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Life between Ebb & Flow: Mangrove Ecologies

Open Call for Artists from Kenya & Switzerland
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Voices from Kamĩrĩĩthũ Afterlives

Kamĩrĩĩthũ Afterlives is a collaborative project to commemorate and reactivate this heritage and to support struggles and debates about social and environmental justice in Kenya today. Led by Kenny Cupers and Makau Kitata, it brings…
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Don't forget, applications for a Fall 2024 start in the MA Critical Urbanisms program are still open.
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Basel: The Materiality of Art Fairs

Summer School 2024, co-organized by Critical Urbanisms, University of Basel, and the Visiting School programme of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.

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Welcome Professor Nancy Odendaal

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Nancy Odendaal has been appointed as the new UCT-Unibas Professor of Urban Studies. She will take up her position on 1 August 2024.
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From the Global to the Planetary Turn in the Humanities

Welcome Dipesh Chakrabarty for our Distinguished Lecturer position in Urban Studies

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Open Position: Lecturer in Urban Studies

The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Lecturer (37,5%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.

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Open Position: Ph.D. Position/Assistantship in Urban Studies

The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Ph.D. Position/Assistantship (60%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.

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Open Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Studies

The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Senior Lecturer (60-80%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.
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New book by Sophie Oldfield - High Stakes, High Hopes: Urban Theorizing in Partnership

High Stakes, High Hopes tracks the building of urban theorizing in a decade-long urban research and teaching partnership in Cape Town, South Africa.