CALL FOR PAPERS …

 

'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos'
Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 October 2014
http://www.islanddynamics.org/islandcities.html

 

'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' is an international, interdisciplinary academic conference exploring the cultures, economies, and politics of island cities worldwide. The conference will consider how island status influences urban development and common attributes of island cities. It will also consider how islands and archipelagos can be used as conceptual tools for understanding urban development more broadly.

Deadline for Abstracts: 31 May 2014 (http://www.islanddynamics.org/islandcities/cfp.html).

Plenary Speakers
- Saskia Sassen (Columbia University)
- Jon Pierre (University of Gothenburg)
- Godfrey Baldacchino (University of Malta)
- Jonathan Pugh (Newcastle University)
- Christian Wichmann Matthiessen (University of Copenhagen)
- Brenda S.A. Yeoh (National University of Singapore)
- Ilan Kelman (University College London)

Collaborating Institutions
- Island Dynamics
- University of Portsmouth's Centre for Art, Architecture & Design
- Memorial University of Newfoundland's Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy
& Development
- University of the Balearic Islands' Department of Catalan Philology & General
Linguistics
- Lund University's Department of Human Geography
- Queen’s University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology
- VerdensKulturCentret, Copenhagen
- Sharing Copenhagen.


Best regards,
Adam Grydehøj
Director of Island Dynamics

E-mail: [log in to unmask] / Web: www.islanddynamics.org
Tel.: +45 53401982 / Address: Lergravsvej 53, 3. sal, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark