Browse events by 'Urban History'

In Science Studies, problems of scientific expertise have drawn tremendous attention in recent years. The emergence of expert authority within ever more fields of human activity has often been...

This symposium will look the history of invention, technology and philosophy in the early modern era, the ways in which material life changed in the period. It will consider how the period...

Since the first Policy History Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the primary goal behind the conference has been to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of policy history, American...

This two-day symposium will explore material cultures of religious belief and faith in modern Britain. As Birgit Meyer, David Morgan, Crispin Paine and S. Brent Plate have recently pointed out,...

This call seeks papers addressing market culture in the late medieval and early modern periods, conceived broadly as the norms, laws, customs and practices of exchange, 1400-1850.  Scholars...

The 2012 annual Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society conference will be held in The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, from 22-24 June 2012. Confirmed plenary speakers include Christine Casey (...

This conference seeks to explore, celebrate and critique the great world city of London in the context of Olympic and Jubilee Year. The title for the 2012 event is 'London - City of...

This conference seeks to explore, celebrate and critique the screen-based traditions of film, TV and digital media. The title for the 2012 event is 'The End of Representation?'...

Landscape features prominently in perceptions and interpretations of the past.  Whether depicting a specific location in its own right, or providing a backdrop for historical action, the...

The International Medieval Meeting Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), now in its second year, will bring together some of the leading medievalists from across the globe, who will...

Registration for the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of French History to be held in York is now open!

For further registration details and a conference programme,...

The United Nations has declared 2012 to be the International Year of Co-operatives. In celebration, this major international forum will discuss how co-operatives in every sphere of social,...

Confirmed Keynote: Dr. Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire)

Representing the past is a contested and dissonant process. The promotion of particular voices and stories within history...