University of Warwick, July 9-10

This workshop is part of the ESRC-funded project “East Asian Cities and Globalization: New Perspectives” affiliated with the Global History and Culture Centre at the University of Warwick.  It aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars working on globalization and regionalism as it applies to urban development, urbanization, and city life in East Asia. While East Asia is a region rich for such investigation, there has been little in the way of systematic attempts to move beyond discipline-based enquiries into the forms and processes of regionalism and globalization here. A major goal of this workshop is to form a dialogue between disciplines, and identify different types of trajectories that various cities have taken here as they have become wholly or partially enmeshed in the processes of globalization.

We welcome papers on both historical and contemporary themes and which may focus on case studies of individual cities, or on the connections, networks and flows between them.  Topics might include legacies of imperialism/colonialism, the rise of instant cities, “pre-globalizing” cities, cosmopolitanism, and consumer cultures.

Paper abstracts (500-700 words) and short CV (2-3 pages) should be sent to c.a.hess@warwick.ac.uk , by April 4th  2011. Informal enquiries may be directed to the same address.  We aim to take selected publications forward for publication.  Participants will receive Travel expenses and room and board will also be provided.

Further details can be found at the project website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/research/esrccitiesnetwork/

Christian A. Hess
RCUK Academic Fellow/Assistant Professor
Department of History
University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
(+44)(0)24-7652-3380
C.A.Hess@warwick.ac.uk