Globalization and World Cities

[i]2nd GaWC Student Workshop[/i] [b]Call for papers and participation [/b] Monday 14 January 2008 The Study Of Cities: Historical And Structural Approaches Hosted by the Department of Geography, Loughborough University (UK) Leicestershire In conjunction with the 10th GaWC Annual Lecture by Prof. Dr. Piet Saey (Ghent University, Belgium) the Globalisation and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) organises its second student workshop, this year focusing on Globalisation, World Cities and History. Recently, GaWC has extended its interests beyond contemporary globalisation, and started to investigate the external relations of cities in the past. Transnational city networks are not limited to our present-day society, but cities and towns have been connected with each other since their early origins. Related to this, one can ask whether or not globalisation and/or the Â"network societyÂ" are really as new as often conceived in the scientific literature. Since globalisation is often interpreted as a strengthening of the role of cities at the expense of states, attention is paid as well to the complex relation between cities and states throughout historical times. The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop provides an opportunity for students (PhD, Postgraduate, Undergraduate) to discuss issues on Globalisation, World Cities and History by exchanging and sharing their research ideas and work experiences in an informal and friendly environment. This will be facilitated by a number of senior researchers (e.g. Professors Piet Saey, Peter Taylor, and Michael Hoyler) and early-career researchers. Students from all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities are welcome (historians, archaeologists, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, political scientists,Â.). Possible themes for papers include: 1) Globalisation in history 2) Historical city networks / urban networks 3) Cities versus states in history 4) (World) cities in the past 5) Urbanisation and history 6) Transnationalism, long-distance trade and migration between cities / towns in the past 7) Historical financial centres Because this workshop is intended for students, there will be no registration fee for this event (including the participation at the GaWC Annual Lecture). Refreshments will be provided thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Geography Department of Loughborough University. However, travel, lunch and accommodation will have to be financed by the participants themselves. After the workshop, we intend to go for dinner in town (cost per person will be less than 10 £). Students who would like to present a paper should send a short abstract (ca. 250 words) by Friday 30 November 2007 to Raf Verbruggen [url=mailto:R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk]R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk[/url] Other participants also will have the opportunity to be actively involved in the workshop through discussion sessions (in small groups as well as a round table discussion). [b]All participants should register by Friday 21 December 2007 [/b]by sending an e-mail with full name, position, institution, contact information (address + e-mail), research interests / thesis topic (in a couple of sentences), and whether or not attending the conference dinner (+ dietary requirements) to [url=mailto:R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk]R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk[/url] For more information visit the official site: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc