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Second European Urban and Regional Studies conference
Culture, place and space in contemporary Europe
University of Durham, UK, 17th-20th September 1998
Aims The conference will address the connections between culture,
place and space in contemporary Europe. It will provide a forum for
discussion of the relationships between cultural, economic and
political processes in changing the map of European cities and
regions.
Themes will include:
identity, belonging and citizenship in the new Europe
social exclusion and political cohesion
European landscapes
cultures of economies
governance and regulation
political economy and spatial analysis
transformations in southern and eastern Europe
This list is not exhaustive and papers are also invited on other
issues.
Organisation The conference will be held at Collingwood College in its
own purpose-built conference facilities, set on the edge of Durham. It
will commence with opening papers on the afternoon of Thursday 17th
September and finish with breakfast on Sunday 20th September. The
conference fee includes full board and en-suite accommodation, plus a
special conference dinner on the Saturday evening. There will be an
optional excursion on the Sunday for which a small additional charge
will be made. Printed papers will be circulated prior to or at the
Conference.
Full cost including conference fee stlg245 (reduced rate available for
day participants). Full payment will be due by 1st July 1998.
Proposals for papers in the form of a one-page abstract should be sent
by the end of December 1997 to:
Kathy Wood, European Urban and Regional Studies, Department of
Geography, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
(E-mail [log in to unmask], Fax +44 191 374 2456, Phone +44 191
374 7062)
All proposals will be refereed and acceptance of papers will be
confirmed by the end of January 1998. Final papers will be required by
the end of May 1998.
Further details will be available on:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Geography/latest/eursconf98/
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Mike Crang,
Department of Geography,
Science laboratories,
South rd.,
Durham. UK
DH1 3LE
tel: 0191 374 2499 Fax: 0191 374 2456
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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