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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 e-mail [log in to unmask] Keith Lilley School of Geography University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT 0121 414 5551/5544 e-mail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%