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SEMINAR | HOUSING CRISIS: THE WELFARE STATE, NEOLIBERALISM, AND THE CITY
Kenny Cupers is a guest panel speaker in a Critical Political Economy Seminar hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison happening on 18 March 2021, 16:00 (CST).MA Critical Urbanisms Applications Open
MA Critical Urbanisms applications for the Fall Semester 2021 are open!/ News
COVID-19 Updates
For the University of Basel - Department of Social Sciences' coronavirus measures and safety concepts, please click this link to stay informed. For the overall safety concept by the University and the latest information with regards to the…
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Geoagenda: Geographies of COVID-19
Our very own Maren Larsen and Giulia Scotto take part in "Geoagenda: Geographies of COVID-19" in cooperation with the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
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"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."
Call for applications: PhD-position (SNFS) in Urban Studies / Visual Arts
“Decolonizing Socialism: Entangled Internationalism. An Intersectional Study of Cold War Projects from East Germany in Cinema and Cybernetics with Relevance to the 21st Century” led by Prof. Dr. Doreen Mende, dean of MA in Fine Arts CCC at…
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Contagion and Containment
As part of the ongoing miniseries on refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic, our faculty member Prof. Dr. Kenny Cupers has published the following article entitled "Contagion and containment: curtailing the freedom of movement in times of…
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Infrastructure Between Statehood and Selfhood: The Trans-African Highway
Kenny Cupers and Prita Meier just published an article on their ongoing research on African infrastructure, exploring how highways transform statehood and selfhood. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2020.
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Winter School 2020
Migration Infrastructure: Mapping the European Border Regime