Re: H-Japan (E): CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012

[Michael Sakamoto]

Hi, Katherine. Thanks for the heads up, but I can't find any student support info on the conference website. Also, app deadline for travel bursaries for regular attendees is past. Thanks for any advice, Michael

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From: Katherine Mezur <kme...@sbcglobal.net>;
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Subject: Fw: H-Japan (E): CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012
Sent: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 11:04:56 PM

Dear All, Akemashite! For those of you in the urban/not urban butoh SDHS proposed panels and for those who might be working in urban practice or otherwise the following CFP has an interesting explanation on modernity and urban theories, just for reference. See below. Also coming up January 31, is the deadline for IFTR/FIRT Santiago Chile conference cfp, cool themes check it out and they do have money for grads. Any one wanting to team up let me know. The call if for individual papers but you can ask to be on a panel with those you designate. best wishes in this new year of dragons, Katherine Personal note: Re-elect Obama in 2012 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "H-Japan Editor, Rikiei Shibasaki" <rsh...@IP.OIT.AC.JP> To: H-J...@H-NET.MSU.EDU Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 5:17:14 AM Subject: H-Japan (E): CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012                                   H-Japan                             January 12, 2012 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:26:45 -0800 Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012 H-ASIA January 11, 2012 Call for papers: Questioning Urban Modernity, University of Amsterdam, May 18, 2012 *********************************************************************** Ed. note: I include this item particularly with reference to the call for papers comment on the use of western conceptualizations or modernity and urbanism.  A number of our members might find fruitful grounds for proposing contributions to this event. Or they ought to!                                                           FFC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Announcements <anno...@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU> Call for Papers: Questioning Urban Modernity (May 18, 2012) Location: Netherlands Call for Papers Date: 2012-02-10 (in 30 days) Date Submitted: 2012-01-10 Announcement ID: 191183 QUESTIONING URBAN MODERNITY May 18, 2012, University of Amsterdam Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Robinson (Department of Geography, University College London) It is widely accepted that our understanding of contemporary city life is based primarily on the tradition of western conceptualizations of modernity, dating back to the turn of the twentieth century. The ways in which Western thinkers have articulated city spaces in relation to urban subjectivities have formed the pillars upon which many new directions in urban studies have been built. Now that post-, late, neocapital-, cyber- and global modernity have all entered and altered the urban experience, it is time for a reconsideration of the concept of modernity in relation to urban space, culture, and theory. How has our understanding of modernity been influenced by different thinkers, theories, and aesthetics of modernity? Are various modernities in conflict? How to rethink and reconfigure the notion of urban modernity, especially in the context of recent thinking about postcoloniality, globalization and new media? How to break with contemporary hierarchizations of modern cities, which frequently seek to distinguish between Western urban originals and non-Western imitations/fakes? What are the mediating forces that compel certain aesthetics of modern cities? And to what extent can we understand these aesthetics as modern? And, finally, how might we develop more inclusive theories of the city in the context of early twenty-first century globalization? Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words, for 20 min. papers) together with a short academic CV to J.A....@uva.nl by February 10, 2012. Questioning Urban Modernity is sponsored by the ASCA Cities Project: www.hum.uva.nl/cities The organizers are Pedram Dibazar, Christoph Lindner, Miriam Meissner and Judith Naeff. Judith Naeff ASCA Cities Project University of Amsterdam 0031(0)20-5253878 Email: j.a....@uva.nl Visit the website at http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities/conferences.cfm/BBB58994-A7E8-4736-961301935F7F1272     H-Net reproduces announcements that have been submitted to us as a     free service to the academic community. If you are interested in an     announcement listed here, please contact the organizers or patrons     directly. 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