The 9th International Conference on Urban History will be on the theme:

‘Port Cities: Social, Cultural and Built Repositories of Globalization and Networking in the 19th and 20th Century.‘

It will take place in Lyon, France, 27-30 August 2008

It is organised by the European Association for Urban History

For more information contact: eauh@ish-lyon.cnrs.fr

Port Cities have a long history as places of economic exchange and as gateways for the transmission of people, goods, buildings and urban form. Since the mid 19th century, globalisation has further promoted them as major nodes in a worldwide economic network. Port cities continue to be at the forefront for the creation of new cultural and social practices, multi-ethnic neighborhoods, imported building materials and technologies, and urban planning.

This session proposes to examine the actors that constitute and shape the exchange among port cities and look at maritime urban history from different angles, combining social and cultural perspectives with the history of architecture, urban planning and economic enterprise.