USC Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
"Permanence and the Built Environment of the Pacific Basin 1700-1820"

• The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invite proposals for papers to be presented at a conference on Permanence and the Built Environment of the Pacific Basin 1700-1820. This meeting, to be held at the University of Southern California on April 17-18, 2009, will bring together scholars who study early modern construction and structures, cityscape, and the diverse landscapes of the western coasts and hinterlands of the Americas, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and East Asian port cities, areas greatly affected in these years by global trade, creolization, indigenous revolts,  the break-up of empires, and natural disasters.
• Deadline: June 30, 2008

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Website:
http://college.usc.edu/emsi/call_for_papers/index.html