2014 IPHS Conference, St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
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a Guide to Sustainable Future". Conference website
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IPHS and University of Lisbon Conference on
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[June 2013]

Awards Competition: Society for American City & Regional Planning History (SACRPH) announces its 2013 biennial awards competition for publications, teaching, and conference travel. For more information, see www.sacrph.org/awards.

[June 2013]

Call for papers:  4th Conference on Urban Space: Theory and Practice invites abstracts and papers. Event to be held on June 13-15 2013 in Suzhou, China. Further information can be found here.
[May 2013]

Call for papers:  Urban Landscape Evolution - Towns and Suburbs, to be held in Braga, Portugal, May 2-3 2013. For conference information please click on this link. 

[July 2013]

Call for papers:  Life in a Changing Urban Landscape, to be held in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, July 21-26 2013. Deadline for abstracts March 29 2013. For information please email to this link. 

[Nov. 2013]

Call for papers:  Shrinking Cities - Expanding Landscapes, to be held at the University of Edinburgh, November 13-14 2013. Deadline for abstracts April 1 2013. For information please click on the link here. 

[Aug. 2013]

Call for panels:  Workshop on Grand Hotels and the role in urban historical contexts, to be held at the Technical University of Berlin, August 21-22 2013. For information on this event please click on the link here. 

[Oct. 2013]

Call for panels and papers - The Society for American City and Regional Planning History 15th National Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 3-6 2013. Paper and panel proposals now welcomed. Deadline February 15 2013. Email proposals to sacrph2013@gmail.com

[March. 2013]

Stadtkolloquium, the Interdisciplinary Urban PhD Research Group has its 4th Annual Workshop on 25 & 26th March 2013 in London, UK. Visit the Stadtkolloquium website for more details.
[Nov. 2013]
 The Social Science History Association invites papers and panels on urban themes for their conference in Chicago, USA, to be held on 21-24 November 2013. Click here for information on the call for papers and panels.
[June 2013]
 Mobilising London's Housing Histories, a London-based conference to be held on 27-28 June 2013. Click here for additional information.
[April 2013]
 Asian Cities: Colonial to Global will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands in April 2013. Information on this event can be found here.
[Oct. 2013]
 The 15th International Conference on Planning History by the SACRPH will take place in Toronto, Canada in October 3-6 2013.
[July 2013]
 The 20th International Seminar on Urban Form will take place in Brisbane, Australia, July 17-20 2013. Information on the ISUF in Brisbane can be found the event website.
[Nov. 2012]
 The Making of Modern Anakara, an international symposium to be held at the University of Westminster, London, UK, 23 November 2012. For more information please visit the event website.
[April 2013]
 Communities at the Periphery: Perceptions and Representations of the French Banlieues, London, UK, April 4-5 2013.
[July 2013]
 The Transformation of Urban Britain Since 1945, Leicester, UK, July 9-10 2013. Information on this event is available here.
[Dec. 2012]
 Ambivalent Landscapes: Public Spaces and Urban Cultures Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, December 6-7 2012. For further information click here.
[Dec. 2012]
 Digital Methodolgies for Social Research on Processes of Urban Landscape Development, Leeds, UK, December 12-13 2012. For further information click here.
[Jan. 2013]
 Living Urban Renewal: Vulnerabilities, Tensions, and Mobilizations, Paris, France, January 25-26 2013. For details regarding this event click here.
[Oct. 2012]
 Making Planning Work, Building Bridges. Conference at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia October 8-10 2012. For details of the event's program please click here.
[Nov. 2012]
 Urban Change in Iran, conference at University College London November 8-9 2012. For more details please click here.
[Sept. 2012]
 Exploring the Political Agency of Mapping and Maps, seminar to be held at University College London September 20 and 21 2012. For more details please click here.
[Apr. 2013]
 Call for Papers for the 2013 Urban History Group Conference, York, UK, April 4-5 2013. Deadline for abstracts September 28 2012. The conference title is 'Sensing the City: Experience, Emotion and Exploration, 1600-2013'.
[Dec 2012]
 Call for Papers on cities, housing, and the environment, for the 7th EuroSEAS Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, July 2-5 2013. Deadline for abstracts December 15 2012. For information go to this website.
[Apr 2013]
 Call for Papers: Tourism and the Shifting Values of Cultural Heritage, Taipei, Taiwan, April 5-9 2013. Deadline for abstracts October 5 2012. For further information contact this email address.
[Dec 2012]
 Call for Papers: Mobile Urbanisms, London, UK, December 29-30 2012. Deadline for abstracts September 21 2012. Abstracts can be forwarded from this website.
[Dec 2012]
 Call for Papers: 3rd International Conference on Urban Mobility, Surabaya, Indonesia, December 7-8 2012. Deadline for abstracts July 20 2012. For further details visit this website.
[June 2013]
 Call for Proposals: Space and Childhood in History, Nottingham, UK, June 25-27 2013. Deadline for panel proposals October 31 2012. For queries contact the Conference Chair at this email address.
[March 2013]
 Call for Papers: Shaping Landscapes and Building Expertise, Lisbon, Portugal, March 10-13 2012. Deadline for paper proposals September 30 2012. More information available soon at this website.
[Aug. and Sept.2012]
 Call for Papers: Workshops on Neighbourhood and Urban Transformation in Hamburg and Cairo, to be held late-August and late-September 2012. Deadline for paper proposals June 29 2012. For more information click here.
[Feb.2013]
 Call for Papers: 8th Savannah Symposium: Modernities Across Time and Space, 7-9 February 2013. Deadline for paper proposals July 15 2012. For more information click here.
[April 2013]
 Call for Papers: Sensing the City: Experience, Emotion, and Exploration c. 1600-2012, 4-5 April 2013. Deadline for paper proposals September 28 2012. Conference to be held in York, UK.
[Dec. 2012]
 Call for Papers: Spaces of Law: Territories, Boundaries, Corridors and Beyond, 11-13 December 2012. Deadline for paper proposals July 13 2012. For more information click here.
[March. 2013]
 Call for Sessions: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 2013, in Perth, Australia. Event to be held March 25-28 2013. Deadline for sessions, roundtables and workshop proposals June 20 2012. For more information click here.
[Feb. 2013]
 Call for Abstracts: Rivers, Cities, Historical Interactions, in Munich, Germany. Event to be held February 21-23 2013. Deadline for abstracts August 1 2012. Abstracts can be sent here.
[Jan. 2013]
 Call for Papers: Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013, in London, UK. Event to be held January 17-18 2013. Deadline for abstracts July 13 2012. For further information please click here.
[Sept. 2012]
 Call for Papers: Narrating Spaces, Reading Urbanity, in Hamburg, Germany. Event to be held September 6-9 2012. Deadline for abstracts May 31 2012. For further information please click here.
[Feb. 2013]
 Call for Papers: 8th Savannah Sympiosium: Modernities Across Time and Space, in Savannah, USA. Event to be held February 7-9 2013. For information please click here.
[Oct. 2012]
 Call for Papers: EAAE/ISUF international conference on New Urban Configurations, in Delft, The Netherlands. Event to be held October 16-19 2012. For conference information click here.
[Sept 2012]
 Conference: Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective, Washington DC, USA. Event to be held September 27-29 2012. Event details can be found at this weblink.
[April 2012]
 Colloquium: Planning Los Angeles: Myths, Realities, Lessons, Los Angeles, USA. Event to be held April 28 2012. Event details can be found at this weblink.
[May 2012]
 Worksop places available: A World of Cities? Comparison Across the Disciplines, Manchester, UK. Event to be held May 17-18 2012. Email here to reserve a place.
[Sept 2012]
 Call for papers: British Society of Sports History Conference, Glasgow, UK. Deadline for abstracts April 5 2012. Event to be held September 7-8 2012.
[Sept 2012]
 Call for papers: Octavia Hill and the Remaking of British Society, London, UK. Deadline for abstracts June 1 2012. Event to be held September 27-28 2012.
[July 2012]
 Call for papers: Moving Boundaries in Mobilities Research, University of Sardinia, Italy. Deadline for abstracts April 25 2012. Event to be held July 5-7 2012.
[Nov. 2012]
 Call for papers and panels: Historical Geography Network of the Social Science History Association, 37th Annual Meeting of the SSHA, Vancouver, Canada. Deadline for abstracts March 1 2012.  Visit the event website here.
[Sept. 2012]
 Call for abstracts: Community, Cohesion and Social Stability: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Bangor, UK. Deadline for abstracts April 16 2012.  Visit the event website here.
[May 2012]
 Call for abstracts: Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Deadline for abstracts February 10 2012.  Visit the event website here.
[April 2012]
 Call for abstracts: The Mid-Size City: The Dual Nature of Urban Imagery in Europe During the Long 20th Century, Colloquium, Ghent, Belgium. Deadline for paper proposals January 31 2012.  Click here for more information about the event.
[May 2012]
 Call for abstracts: The Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development, has an abstract deadline of February 15 2012.  Click here for more information about the event.
[July 2012]
 Call for abstracts: The 26th Annual AESOP Congress, 'Planning to Achieve/Planning to Avoid', has an abstract deadline of January 15 2012.  Click here for more information about the event.
[April 2012]
 Call for abstracts: The Second Forum of World Urban History in China. The event's themes are urbanisation, urban cultures and social life, and the history of urban research. Click here to forward an abstract.
[July  2012]
 Extended Call for papers: 15th International Planning History Society Conference call for papers and panels extended to 14th November 2011. Click here for details.
[April  2012]
 Call for papers: British Association of South Asian Studies, London, UK.
[April  2012]
 Call for papers: Sports and the City, The University of Westminster, London, UK.
[March.  2012]
 Call for papers: Urban History Group Annual Conference, Oxford, UK.
Conference details available here..
[Sept.  2011]
 Cities in History: Urban Identities Reconsidered, New York, USA, 17 September 2011, conference programme available here.
[Feb.  2012]
 Nationalism and the City, Cambridge, UK, 10-11 February 2012, conference details and call for papers available here.
[July  2011]
 Sport and Leisure in Suburbia and New Towns, London, UK, 21-22 July 2011, conference programme and registration now available. Click here.
[Feb  2012]
 Extended call for papers for the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning Conference, Perth, Australia, 5-8 Februrary 2012. New deadline for abstracts May 20 2011. See weblink for details: http://www.uhph2012.com
[May  2011]
 Program finalised for the Conference on 'Queen Jane Jacobs: Jane Jacobs and Paradigm Shifts in Urban Planning and Redevelopment: Click here for details.
[July  2011]
 Registration is now open for the 2011 World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, Australia, 4-7 July 2011. Click on the weblink below for details: http://www.wpsc2011.com.au/registration.html
[July  2011]
 Sport and Leisure in Suburbs and New Towns: Communities, Identities and Interactions, London, UK, 21-22 July 2012.
[February 2012]
 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning Conference, Perth, Australia, 5-8 February 2012.
[May 2011]
 Jane Jacobs and Paradign Shifts in Urban Planning, Hamburg, Germany, 12-13 May 2011.
[November 2011]
 SACRPH International Conference on Planning History, Baltimore, USA, 17-20 November 2011 - change of conference date!
[July 2011]
 First Annual London Studies Conference, London, UK, 12-14 July 2011
[Aug' 2011]
 18th International Seminar on Urban Form, Montreal, Canada, 26-29 August 2011
[Aug'-Sept' 2012]
 European Association for Urban History Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 29 August - 1 September 2012
[July 2011]
 Shadow Cities Conference, London, UK, 6-7 July 2011
[June 2011]
 The Distinctiveness of Cities Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, 15-17 June 2011
[Oct' 2011]
 SACRPH 14th  National Conference on Planning History, Baltimore, USA, 13-16 October 2011
[Sep' 2011]
 9/11 in New York Ten Years Later: Local Impacts, Global Implications, New York, USA, 16-17 September 2011
[Apr '10]
'Planning Pathways to the Future," New Zealand Planning Institute and Planning Institute of Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-23 April 2010
[Apr'10]
 Spaces of History/Histories of Space: Emerging Approaches to the Built Environment, University of California at Berkeley, 30 April 2010
[Apr '10]
 National Conference, American Planning Association, New Orleans, USA, 10-13 April 2010

[May '10]

 XI Coloquio Internacional de Geocrítica: La
planificación territorial y el urbanismo desde el diálogo y la participación, Buenos Aires, 2-7 May 2010.
[May'10]
 Resilient Cities, 1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change
> Bonn, Germany, 28-30 May 2010
[May'10]
 A Conference and Field-Seminar in the Ancient Town of Winchelsea in Memory of Professor M.W. Beresford, Winchelsea, East Sussex, 21-23 May 2010
[Jun '10]
Public Life in the In-Between-City, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, I.I.T., Israel, June 6-10, 2010

[Jun '10]

 1st International Meeting EAHN, European Architectural History Network, Guimarães, Portugal, June 17-20, 2010
[Jul '10]
 "Urban Dynamics and Housing Change," European Network for Housing Research Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-7 July 2010.
[Jul '10]
"Recreating Renaissance and Baroque Spectacle: the Hispanic Habsburg Dynasty in context" Edinburgh, UK, 6-7 July 2010.
[Jul '10]
 "Space is Luxury" 24th AESOP Annual Conference, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland,7-10 July 2010
[Jul '10]
4th International Planning History Society Conference, "Urban Transformation: Controversies, Contrasts and Challenges" Istanbul, Turkey 12-15 July 2010
[Aug '10]

The Seventeenth International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF 2010), Geomatikum, Hamburg 20-23 August 2010
[Sep '10]
Public Space and Urban Experiences in Ottoman Cities, The European Association of Urban Historians Tenth International Conference on Urban History City & Society in European History,
Ghent 1st-4th September 2010
[Sep '10]
The Blitz and its Legacy, University of Westminster, United Kingdom, 3-4 September 2010
[Sep'10]
 Cities Getting Smaller: Modern Crisis or New Path to Prosperity? Is smaller really better?, Columbia University, New York, 30 September-2 October, 2010
[Apr '11]
 'People Make Places: Ways of Feeling the World': 10th SIEF International Congress, Lisbon, April 17-21, 2011