Call for Abstracts /// Atlanta Crossroads - IPHS 2026 conference, 19-23July 2026, Atlanta, USA
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Atlanta Crossroads - IPHS 2026 conference
19-23July 2026
Atlanta, USA
The theme of the IPHS 2026 conference is Atlanta Crossroads. We welcome papers from a broad spectrum of urban and regional planning history scholarship. We encourage innovative perspectives, resources, and methodologies. We celebrate creativity through multi-disciplinary engagement.Â
Paper sessions will run 90 minutes (1.5 hours), generally with two (2) sessions in the morning and two (2) in the afternoon. Presentation details will be sent to accepted authors once the schedule is confirmed. Oral presentations in these sessions will run 10-15 minutes. Authors retain the rights to their work. Conference organizers are not responsible for plagiarism.
Papers related to the following themes are particularly of interest:
Planning the Olympics
W.E.B. Du Bois and planning history
Infrastructure Histories
U.S. South and the Global South
Social Movements and the City
Cities and Nature
Housing and Planning History Post-Colonial, De-Colonial Planning Trajectories
Colonial Urban Planning
Migrations and the City
New Town Planning
Port City Planning
Regions and Regional Planning in History
Capital Accumulation and Planning Histories
City development in Southeast Asia and other Asian Regions
Histories of Urbanization and Planning in China
Community Planning, Health, and Public Space
Transportation Planning Histories
Planning Historiography
City Planning and Heritage
Planning History Pedagogy
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