask]



Globalisation and World Cities Study Group & Network 
(GaWC)

Visit us at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc
  
  
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  
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

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  
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
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

_______________________________________________________
[log in to unmask]
An urban geography discussion and announcement forum
List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM
Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group
UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk