[Reader-list] [Announcements] CFP:Globalising Urban Histories:Interdisciplinary approaches to politics, material cultures and ideologies in world cities

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Globalising Urban Histories:
Interdisciplinary approaches to politics, material cultures and 
ideologies in world cities
4th and 5th December 2007
Sponsored by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and 
Humanities (CRASSH), Cambridge.

This conference looks at the city as a site through which global 
networks of exchange and cultural transmission can be explored. Though 
the city has become a popular focus for research across academic 
disciplines and chronological periods, these studies often see urban 
space as an iteration of a larger system (be it nation, empire, or 
cosmopolitan network). Looking to develop new approaches and analytical 
tools for the study of world history, this conference seeks to situate 
the city within wider frameworks of material and cultural dissemination. 
In so doing we are interested in interrogating conventional views of 
‘modern globalisation’ and in developing our understanding of 
longer-term processes of global transmission. The conference will 
explore the ways in which ideology and material culture intersect and 
interact to shape urban spaces and urban lives. We therefore welcome 
papers that cover a broad chronological and geographical spectrum, 
within the following broad themes:

Problematizing Identity: notions of identity and community within the 
complex plurality of urban life, with particular attention to gender, 
race and class.

Rights, Social Obligation and Citizenship: the construction and 
operation of ideas of selfhood, belonging and municipal citizenship.

Interrogating the Discipline: new theoretical and analytical approaches 
to world history and urban studies.

We particularly welcome participation from graduate and early career 
academics. Applicants should submit a 500 word paper proposal and c.v. 
(in Word, RTF, or PDF format) to ern20 at cam.ac.uk by Saturday 30th June 
2007. We will contact accepted participants by Monday 23rd July 2007. 
The conference will take be held on 4th and 5th December in the seminar 
rooms of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and 
Humanities (CRASSH), Cambridge.

For additional information about the conference, please contact the 
conference organizers or visit the conference website at 
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2006-7/urbanhistcfp.html
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