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to
be held at the
Institute
of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street,
London WC1E 7HU
27–28
March 2006
Organisers:
Derek
Keene (derek.keene@sas.ac.uk),
Michael Limberger (michael.limberger@kubrussel.ac.be),
Marjolein
't Hart (m.c.thart@uva.nl)
Monday
27 March
|
9.30 |
Registration
and Coffee |
| 10.00 |
Derek
Keene
Welcome
and Introduction
CHAIR:
Derek Keene
|
| 10.10 |
Michael Limberger (History, KUBrussel) and Marjolein 't Hart
(University of Amsterdam)
Antwerp and Amsterdam: the autonomy of
the metropolis vis-à-vis the central state, 1530-1830
|
| 10.30 |
Discussion
|
| 11.00 |
Coffee
|
| 11.30 |
Frank
Hatje (History, University of Hamburg)
The art of balancing the powers: Hamburg's
fragile autonomy, 1618-1868 |
| 11.50 |
Discussion
|
| 12.30 |
Lunch
CHAIR:
Marjolein 't Hart |
| 14.00 |
Equipo
4704 (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,
Madrid: Alfredo Alvar, Elena M. García, Juan C. Zofío,
Teresa Prieto, Leonor Zozaya, Miguel A. García, Beatriz Valverde)
Social cohesion and immigration in Madrid:
the city and the court, 1550-1650
|
| 14.20 |
Discussion
|
| 14.50 |
Cátia
Antunes (History, Leiden University)
Imperial metropolis, Atlantic port, and
absolutist capital: Lisbon 1580-1715
|
| 15.10 |
Discussion |
| 15.40 |
Tea
|
| 16.00 |
Guy
Saupin (International and Atlantic Historical Research Centre,
Nantes)
A comparison of the relations between
Bordeaux, Nantes and the French royal state during the eighteenth
century |
| 16.20 |
Discussion;
followed by general discussion of afternoon session |
Tuesday
28 March
|
9.30 |
Coffee
CHAIR:
Michael Limberger |
| 10.00 |
Ed
King
(Political Science, University of Concordia, Montreal)
To awe and stupefy: Machiavelli's advice
to the Florentine Prince |
| 10.20 |
Discussion
|
| 11.00 |
Coffee
|
| 11.30 |
Maarten
van Dijck (History, University of Antwerp)
Unmanageable cities, intrusive states:
the difficult relation between local and central justice in late medieval
and 16th-century Brabant |
| 11.40 |
Sheila
Seymour (Royal Holloway, University of London)
The London shrieval election of 1682:
Restoration politics in a crucible |
| 11.50 |
Discussion
|
| 12.30 |
Lunch
CHAIR:
Derek Keene |
| 14.00 |
William
C. Baer (School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University
of Southern California)
Paris and London: state views on metropolitan
growth, 1550-1610 |
| 14.20 |
Discussion |
| 14.50 |
Alan
R. Macdonald
(History, University of Dundee)
Hosting the Estates: Edinburgh and parliament
in early modern Scotland |
| 15.10 |
Discussion
|
| 15.40 |
Tea
|
| 16.00 |
Ian
Archer (History, University of Oxford)
London and Parliament, 1350-1720 |
| 16.20 |
Discussion;
followed by general discussion of afternoon session |
| 17.00 |
Closing
remarks |
| 17.30 |
Drinks |
Please note that
places are strictly limited and there will be a charge of £25
to cover registration, lunches and refreshments
BOOKING
FORM
The conference
booking form is available to download as:
Microsoft
Word document
Please print,
complete and return the form with payment to: Olwen Myhill, CMH, IHR,
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU (Tel: 020 7862 8790; Fax:
020 7862 8793; Email: Olwen.Myhill@sas.ac.uk) by 20 March 2006.
Alternatively,
please send your name, postal address, institutional affiliation (if
any) and email address and a sterling cheque for £25 (made payable
to the 'University of London') to the above address. Please telephone
or fax if you wish to pay by credit/debit card.
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