Events
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Conferences, workshops and other academic events about globalization, mobilities and the Mediterranean.
October 2011
1-2 : . CASS Second Annual Conference: “Shi’a Minorities in the 21st Century” London, UK.
6-7 : 2nd “Policy meets Research”- Workshop on Sustainable Mobility. Szentendre (Hungary)
6-8 : International Conference: “New Debates on Gender, Migration and Development: Linking Production and Reproduction Chains in Contemporary Mobility”. Maó, Menorca, Spain.
6-9 : 9th International Conference of the International Association for the History of Transport Traffic and Mobility (T2M). Berlin, Germany.
6-8 : 18th International DAVO-Congress: "Contemporary Research on the Middle East". Free University of Berlin, Germany.
7-8 : Conference: "Educational Borders: Film and Media Analysis of Cultural Foundations". Faculty of Education, Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
7-8 : Conference: “The Dialectics of Orientalism in Early Modern Europe, 1492-1700”, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
10-11 : Second conference on the Analysis of Mobile Phone and Datasets and Networks. Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, USA.
12-14 : Conference: "Islamic Reform and Public Life in Africa", University of Cape Town, South Africa.
20-22 : Second International Seljukian Culture and Civilisation Symposium: "Science and Thought in Seljukian Era (XI-XIII.cc)”, Konya, Turkey.
21-22 : The History of Tourism in Italy. Research Prospects and Perspectives. Sorrento, Italy.
25-29 : Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment - MEDCOAST 11. Rhodes, Greece.
November 2011
1-4 : International Symposium: “The Greek Orthodox Church Architectural Heritage: A Comparative Perspective with other Christian and non-Christian groups of the Middle East and its Neighbouring Areas”. University of Balamand, Lebanon.
2-5 : The Politics of Uncertainty: Disasters and STS. Cleveland, USA.
3 : Les fondations pieuses waqf-habous chez les chrétiens et les juifs en terre d’islam. Institut d’Études de l’Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman. Paris, France.
3-4 : Journées d’études:" Le régime de l’indigénat et ses métamorphoses : histoire d’un dispositif impérial répressif". Ivry et Paris, France.
10-11 : International Hospitality and Tourism Research Conference. Luzern and Sorenberg, Switzerland.
10-12 : Le tourisme comme facteur de transformations économiques, techniques et sociales: une approche comparative (19e-20e siècles). Laussane, Switzerland.
11-12 : International Workshop: "In the ‘middle’ of society: social transformations and the appearance of new ‘middle classes’ in the urban centres of the Middle East (ca 1500 to 1900)". Cairo, Egypt.
16-18 : International Conference “Performing Religion: Actors, Contexts, and Texts”. Orient-Institut Beirut, Lebanon.
16-17 : Colloque: "Transformations dans le genre dans la péninsule arabique et la Corne de l’Afrique". Le Caire, Egypt.
17-18 : Space and Flows: an international conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Monash University Prato Centre, Italy.
17-18 : Media and Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. Université Paris 8, France.
18 : Governing Forced Migration by Sea. Oxford, UK.
23-25 : International Conference: "From Moscow to Madrid, from Cairo to Berlin: The Eastern European Countries and the Mediterranean. Relations and Crossed Perspectives, 1967-1989". Paris, France.
29-30 : Colloque « Religions et sacralités en révolution de 1789 à nos jours », lnstitut européen en sciences des religions/IESR. Paris, France.
December 2011
Date TBA : Colloque international: "Pour le lancement du Réseau universitaire et scientifique euro-méditerranéen sur le genre et les femmes de la Fondation des femmes pour la Méditerranée Femmes, réseaux et « révolutions ». La démocratie à l’épreuve du genre en euro-méditerranée". Universitè Paris, 8, France.
1 : Workshop: Spaces of protest in the Middle East and the Mediterranean. London, UK.
2-3 : Ishraqah. Festival celebrating Middle-East and Arab Cultures. Nottingham, UK.
5-8 : Themed Session: When "the Rest" enters "the West": Renegotiating leisure in touristic settings. 10th Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies (ANZALS) biennial conference "Challenging Leisure". University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
13-14 : Moralities of Migration. Oslo, Norway.
15-16 : Future Cities 2011 – International Symposium London, Westminster London, UK.
14-16 : Railways and Speed. Two centuries of speed on the railways, thirty years of high-speed trains. Paris, France.
2012
January 2012
4-6 : Beyond camps and forced labour: current international research on survivors of Nazi persecution. Imperial War Museum, London.
11-14 : Conference: “Shifting Borders: America and the Middle East/North Africa”. Beirut, Lebanon.
13-14 : Colloque: "Laïcités en sociétés majoritairement musulmanes et musulmans en contextes laics - Débats, expériences et confrontations, XIXe – XXe siècle". Université du Maine, Le Mans, France.
February 2012
3-5 : Conference: "Relationships between Diasporas and Their ‘Homelands’ and Their Impact on the State, National Identities, and Peace & Conflict". Beirut, Lebanon.
6-11 : Citizenship after Orientalism. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
22 : UACES & Europe
in the World Centre, University of Liverpool
Workshop: The Arab Spring – the view from Europe, one year on. Liverpool,
UK.
March 2012
1-3 : International Association for the History of Religions Special Conference: "IAHR Special Conference Religions, Science and Technology in Cultural Contexts: Dynamics of Change", NTNU-The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
16-18 : Local and mobile: Linking mobilities, mobile communication and locative media. North Carolina State University, USA.
21-24 : 13th Mediterranean Research Meeting. Montecatini, near Florence, Italy.
21-24 : Workshop: "Changing Patterns of Cooperation and Security in the Mediterranean Region" during the Mediterranean Meting, Montecatini Terme / Italy.
22-24 : Annual History Seminar: "Protest, Revolt, Revolution in Egyptian and Arab History". American University in Cairo, Egypt.
April 2012
4-7 : 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies. Athens, Greece.
May 2012
7-9 : First Academic Conference of the Faculty of Economics and Administration “Saudi Economy: Challenges and Opportunities”. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
June 2012
1-2 : 7th International Colloquium on the Changing Religious Landscape of Europe: "Religion, Space and Diversity - Negotiating the Religious in the Public Sphere". Goettingen, Germany.
6-8 : Workshop: ”Networks of Religious Learning and the Dissemination of Religious Knowledge across Asia”, during the Conference “Inter-Asian Connections”. Hong Kong.
11-14 : 8th Annual International Conference on Tourism. Athens, Greece.
12-14 : Enjeux touristiques et lieux commerçants, enjeux commerciaux et lieux touristiques Journées de la Commission « géographie du commerce » et de la Commission « géographie du tourisme et des loisirs ». Amiens, France.
14-16 : The cultures of displacement. Nimes, France.
14-16 : 12th International Conference: " Migration and Democracy”, Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines. Dudelange/Luxembourg.
14-17 : 2012 Humanities Conference. New directions in the humanities. Montreal, Canada
25-27 : VIII CITURDES - CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL DE TURISMO RURAL E DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL. Chaves, Portugal.
27-29 : The Influence of Tourism Global Activity: Central or Peripheral? Putteridge Bury. Luton, UK.
29 June - 1 July : 22nd International Screen Studies Conference. Glasgow, UK.
July 2012
4-7 : Third Gulf Research Meeting (GRM), University of Cambridge, UK.
6-9 : Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel. Liverpool, UK.
10-13 : "Displacement and Uncertainty". Panel at EASA conference. Paris, France.
August 2012
1-5 : 9th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference. Istanbul, Turkey.
29-31 : 5th International Conference
on Traffic and Transport Psychology. Groningen, Germany.
October 2012
25-27 : Diasporas and “Race”. Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.
Past 2010 events
September 2011
1-2 : First Centre for Sian Studies (CSS) Postgraduate Conference on Syria, St. Andrews, Scotland.
5-6 : Conference: “Global Insecurities: Insurgency, Development, and World Order 10 Years On”. University of Leeds, UK.
5-7 : Communicating Civilization and Global Order. SOAS, London, UK.
6-9 : Framing the City. CRESC Annual Conference. Manchester, UK.
6-9 : "Mobile Borders", Border Regions in Transition (BRIT), University of Geneva and University Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble.
7-10 : Research Network 35 "Sociology of Migration", European Sociological Association - 10th bi-annual ESA Conference. Geneva, Switzerland.
8-9 : Confronting the Global: Alternatives, Alterity, Solidarity. Warwick, UK.
8-10 : 6th International Cultural Studies Conference "Space and Culture", Istanbul, Turkey.
7-10 : 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
9-10 : Inaugural Conference on Iran’s Economy. SOAS, University of London, UK.
14-16 : 1st Doctoriales from the Chair
of Tourism, culture, development
TOURISM - Concepts and methods at the disciplinary crossroads.
Cit Internationale and Sorbonne, Paris.
14-16 : Conference: "Muslim in Britain: Perceptions and Realities", Middle East Institute and SOAS. London, UK
15-18 : Annual Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
18 : Launch Conference of the European Association of Israel Studies (EAIS). SOAS, London.
19-23 : The Black Sea Region in Transition: New Challenges and Concepts. Vougliagmeni, Greece.
20-22 : ESCAS XII Biennial Conference, University of Cambridge, UK.
22 : Human mobility and Governance in a global context. CIDOB, Barcelona, Spain.
21-24 : International Tourism Sustainability Conference 2011. Embracing Social and Environmental Change: The Influence and Role of Tourism. Mauritius.
30 Sept - 6 Oct : T2M International Summer School - The Passenger: Mobility in Modernity. Berlin, Germany.
August 2011
1-3 : IATUR Conference 2011. 33rd Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research. Oxford, UK.
16-20 : “Rethinking Urbicide in Times of Crisis”, International Conference of Critical Geography. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
31- 2 Sept. : Mobility sessions at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers). London, UK.
- Travel, Tourism and Art.
- Mobility and Alterity: focussing on alternative mobile practices.
- (Re-)Imagining ‘Return Migration’: Language, concepts and contexts.
- Migration, forced and unfree labour: issues and approaches.
- Rural Mobilities: Engaging with Rurality (Whilst) On the Move.
- Leisure spaces, popular culture and geographical imaginations.
- Sacred Journeys.
- Geographies of translation.
- Diversity in transitions to adulthood and implications for residential mobility.
- Migration, forced and unfree labour: issues and approaches.
- The politics of daily mobility: citizenship, place and power.
- Youth migration and mobilities.
- Art, Science, and geographical Imaginaries.
- Mobile Geographies of Art.
- Internal Migration of Ethnic Minorities.
31 Aug - 1 Sept : Irish Transport Research Network Conference,'Transport and Energy'. Cork, Ireland.
July 2011
4-5 : Summer School: “History, Identity and Religion in Contemporary Central Eurasia”. Copenhagen, Denmark.
4-6 : "Trade Routes and Seafaring in the Ancient Near East", ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, Oxford, UK.
5 : Beyond Mobile Context - Workshop on mobile interaction design practice and theory. Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
5-7 : 'Commodities in Motion' Conference. London, UK.
5-7 : Leisure Studies Association Conference, Southampton Solent University, UK.
5-8 : Methods Thematic Network” (RT 20) For the Fourth Congress of the French Sociological Association (AFS) Grenoble, France.
6-9 : 8th ITS European Conference, Intelligent mobility - ITS for sustainable transport of persons and goods in urban regions. Lyon, France.
6-9 : Second Gulf Research Meeting. University of Cambridge, UK.
7-9 : RC21 conference on “The struggle to belong. Dealing with diversity in 21st century urban settings'. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
7-9 : International Conference on "Syrian-Turkey Relations", University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.
7-9 : “Social inequality and mobilityin the life-course: Causes and consequences of social stratification”. Mannheim, Germany.
10-12 : International Conference: "Gender Transformations in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa “. University of Sana'a, Yemen.
11-13 : "The Amorites", ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, Oxford, UK.
11- 15 : Summer School of the Mediterranean, Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). Barcelona, Spain.
14-15 : 13th annual Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute. Oxford, UK.
14-15 : Cultural Translation: Society-Politics-Globalisation. Nottingham, UK.
18-20 : "The Western Missions in the Levant including Iran, Iraq & Egypt", ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, Oxford, UK.
18-20 : Global Studies Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
28-30 : 45th Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference. British Museum, London, UK.
June 2011
2-3 : International Conference: “Cross-Cultural Education”. Notre Dame University, Lebanon.
4 : Cosmopolitanism, Media And Global Crisis. An International Conference. London, UK.
4 : Seas, Seamen and Shipping. Exeter, UK
8-10: The Migration-Development Nexus Revisited: State of the Art and Ways Ahead. University of Trento, Italy.
8-10 : Colloque: "Méditerranée Sud, le retour du cosmopolitisme? Mobilités, altérités et reconstructions identitaires sur la rive Sud de la Méditerranée", Rabat, Morocco.
9-10 : Conference on Displacement and Reconciliation Conflict Research Centre. Ottawa, Canada.
9-11 : Tenth Congress of the Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO): "Uniform(ed) Memories. Peoples, States and Nations in the Mediterranean and Middle East". Milan, Italy.
13-16 : 7th Annual International Conference on Tourism. Athens, Greece.
16 : Entre polity, politics et policy, les contributions de la science politique à l'analyse des phénomènes touristiques. Paris, France.
16-18 : Sixth Geography of Religion Colloquium: “Changing Religious Landscape of Europe – Representation and Future Trends”. Lucerne, Switzerland.
16-18 : International Conference: "Migration and Culture", University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
16-18 : 6th Geography of Religion Colloquium: "The Changing Religious Landscape of Europe - Representation and Future Trends", University of Lucerne, Switzerland.
20 : Cities in Conflict. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). London, UK.
20-23 : Diasporas and Cultures of Migrations. Université Paul-Valéry — Montpellier 3, France.
24 : Post-Graduate Workshop: “Qur´án, Tafsir and Hadith Studies”, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK.
24-26 : Interdisciplinary Conference:" Empowerment and the Sacred". University of Leeds, UK.
24-27 : Battles of mobilities: Utopias for a different future, Special session at the 4th Nordic Geographers Meeting in Roskilde, Denmark.
26-27 : "Social Mobility - Geographic mobility: the socio-spatial mobility? ". University of Strasbourg, France
27-28 : Workshop: "Ifta' on Screens: Satellite Television, the Internet and Religious Authority in the Arab World". Doha, Qatar.
27-29 : International Conference of BRISMES, EURAMES and AFMA: "The Middle East: Aspirations and Challenges". Exeter, UK.
29- 3 July : Western Economic Association International Conference; Panel on "Economics of the MENA Region", San Diego, USA.
30 June - 1 July : New frontiers in European Studies. Surrey, UK.
May 2011
3-5 : Research Conference: "Social Justice in Egypt: Theory, Research and Practice", Cairo, Egypt.
5-6 : Policy meets Research - Workshop on Sustainable Mobility. Szentendre, Hungary.
7-8 : PhD Students International Conference: “State, Society and Economy in the Modern Middle East”, SOAS, London, UK.
9-11 : International Conference: " From the Centre to the Periphery: Israel, Clandestine Diplomacy and the Modern Middle East". NTNU Trondheim, Norway.
11-15 : 2nd Island Dynamics Conference. Taking Malta out of the Box: Island Cultures, Economies, and Identities, Valetta, Malta.
13-14 : "The Long 1890s in Egypt: Colonial Quiescence, Subterranean Resistance", IMES, University of Edinburgh, UK.
16-17 : Workshop on ‘Disasters – Mobility – Communications: Exploring the Links’. Bielefeld, Germany.
17-20 : Conference: "Pluri-culture et écrits migratoires / Pluri-culture and Migrant Writings", Toronto, Canada.
19 : Osun, déesse du fluide. Salle 1, 105, bd Raspail Paris, France.
19 : ESRC Seminar: Understanding Business Engagement and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism. Imperial College, 58 Prince’s Gate, South Kensington, London.
21 : Conference The Diasporic Family in Cinema. London, UK.
19-22 : International Conference: "Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Communities in the World: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Studies", Mainz, Germany.
22-31 : First Gulf Exchange. Dubai.
24 : The Architecture of Hurry - Centre for Urban History Annual Lecture. London, UK
24-27 : Battles of mobilities: Utopias for a different future Special session at the 4th Nordic Geographers Meeting in Roskilde, Denmark.
5 : Centre for Mobilities Research - Research Day 2011.
27-29 : Conference: "Re-enchantment of Arab Television: Audience Responses and Identity Constructions", University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
April 2011
4-15 : Second Islam Graduate Research School on " Islam and Muslims in a plural world: the local and the global in the Middle East, Europe and North America", Damascus, Syria.
6-9 : 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting. Workshop: Productivity and Innovation in the MENA Region – Mapping Euro-Med Knowledge and Technology Transfer. The European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, Italy.
6-9 : 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting. Workshop: Transnational family making: children, young people and migration. The European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, Italy.
7 : Projection de film /- Global Village, Tamar Gordon. salle 9, 105, bd Raspail. Paris, France.
7-8 : mobil.TUM 2011
conference: Making Sustainable Mobilities
Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Munich, Germany.
11-13 : Jewish Identities in Contemporary Europe. University of London, UK.
11-13 : The Archive and Jewish Migration: From Antiquity to the Present. Cape Town, Sout Africa.
12-16 : Conf Session: Landscapes and spaces of renewal: retreat, recreation, pilgrimage. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Conf Session: Contemporary tourism mobilities: The geographies of lifestyle migration. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Cosmopolitan Urban Tourism: Gentrification perspectives. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : New perspectives: Interacting with world cities from the periphery. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : The climate change challenge and geographies of transport and Mobilities. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Bridging Geographies of Confinement and Mobility. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Electric Mobility: The Role of Multimodality and E-Bikes/Pedelecs. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : The climate change challenge and geographies of transport and mobilities. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Hub Cities and the Knowledge Economy: Airports. Seaports. Brainports. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Technologies of Oil. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Religion and Transnationalism/ Travelling faith: exploring the intersections of religion and migration. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : (Re)constructing climate change: insights from critical and feminist science studies. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Exploring the Colonial Present: Contemporary Research on Palestine. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Mobilities in Everyday Life. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : Critical Geographies of Security, Mobility and Militarization at International Borders. AAG, Seattle, USA.
12-16 : The Mobility of Scientific Knowledge: Historical Case Studies,
Methodologies, and Conceptual Developments. AAG, Seattle, USA.
13-15 : First Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Young Researchers. Istambul, Turkey.
13-16 : Colloque International: "De Bagdad à Grenade: miroirs des mille et une nuits", Grenade, Espagne.
14-15 : Second Islam Graduate Research School on " Islam and Muslims in a plural world: the local and the global in the Middle East, Europe and North America", Damascus
18 : Saskia Sassen - evening conference on 'city civic movements in a global world' at the presentation of the 'GLOBAL CITY 2.0' NETWORK. Lisbon, Portugal.
20-23 : 4th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies. Athens, Greece.
27-30 : Tourism in an Era of Uncertainty. Rhodes, Greece.
28-30 : The Mediterranean, Criss-Crossed and Constructed. Harvard University, USA.
29-30 : Mediencounter. Casa del Mediterráneo. Xàbia, Spain.
March 2011
2 : ‘Mobility, Place-making, and Economic Competitiveness.’ University of Oxford, UK.
3 : Classes et relations de travail dans les hôtels de luxe parisiens. salle 9, 105, bd Raspail. Paris, France.
3-4 : Workshop: "Language, Literacy, and Authority in Islamic Societies", Stanford University, USA.
4-9 : Seventh Student Field Seminar "Bridges instead of Walls". West Bank, Palestine.
3-5 : 'Techno-Topologies. Spatial Perspectives - Spatial Practices'. Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
4-5 : Reflections and New Directions: A Conference on the Anthropology of Tourism In Honor of Valene L. Smith. California State University, USA.
4 : Workshop: "Youth Politics in the Arab World: Challenges and Aspirations", CASAW/ School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK.
5 : ACES Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
5 : International Conference: “Shi’i Scholarship 16th Century – Present”, Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS), London, UK.
5-6 : Seventh Annual Conference: "Past is Present: Settler Colonialism in Palestine", Palestine Society, SOAS, London.
8-11 : International Seminar: The Situation of the Iraqi Academics: Defending Education in Times of War and Occupation. Ghent University, Belgium.
9 : ‘Investment in Transport Infrastructure and Economic Development: Recent Debates in the United States.’ University of Oxford, UK.
9 : Methods in Dialogue - Researching Mobilities, University of Manchester, UK.
17 : « Aux confins du « tourisme anthropologique». Le Nord-Ouest argentin et ses enjeux politiques internes »; Tourisme religieux et politique : l'exemple des pèlerinages juifs en Tunisie. salle 10, 105, bd Raspail. Paris, France.
18 : Workshop on geographies of transnational education and (im)mobilities. University of Birmingham, UK.
21-25 : Session d’études doctorales : "Islam : demande sociale et recherche universitaire". Rabat, Maroc.
21 -23 : Mobilities in Motion: New Approaches to Emergent and Future Mobilities a joint international conference of the Pan-American Mobilities Network and the Cosmobilities Network, hosted at the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA.
21-22 : Arab World Diasporas and Migrations. Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, USA.
23 : 'Environmental Sustainability in Non-Western Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Event'. Salford, UK.
24-26 : Symposium: "Christians and the Middle East Conflict". Langley, British Columbia, USA.
25 : 'Xenophobia and the Memory of Moroccan Migration: New Forms of Relatedness'. University of Manchester, UK.
25-26 : "Transnational Futures? Shifting Borders and the Dynamics of Diaspora". Toronto, Canada.
29-31 : 11th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern Studies: "Current Trends in the Study of the Middle East, North Africa & their Diasporas". Tucson, Arizona, USA.
31-3 April : 69th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, USA.
31 March - 3 April : Special Joint Conference of the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) and Association for Asian Studies (AAS) PANEL – Asian border-crossing mobilities: On the road to (self)development– 70 years of Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii.
February 2011
2 : ‘Understanding the Paths to Post-Carbon Mobility: Research Needs for Anticipating Transport Revolutions.’ University of Oxford, UK.
3 : Séminaire "Tourisme : Recherches , Institutions, Pratiques":
Rapports de classe et relation de service dans l’hôtellerie
haut de
gamme parisienne. Salle 9, 105, bd Raspail.Paris, France.
3 : Creating Global Citizens? Manchester, UK.
4-5 : Symposium exploring "mobility around the Mediterranean". Alexandria, Egypt.
9 : ‘Translating daily life into simulation: MATSim and its possibilities.’ University of Oxford, UK.
10-11 : International Workshop: "New Voices, New Media, New Agendas? Pluralism and Particularism in the Middle East and North Africa". ZMO, Berlin, Germany.
10-11 : Climate Change and North-South Dynamics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
11 : What future for Europe? London, UK.
15 : (How) Will the 2012 Olympics Impact Trafficking in London? London, UK.
16 : ‘More than A to B – transport and mobility research as cultural explorations.’ University of Oxford, UK.
18-20 : International conference on "l'imaginaire touristique/Tourist Imaginaries" organized by IREST, Sorbonne-Pantheon and TSWG, U C Berkeley, to be held at the University of California, USA.
23 : ‘Myth and reality in the search for the wider benefits of transport.’ University of Oxford, UK.
23 : Sustainable Development 2011 harnessing the energy of communities – The Barbican, London, UK.
January 2011
3-17 : The Sixth Beirut Exchange. Beirut, Lebanon.
7-8 : Colloque "Regards croisés d’Occident et d’Orient : les barrages dans l’Antiquité tardive", Paris, France.
13-16 : First Preparatory Symposium: " Conference for Security and Cooperation in the Middle East", Bad Boll, Germany.
13-14 : BRISMES Postgraduate Conference 2011, University of Manchester, UK
13-15 : International Conference: "Tropics of Travel. 4. Homes". Université de Liège, Belgium.
19 : ‘Distance, Speed and Time: The Fundamentals of Transport Geography.’ University of Oxford, UK.
20-22 : "Remaking
Borders" 1st EastBordNet Conference. EastBordNet
Catania, Italia.
24 : BSA Presidential Event: People Trafficking. British Library Conference Centre, London, UK.
26 : ‘Does Mobility have a Future?’. University of Oxford, UK.
27-28 : "Imagining Europe: Perspectives, Perceptions and Representations from Antiquity to the Present". Leiden, Netherlands.
27-28 : XII Encuentro del Foro de Investigadores del Mundo Árabe y Musulmán. Granada, Spain.
31-1 Feb : 2nd International TEMPO Conference. Policy Change for Sustainable Transport. New Policy Instruments and Modes of Governance. Oslo, Norway.
31-10 Feb : Mittelmeerland 1. Dubronik Visiting School. Dubronik, Croatia.
December 2010
2-4 : Europeanization and Globalization. Bordeaux, France.
7 : Transnationalisation des idées, modèles et pratiques politiques en Europe. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
9-10 : The Mediterranean. A Liquid Space of Architectures, Images, and Things. Firenze, Italy.
10-11 : Colloque international - Recit de voyage et histoire (1589-1830). Sorbonne, Paris, France.
10-12 : Moral Panics in the Contemporary World. Brunel University, UK.
14 : GaWC Annual Lecture - "GLOBAL URBAN HIERARCHIES AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES". Loughborough, UK.
15-17 : Bodies across Borders: The global circulation of body parts, medical tourists and medical professionals. Switzerland.
17-19 : International Conference. "Borders and Gates or Open Spaces? Knowledge Cultures in the Mediterranean during the 14th and 15th Centuries". Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
24 : Circus-ing around. 3D mapping lights up Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
28 Dec. - 4 Jan. : Field Seminar "Bridges instead of Walls". West Bank, Palestine.
November 2010
3-4 : Europeanization and Globalization. UMR Europe Européanité Européanisation. Université de Bordeaux, France.
6 : 12th International Academic Conference on Islamicjerusalem Studies, University of London, UK.
8-12 : Workshop: "Political Islam", SOAS/LMEI, London, UK.
12 : Colloque: "La culture turque dans une perspective européenne: perceptions, mécanismes et acteurs", Paris, France.
9-13 : Heritage in Conflict and Consensus: New Approaches to the Social, Political,and Religious Impact of Public Heritage in the 21st Century. New York, USA.
10 : The Sixth Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture. 'Overcoming Fragmentation: Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return'. Manchester, UK.
13-14 : 'Trust, Culture, Gender' International Conference. Heilbronn, Germany.
15-16 : Colloque: "Image et représentation du Maghrébin dans le cinéma français", Paris, France.
18-21 : Middle East Studies Association Conference. San Diego, USA.
19-21 : Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism. Istanbul. Turkey.
23 : Launch Conference of the UK Transport Research Centre. London, UK.
23-24 : Jews from Arab Lands. SOAS, London.
26 : Turbulent Trade Routes. CeMoRe, Lancaster, UK.
26 : Multiculture and Multiculturalism? Bristol, UK.
25-26 : Villes, frontières et changements de souveraineté en Méditerranée, XVI-XXe siècle. Nice, France.
30 : Moving Minds – After the Car – Congress on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Brussels, Belgium.
30-1 Dec : Observer et s'adapter au changement climatique en forêt méditerranéenne. Marseille, France.
October 2010
6-10 : International Workshop «Under Construction. The Material and Symbolic Meaning of Architecture and Infrastructure in the Gulf Region». ZMO, Berlin, Germany.
14 : European Regional Perspectives on Tourism Geographies – Contrasting Research Approaches and Linguistic Traditions. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
14-16: New Media/Alternative Politics: Communication Technologies and Political Change in the Middle East and Africa. CRASSH, Cambridge, UK.
17-30 : Autumn School: "Secular Sounds, Islamic Sounds and Politics of Listening". AISSR, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
19 : Space and Power in Contemporary Italy. The contribution of geography and political science. Siena, Scuola Superiore di Santa Chiara, Italy.
19 : Arabs and Israelis Facing the Holocaust and the Nakba. SOAS, London.
26 : Arab Unity: reality or illusion? SOAS, London.
27-29 : Cultures of Mobilities: Everyday life, Communication, and Politics. Aalborg, Denmark.
September 2010
1 : (In)visibles cités coloniales. Stratégies de domination et de résistance de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Strasbourg, France.
1-3 : Theorising the Sea. RGS-IBG Annual Conference. London, UK.
1-4 : Communautés migrantes et espace urbain dans les ports de la Méditerranée, XVIIe-XIXe siècle. Gand, Netherlands.
1-4 : Migrant Communities and Urban Space in the Mediterranean ports, 17th-19th centuries. Ghent, Netherlands.
6–7 : ‘Re-thinking Global Society’ The Bauman Institute - International Launch Conference. University of Leeds, UK
7-9 : Research Summer School - UK Transport Research Centre. Leeds, UK.
10- 12 : 2010 Conference: Tourism and Seductions of Difference. Lisbon, Portugal.
16-19 : Fifth International Conference on the Peoples of the Red Sea Region Red Sea V: "Navigated spaces, connected places". Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK.
21 : Mobilities of the super-rich. Lancaster, UK.
20–22 : Conference: Strangers, Aliens and Foreigners. Oriel College, Oxford, UK
20-23 : 17th International DAVO Congress / 31st German Congress for Oriental Studies. Marburg, Germany.
20-24 : 17th International DAVO Congress / 31st German Congress for Oriental Studies. Marburg, Germany.
23-24 : International Conference: "Shrines, Pilgrimages and Wanderers in Muslim South Asia". Paris, France.
23–26 : Conference: Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging. Oriel College, Oxford, UK
24-26 : The Eighth Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies: Middle Eastern Connectivities. University of Bergen, Norway.
August 2010
22-28 : 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences. Amsterdam, Holland.
July 2010
30 June - 3 July : 2010 Exeter Gulf Studies Conference. Exeter, UK.
5-9 : ‘Theory for a Global Age: The Place of Africa?' - Early Career Summer School. University of Warwick, UK
7–9 : 3rd
Global Conference: Diasporas - Exploring Critical Issues.
Mansfield College, Oxford, UK
7-10 : Gulf Research Meeting. Cambridge, UK.
7-10 : Workshop "The Impact of Migration on Gulf Development and Stability" during Gulf Research Meeting 2010. Cambridge University, UK.
11-17 : Conference session - Urban futures and mobility regimes XVII World Congress of Sociology. Gotenburg, Sweden.
11-17 : Tourism Sessions at ISA - TOURISM STUDIES: PURSUING THE EVOLUTION OF A COMPLEX SOCIAL PHENOMENON. ISA World Congress of Sociology. Gothenburg, Sweden.
12 : Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar Series - Conclusion. Berlin, Germany.
19-24 : Third World Congress on Middle Eastern Studies 2010. Barcelona, Spain.
30 June - 2 July: Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging. London, UK.
June 2010
1 : Mobilités. Pour une études de sources et de méthodes d’approche. Paris
2 : Les musulmans en Europe et la Shoah. Perceptions et histoire. Paris, France.
3-4 : International Conference: World Heritage and Tourism: Managingfor the Global and Local. Quebec, Canada.
8-10 : La Méditerranée comme objet. Représentation et construction scientifique. Rome, Italy.
10 : European Power Elites. Paris, France.
10 : Villes, frontières et changements de souveraineté en Méditerranée, XVI-XXe siècle. Nice, France
10-11 : Mutations de l’espace et mobilités en terre d’Islam, XIX-XXIe siècle. Paris, France.
11 : War and the Body. Imperial War Museum, London UK.
14 : Changing Identities in Post-Ottoman Salonica. Berlin, Germany.
14-28 : Fifth Beirut Exchange Program. Beirut, UK.
17 : Les guides de voyage : un patrimoine et un objet d’études | Travel Guides: heritage and study object. Villeurbanne, France.
18 : Experts et migrations (1945-1990). Bruxelles, Belgique.
21-23 : Global Studies Conference. Busan, South Korea.
24 : Paris, tourisme et métropolisation Échelles, acteurs et pratiques du tourisme d’une « destination capitale ». Paris, France.
22-24 : Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Digital Asylum-seekers: The Clash of Cultures. Sibiu, Romania.
28 : Intellectual Dimensions of Continuity and Transformation in post-Ottoman Istanbul. Berlin, Germany.
30 June-3 July : New Migrations, New Challenges: Trinity Immigration Initiative International Conference. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
May 2010
6-8 : CARFMS10: Forced Migration: Challenges and Change. Ontario, Canada.
8-9 : Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Where are the Intellectuals? Culture, Identity and Community in the Modern Middle East". University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
10-14 : Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Cultural Diplomacy. Rhodes, Greece.
14 : ‘Understanding Diaspora: The Case of Kurds in London’. University of Leicester, UK.
21–22 : PSA Postgraduate conference - Networking the Globe: Information Technologies and the Postcolonial. Stirling, Scotland, UK.
28 : Questionner les images en Méditerranée. Croisements religieux et culturels au Proche-Orient. Beyrouth, Lebanon.
April 2010
7-9 : Conference "CRITICAL REFLECTIONS IN MIGRATION RESEARCH: VIEWS FROM THE SOUTH AND THE EAST" . Koç University, Turkey.
7-10 : CAIR10 - Conference on Applied Interculturality Research. Graz, Austria.
7-10 : Correspondence: Travel, Writing, and Literatures of Exploration, c. 1750-c. 1850. Edinburgh, UK.
14-18 : 2010 Annual Meeting of the AAG. Washington, DC, USA.
14-18 : Assembling ‘parts of elsewhere’: Urban politics and policies on the move. Panel at AAG Conference. Washington, DC, USA.
14-18 : Exploring Innovations and Transgressions in Tourism Mobilities/Immobilities. Panel at AAG Conference. Washington, DC, USA.
16 : People Like Us. Manchester Conference Centre, UK.
16-17 : Postcolonialism and Islam. University of Sunderland, UK
19-23 : Workshop: "Political Islam Week". London, UK.
22-23 : South African Migration to the UK: Exploring Dynamics, Identities and Prospects. University of Loughborough, UK.
27 : Turbulent Trade Routes. Lancaster. UK.
28 : Creative economy - Globalization and World City Research Centre (GaWC). Loughborough, UK.
March 2010
9-11 : Tourisme méditerranéen et crise mondiale - Mediterranean tourism and global crisis. IGU Mediterranean Renaissance Programme. Tunis, Tunisia.
10 : Terrorism and the Complexity of Soft Targets: The Case of the Tourism Industry. Oxford, UK.
17 : A Walled City: Nicosia and its Divided Memories. London, UK.
17-18 : Seminario ¨La construcción de espacios interculturales significativos. La interculturalidad desde otras visiones¨. Seville, Spain.
17-19 : Call for Papers: Rethinking the Middle East? Values, Interests, and Security Concerns in Western Policies toward Iraq and the Wider Region, 1918-2010. British Academy, London, UK.
18-19 : Colloque : "Lire les villes marocaines. Création et urbanité" Paris, France.
23 : Les Cleantech de la mobilité : comment évaluer pour choisir? Paris, France.
24-27 : Eleventh Session of the Mediterranean Research Meeting. Florence, Italy.
31 March - 3 April : 3rd International Conference on Mediterranean Studies. Athens, Greece.
February 2010
12 : Mobilities, Migration, Service Work & Place Workshop. Lancaster, UK.
January 2010
14-15 : Romani Mobilities in Europe: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford, UK.
29 : JOURNEYS AND JUSTICE: Forced migration, seeking asylum, and human rights. University of Leeds, UK
December 2009
3-4 : Workshop on Mobilities and Forced Migration. Lancaster, UK.
11 : Cultural Translation. Cardiff, UK.
11-12 : Conference: Deportation and the Development of Citizenship. Oxford, UK.
November 2009
30 Sept-2 Oct : Children and War: Past and Present. Salzburgh, Austria.
3-5 : ATLAS Annual Conference. Limassol, Cyprus.
5-8 : Seventh International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M): Energy and Innovation. Lucerne, Switzerland.
6 : Conference ‘Cycling Leisure and Tourism in Portugal’. University of Aveiro, Portugal.
6-7 : Diasporas, Migration
and Media: Crossing Boundaries, New
Directions. Utrecht University, Netherlands.
9-13 : Heritage in Conflict and Consensus: New Approaches to the Social, Political,and Religious Impact of Public Heritage in the 21st Century. New York, USA.
10-14 : Ninth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment - MEDCOAST 09. Sochi, Russia.
14-17 : 2009 International Tourism Biennial "Marketing the Past - Managing The Future". Canakkale, Turkey.
19 : CTCC Guest Lecture Series 2009: Sun, Sea, Sand and Silicone. Leeds, UK.
20-22 : Counter Nature(s): Revising nature in an era of environmental crisis. Uppsala, Sweden.
23 : Workshop with Adrian Favell (UCLA) author of Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe. Manchester, UK.
October 2009
2-4 : XVI Simposio de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Árabes. Madrid, Spain.
8-10 : 16th International Conference of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO). Bonn, Germany.
15 : Annual Peace Talk. Lancaster, UK.
15 : La dimension spatiale des ressources sociales : mobilité - capital d’autochtonie. Université Paris 8 (site Pouchet), France.
15 : TTRI Research Seminar -'Pilgrims to Pictures: The Italian Renaissance and the Evolution of the Grand Tour'. Nottingham, UK.
16-17 : Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community. Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
17-18 : 2nd Cambridge Symposium on Middle Eastern Studies. Cambridge, UK.
21-23 : Medimigra - Mediterráneo migrante conference. Murcia, Spain.
23-31 : Amal Euroarab Film Festival. Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
27-30 : Tourism, Religion & Culture: Regional Development through Meaningful Tourism Experiences. Lecce, Italy.
28 : La Ville en Mouvement - Les plans climat, un levier pour les autorités locales ? Paris, France.
September 2009
2-5 : European Sociological Association Conference. Research Stream 14: Chronic Regional Conflicts: Focus on the Israeli-Palestinian Case. Lisbon, Portugal.
3-4 : British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Conference. Exeter, UK.
4-6 : Islamic Resurgence in the Age of Globalization: Myth, Memory, Emotion. Trondheim, Norway
10-11 : II Congreso Internacional de Turismo Residencial, Universidad de Alicante, Spain.
10-12 : Refugee Futures Conference 2009. Prato, Italy.
16 : Diaspora Cities: Urban Mobility and Dwelling. London, UK.
21-22 : COMPAS Annual Conference 2009. Oxford, UK.
22-24 : Protecting people in conflict & crisis: Responding to the challenges of a changing world. Oxford, UK.
21-25 : Intelligent Transport SystemsWorld Congress. Stockholm, Sweden.
23-25 : 6. Colloque - Santé et mobilités au Nord et au Sud : circulations des acteurs, évolutions des pratiques. Toulouse, France) et Dakar, Sénégal.
24-25 : Conference 'Routes, Roads and Landscapes'. Oslo, Norway.
24-25 : Ecomediterránea: Towards a Sustainable Management of the Mediterranean Sea. Mallorca, Spain.
25-26 : La rue est a nous. Lille, France.
25-27 : Libya: Legacy of the Past, Prospects for the Future. Oxford, UK.
29-30 : Rethinking Migration.
New glances on migrations
Research-Workshop. Graz, Austria.
30 Sept - 2 Oct : Genre en mouvement : Conflits, négociations et recompositions Moving Gender : Conflicts, Negotiations and Redefinitions. Université Paris Diderot, France.
August 2009
26-28 : Constructing Spaces of (Im)-mobility: Geo-historical Perspectives. RGS-IBG Annual Conference. Manchester, UK.
28-29 : Conference Panel : Hospitality and Regeneration. Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference. Manchester, UK
31 Aug - 1 Sept : Images of Illegalized Immigration. University of Basel, Switzerand.
July 2009
1-4 August : Summer Programme for Students in Political Sciences & Middle East Studies, Galillee College, Israel.
1-4 : Conference : 11th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film hosted by the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change. Leeds Metropolitan University. Leeds, UK
2-3 : Colloque international - Diffusions et circulations des pratiques maçonniques en Europe et en Méditerranée. 1720-1820. Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
3-4 : Mobility and Creativity - Narrative, Representation & Performance. University of Surrey, UK
3-5 : Conference - Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Manchester, UK
8-10 : Conference - Trave and Tourism in the Age of Climate Change: Robust findings, Key Uncertainties. Brighton, UK
9-11 : Conference - Cultural Histories of Sociability, Spaces and Mobility University of York Department of History Cultural History. York, UK
9-12 : "Merchants, Mercenaries and Missionaries: The Society and Culture of the Medieval Mediterranean, c. 500-1500". Exeter, UK.
10-13 : Conference - 8th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE). Durham University, UK
16-22 : 10e Session d'études doctorales de l'IISMM, "La preuve en sciences humaines et sociales", Hammamet, Tunisie.
23-25 : 43rd Seminar for Arabian Studies. British Museum, London.
25-27 : Conference - "Migration, Politics, and Work", Trier/Germany and Dudelange/Luxembourg.
28-31 : International Conference on the Arts in Society. Venice, Italy.
June 2009
5-6 : Globalisation and European Integration: 'The Nature of the Beast'. Warwick, UK
17-20 : La Frontière Méditerranéenne du 15e au 17e siècle. Échanges, circulations et affrontements. Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
18-19 : Agents of Change in the Mediterranean. Oxford, UK
18-20 : Colloque international - Le Sahara et ses marges : enjeux et perspectives de erritoires en mutations. Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
25-27 : 9th International Conference: ‘Migration, Politics, and Work. Trier/Germany and Dudelange/Luxembourg.
25-29 : Resorting to the Coast: Tourism, Heritage and Cultures of the Seaside. Blackpool, UK.
29-30 : "Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Palestine Refugees: Pesent and Future". Brussels, Belgium.
May 2009
11-14 : 3rd International Conference on Sociology. Athens, Greece
12-13 : Conference - Mobil.TUM Conference "ITS for Larger Cities". Munich, Germany
26-27 : End and Borders of Tourism. Grenoble, France
27-29 : Experiencing Difference: Changing Tourism and Tourists' Experiences. Aalborg University, Denmark
April 2009
1-4 : International Conference: Tourist Experiences: Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours. University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
3-5 : Conference - Planning for the Future – Learning from the Past: Contemporary Developments in Tourism, Travel & Hospitality’. Rhodes, Greece
6-8 : International Symposium: "Humanism in Islam - An Intercultural Discourse". Alexandria, Egypt
4-7 : Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Amman, Jordan
16-19 : "Ships, Saints and Sealore: Maritime Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.". Malta
22-24: Transport and Tourism: Challenges, Issues and Conflicts. Breda, Netherlands
23-25 : 1st International Research Forum on Guided Tours. Göteborg, Sweden
28 : Adieu l’automobile ? Entre faillite de l'automobile américaine et mode de vie écolo. Un débat d’actualité avec Gabriel Dupuy (auteur des Territoires de l'automobile) et Mathieu Flodeau (auteur des Cultures du volant XX°-XXI° siècles). Café de Flore (1e étage). 172, Boulevard St Germain. Paris
March 2009
3-5 : Whose Cosmopolitanism Conference. Manchester, UK
6 : Workshop - Europe and Progressive Islamist Movements: Perceptions of Democratisation in the Middle East. European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
16-18 : Conference - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Course of History: Exchange and Conflicts. Munich, Germany.
26-27 : Colloque - Neuvième colloque du groupe de travail « Mobilités spatiales et fluidité sociale » de l'AISLF - Les interactions entre mobilités quotidienne et résidentielle à l'épreuve des nouvelles pratiques sociales. Luxembourg
31-2 April : Conference - 19th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN): ""Nationalism and Globalisation", London School of Economics. London, UK
February 2009
2-3 : Dieu change en ville : religion, espace et immigration, Paris
19 : Séminaire : La promenade au tournant des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles (Belgique-Europe) | Bruxelles
21-22 : Conference: The Nakba: Sixty Years of Dispossession, Sixty Years of Resistance | The Brunei Gallery - SOAS - University of London
January 2009
8-9 : Workshop: Environmental Change and Displacement. Oxford, UK
9-11 : The International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Pune, India
Networking in the Mediterranean
Meeting of young researchers around the Mediterranean
Oran, Algeria.
2-4 June, 2009
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