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Art and the Environment in the Third Reich

Hosted by Yale University’s Department of Art History, the conference on art and the environment in the Third Reich brings together art and architectural historians working in medieval and modern fields to investigate the relationships…
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CRITICAL URBANISMS SUMMER COURSE 2021

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (Universität Basel students): Registration for the Critical Urbanisms Summer Course are open until 29 Mar 2021. The summer course is in collaboration with DAAR – Decolonizing Architecture and Art research,…
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Master Info Evening

The University of Basel's Master Info Evening will be held digitally on Thursday 18 Mar 2021 from 17:00-20:00. It will offer in-depth insights into courses and subjects as well as the opportunity to receive answers to your questions…
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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!

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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."
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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…