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Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London

"This paper aims to present a summary of elements both of my own PhD research and also some current related ongoing work both within the UK and on the Continent which attempts... to use new or digital approaches to the "spatial turn"…

Mots-clés: analyse spatiale, cartographie, Colson Jeremy, espace urbain, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, méthodologie, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge

The gentrification of London

Abstract from the distributor: Islington, Docklands, Clapham and East London have all experienced huge changes in recent years through social and aesthetic 'makeovers' as areas have been regenerated and wealthier residents have moved in.…

Mots-clés: démographie, Elms Robert, gentrification, habitants, Hamnett Chris, Hunter Tom, London, Londres, Partridge David, renouvellement urbain, ségrégation urbaine, société urbaine

A city at risk from the City?

Organisers' description: The recent financial crisis has demonstrated how vulnerable the world is to the actions of its financial institutions. It has provoked questions about the power of, and lack of control exerted over those who influence our…

Mots-clés: City of London, économie, Faith Nicholas, finance, London, Londres

Worse than Cimmeran Darkness: Fog and the representation of Victorian London

In this 2011 seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London School of Advanced Study, Joseph de Sapio discusses fog in the representation of Victorian London, particularly from the perspective of tourists to the city. He argues…

Mots-clés: brouillard, citadin, de Sapio Joseph, dix-neuvième siècle, environnement urbain, fog, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, nineteenth century, représentations, tourisme, urbanité, Victorian London

London and other Great American Cities 50 years on

Abstract from the distributor : The RSA and the Centre for London at Demos gather a panel of expert commentators at the RSA to mark the 50th anniversary of Jane Jacobs’ landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jane…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, forme urbaine, Greenhalgh Stephen, Hall Peter, Jacobs Jane, London, Londres, Power Anne, renouvellement urbain, Rogers Ben, The death and life of great American cities

Imagining the East End in literature and social survey, 1880-1990

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: Dennis Richard, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, fin de siècle, Gissing George, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, littérature, London, Londres, nineteenth century, quartier défavorisé

Imagining low life before the East End's invention, c. 1780s to 1840s

This paper was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…

Mots-clés: dix-huitième siècle, dix-neuvième siècle, East End, eighteenth century, Gatrell Vic, histoire urbaine, imaginaire, London, Londres, nineteenth century, pauvreté, quartier défavorisé

Multicultural London : Past, present and future. A history and policy discussion

Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and their role in cultural formation, the relations between cities, territories and larger political…

Mots-clés: East End, Gavron Kate, histoire urbaine, immigration, London, Londres, mixité sociale, multicultural, multiculturel, White Jerry

Food and public space in a global city

Abstract from the distributor : The colloquium will be focused on one particular city – London – and will bring together the themes of food growing, ‘public’ space and the city to explore thought-provoking questions around…

Mots-clés: agriculture urbaine, alimentation, aménagement de l'espace, Caraher Martin, espace urbain, food, global city, jardin, London, Londres, nourriture, Parks Rosie, Reynolds Ben, Smyth Paul, Steel Carolyn, ville durable, ville globale

Orbiting London - A conversation with Iain Sinclair

Abstract from the distributor : Iain Sinclair, writer, poet and film-maker, will discuss – in conversation with Iain Boal, (social historian and Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities) his four decades of chronicling the life of the…

Mots-clés: Boal Iain, culture urbaine, littérature, London, Londres, Sinclair Iain, urbanité

Gender and sociability in early modern London

Seminar description from the IHR Digital blog : Tim Reinke-Williams from the University of Northampton presented to the Metropolitan History Seminar group, a paper entitled ‘Gender and sociability in early modern London’. This paper…

Mots-clés: communauté, community, dix-septième siècle, femmes, gender, genre, histoire urbaine, interaction sociale, lien social, London, Londres, Reinke-Williams Tim, seizième s!ècle, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, société urbaine, voisinage, women

London : The story of a great city

Organisers' description : No city can lay claim to a more dramatic history than London. Engulfed in calamities that seemed to mark its end - fire, plague, riot, civil war, mass bombing - from each crisis it has emerged stronger than ever. Its…

Mots-clés: commerce, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, White Jerry

Do Londoners have a right to the city?

Organisers' description : London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus…

Mots-clés: Catterall Bob, droit à la ville, économie, Edwards Michael, équité sociale, Gibbons Andrea, injustice, Kuklowsky Celine, London, Londres, mouvement social, planification

London lives

Organisers' description : www.londonlives.org) will provide access, using an integrated search facility, to primary sources containing 240,000 pages of manuscripts sources, and 3.2 million names, reflecting the history of eighteenth-century London.…

Mots-clés: histoire urbaine, London, Londres, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine

Urban age : New York

Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, banlieue, emploi, espace public, espace urbain, gouvernance, logement, London, Londres, mobilité, New York, planification, sécurité, transport, voisinage

Urban age : London

Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'London : Europe's global city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, croissance urbaine, intégration, London, Londres, planification, renouvellement urbain, rénovation urbaine, Royaume-Uni, sport, United Kingdom

Reading London

Abstract from the distributor : How do we attempt to understand the sprawling "modern Babylon" that is London, with its layers of social, political and cultural history? Can art, architecture and literature help us to 'read' this complex…

Mots-clés: Alsop Will, art dans la ville, Ashton Rosemary, histoire urbaine, Hollis Leo, littérature, London, Londres, Obrist Hans Ulrich, représentations, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine

'Race', culture and the right to the city: Centres, peripheries, margins

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Abstract from the publisher: Adopting a perspective inspired by Henri Lefebvre, this book considers the spread of multiculture from the central city to the periphery and considers the role that 'race' continues to play in structuring the metropolis,…

Mots-clés: banlieue, centre-ville, droit à la ville, forme urbaine, Lefebvre Henri, London, Londres, Millington Gareth, multiculturalism, multiculturalisme, New York, Paris, périphéries, race

London under: The secret history beneath the streets

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Abstract from the publisher: London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheaters to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern…

Mots-clés: Ackroyd Peter, archéologie, histoire urbaine, infrastructures, London, Londres

London, 1100-1600: The archaeology of a capital city

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Abstract from the publisher: Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of…

Mots-clés: archéologie, développement urbain, histoire urbaine, London, Londres, Middle Ages, Moyen Âge, Schofield John, urbanité

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