Urban History Group Conference 2018 Keele University, 5th & 6th April

Healthy or Unhealthy Cities? Urban environments, cultures and economies of public and private health, 1600 to the present.

Date: 24 October 2017

Location: Universidad Extremadura, Cáceres

Introduction and keynotes provided by David Newman, Henk van Houtum & Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly

On 9-10 February 2018, the University of York hosted an international workshop and conference responding to the recent boom in "global" history. The event provided a forum for keynote speakers and early-career scholar groups to discuss the challenges and possibilities of writing multi-sited modern histories that encompass fully situated lives and local contexts.

Med en bevilling fra Det Frie Forskningsråd | Kultur og Kommunikation i ryggen skal ”Research Network of Urban Literacy” undersøge urbaniseringen i middelalderens Skandinavien og dens betydning for udviklingen af skriftkultur.