Hello

 There is still room for some more papers in the session Sefryn Penrose and I are putting together for the Society for Historical Archaeology's annual conference, which will be held at the University of Leicester on 9 - 12 January 2013, (http://www.sha.org/meetings/annual_meetings.cfm ). If you would like to present your work as part of this proposed session, please contact Emma Dwyer ( [log in to unmask] ) and Sefryn Penrose ( [log in to unmask] ). The conference's closing date for all submissions of proposed sessions and papers is Tuesday 10th July, so please contact us ASAP!


 *In the City: archaeology and the experience of urban transition*

 Emma Dwyer (Leicester University) and Sefryn Penrose (Oxford University/Atkins Heritage)
Historical archaeologists study a period of immense global change. For an ever-increasing proportion of the global population, the dynamic and transitory environment of the town or city has provided the location for their personal experiences of change in daily life.
Urban transition in the past has taken many forms, from mass immigration, to economic booms and busts, to post-industrial decline and survival. Archaeology has provided a broad brush understanding of these large-scale phenomena that has been widely taken up by other disciplines. This session aims to refocus on the micro scale: how have archaeologists been examining change in the personal lives of those who have lived in urban environments during the last 500 years?
The papers in this session will examine the impact of change brought about by the dynamic nature of life in cities, or conversely how resistance to change, or advocacy against a stasis can be seen in individual biography. Papers will explore a diversity of approaches, reflecting the diversity in city life.

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 Emma Dwyer
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