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Zeit Raum Forum 2025

Am 23.–24. September in Basel diskutiert das Zeit_Raum_Forum zum dritten Mal die Potenziale temporärer Nutzungen – als Plattform für temporäre Wirkungsräume steht es 2025 unter dem Schwerpunkt «Zwischennutzung – mehr als Lückenfüller: Vom…

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The Materiality of Art Fairs: Art Basel

Critical Urbanisms + AA Visiting School Basel

Poster of the Liquid Urbanisms Conference
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Liquid Urbanisms in Africa: Thinking Climate Adaption with and through Water

Faced with rising sea levels, cities across the globe are being remade in an array of contact zones of the climate emergency to confront the threat of water. Recent scholarship has started to question the terracentric, territorially bound…

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Career Perspective Day at Urban Studies

The Career Perspectives Day supports MA Critical Urbanisms students as they prepare to enter the job market.

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Teaching Excellence Awards 2025: nominations open

Students and staff have until 26 March to nominate their favorites for the University of Basel Teaching Awards

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Welcome to the Critical Urbanisms family in 2025!

Two weeks ago we had the pleasure to welcome new members to our CU family here in Basel.

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NEW Block course coming up in the fall semester - "Observing and Restoring Border Landscape Continuities"

School's out for summer! We are pleased to announce that Fall 2025 Critical Urbanisms courses will also kick off again at the end of the summer with "Observing and Restoring Border Landscape Continuities," a block course happening from…

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