Applications are now open for the ESF Research Conference Cities and Media - Cultural Perspectives on Urban Identities in a Mediatized World, organised in partnership with Linköping University, which will be held in Vadstena, Sweden, 25-29 October 2006 and chaired by Professor Johan Fornäs from the Department of Culture Studies at Linköping University. More information, including a scientific programme and application form, is available online at http://www.esf.org/conferences/sc06217.

The contact person for this conference is Ms. Anne-Sophie Gablin ( ) and applications should be submitted by 19 July 2006.