University of Basel

Department of
Social Sciences

Urban Studies

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13 Jan 2021 - 15 Jan 2021

Congress / Conference / Symposium

The Coloniality of Infrastructure: Eurafrican Legacies

When Eurafrica emerged in the 1920s as an intellectual and political project to connect Europe with Africa, its goal was to ensure European colonial dominance in a changing world.
07 Dec 2020
18:00

"Engaging Pluriversal Futures": Lecture by Giulia Torino

The sixth and final lecture for the CRITICAL URBANISMS: CURRENT DEBATES Lecture Series will be given by Giulia Torino, entitled "Engaging pluriversal futures: The politics of emplacement and relationality at Bogotá’s borderlands".
23 Nov 2020
18:00

Online

"Thinking Through Buildings": Lecture by Madlen Kobi

The fifth lecture for the CRITICAL URBANISMS: CURRENT DEBATES Lecture Series will be given by Madlen Kobi, entitled "Thinking through Buildings: Urban Energy Infrastructure and Biopolitics in Postsocialist China".
26 Oct 2020
18:00

Zoom

Organizer:
Maren Larsen

Guest lecture / Talk

"DWELLING IN LIMINALITIES: THE OTHERWISE CARE OF BUCHAREST UNDERGROUND" | Lecture by Michele Lancione

The third lecture for the CRITICAL URBANISMS: CURRENT DEBATES Lecture Series will be given by Michele Lancione, entitled "Dwelling in liminalities: The otherwise care of Bucharest underground".
12 Oct 2020
18:00  - 20:00

Zoom

Organizer:
Maren Larsen

Guest lecture / Talk

"MO-FAYA: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SURVIVALS IN NAIROBI'S OUTLAW SETTLEMENT " | Lecture by Wangui Kimari

The second lecture for the CRITICAL URBANISMS: CURRENT DEBATES Lecture Series will be given by Wangui Kimari, entitled "Mo-Faya: Socio-ecological Survivals in Nairobi's Outlaw Settlement."
28 Sep 2020
18:00

Critical Urbanisms: Current Debates (Lecture Series)

This course exposes students to schools of thought and concrete interventions that redefine understandings of urban lifeworlds in the twenty-first century. The lecture series will explore the dynamics that shape cities and how cities in…
24 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2020
00:00 - 15:01

Sustainable Urbanism Across Borders, Eurodistrict International Conference

In our increasingly contested global world, cities are becoming crucial political agents in addressing climate change and planetary survival. Yet cities are rife with borders between citizens and non-citizens, rich and poor, and between…
16 Mar 2020

Kollegienhaus

Organizer:
Urban Studies

NEW DATES: What is Critical Urbanisms? Exhibition at Kollegienhaus

Curated by Urban Studies, Department of Social Sciences **UPDATE 12 OCT 2020: It's finally up for viewing! The exhibition is open to all from 12 Oct - 31 October 2020. Check it out at the Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, Basel.
11 Mar 2020
18:15  - 19:45

EIB, Hörsaal 00.015

Lecture series

Lecture Series European Global Studies: «Focus Belt and Road Initiative»

Remo Reginold: «Geopolitik mal anders – Chinas versteckte Seidenstrassen»
30 Jan 2020
12:30  - 14:00

Freiburg im Breisgau

Organizer:
Arnold Bergstraesser Institut

Public event

Postcolonial Logistics: Eni's African Empire

Giulia Scotto will present her ongoing research on oil logistics imperialism at the ALMA Research Series – Freiburg’s interdisciplinary colloquium on social transformations in Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
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