Details of two ESRC Research Seminars provided by Simon Parker (Politics, York): I wonder if you I could publicise details of two seminars which will be taking place this month and in May which I hope will be of interest to subscribers to c-g-f. The seminar is interdisciplinary and actively encourages participants from outside academia who share an interest in the changing nature of European urban polities. The State of the City: Urban Political Formations in Twentieth Century Europe - An ESRC Research Seminar Spring Programme All meetings will take place in the Council Room, South Wing, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT at 3 pm. Friday 25 April 1997 Urban regeneration, social marginalisation and cultural policy Jude Bloomfield (Department of German, UCL, London) Franco Bianchini (Department of English, Media and Cultural Studies, De Montford University) Discussant: Sara Sellwood (Policy Studies Institute) Friday 23 May 1997 Social exclusion and urban space Lila Leontidou (Department of Geography, King's College, London) Facets of Socio-Spatial Exclusion: Cities on the European Periphery Michael Keith (Centre for Urban and Community Research Goldsmiths College, London) Title t.b.c. For further details please contact Dr Simon Parker, Department of Politics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO1 5DD. Tel (01904) 433542 Fax (01904) 433563 E-mail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%