Date 28.6.2024 (online) | 2-5.7.2024 (in-person)
Time TBC
Venue The School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language English
Format In-person and live broadcast
The 20th International Planning History Society Conference is to be held on 2-5 July 2024 at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. As Asia’s World City, Hong Kong offers a unique entry point to variant narratives of planning in the past, and against this backdrop core themes of the conference will be port city developments, colonial urban planning, postcolonial planning dynamics, new towns, regions and regional planning in history, cities and the natural environment, and city planning in high-density urban contexts.
About the Conference
As a long-established and globally renowned trading hub, Hong Kong has much to offer the urbanist. At the 2024 IPHS Conference, delegates will have opportunities to learn about the city via means of talks and fieldtrips. However, against the backdrop of the conference theme, delegates are most welcome to propose talks and discussions on cities and regions beyond South China. Thus, anyone interested in the historical relationship between urbanisation, density, and planning is invited to participate in the 20th Biennial IPHS Conference.
The IPHS’ Hong Kong forum grants a multidisciplinary opportunity for scholars to come together to discuss different aspects of the urban past. Planners, architects, urban historians, geographers, art and architectural historians, sociologists, as well as other scholars are welcome to present the latest research findings on various aspects of city development and planning. For postgraduate students, special sessions will be organised.
Organisers
The 20th Biennial IPHS Conference is co-organised by Prof. Hendrik Tieben (School of Architecture, CUHK) and Prof. Ian Morley (Department of History, CUHK). They can be contacted by email at iphs2024@cuhk.edu.hk.
The organisers wish, ahead of the 2024 conference, to thank the Department of History and the School of Architecture for co-hosting the event, as well as the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Science, for their financial backing and logistical support.
The organisers extend their thanks to Dr. Leon Xu of CUHK School of Architecture for providing photos used on the website, and Miss Claudia Montero for designing the logo of IPHS 2024.
More details: Please visit the conference website
