RGS/IBG Annual Conference, January 1997 - University of Exeter
HGRG Session
Call for Papers:
_Pre-Modern Transitions and the Emergence of Europe_
Europe, as an idea, is a social and cultural construct that emerged
in the Middle Ages through external and internal territorial
expansion. Transitions in culture, economy and society help to
define a Europe through processes of political conquest and
colonisation.
The changing geo-politics of medieval Europe, as expressed in
contested notions of law, language, ethnicity, settlement and
landscape, provide a background to some of the themes to be explored
by this session. By linking together historical geographies of town
and country in pre-modern Europe, the intention of the session is to
deal with transitions in the material and spiritual culture of a
world which, all to often, is distanced from today's Europe. Yet,
the cultural embeddedness of modern Europe rests on foundations which
were laid in the period collectively known as the Middle Ages.
Papers are invited which link the emergence of 'Europe' with aspects
of spatial and temporal change within the pre-modern period.
Abtracts of up to 200 words should be sent to either of the session
convenors by June 30:
David Harvey
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Amory Building
Rennes Drive
Exeter
EX4 4RJ
01392 263263 x2600
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Keith Lilley
School of Geography
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
0121 414 5551/5544
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