πŸ“˜ New Publication! We’re pleased to share "The Politics of Land and Value: Case Studies from Across the Globe" by Mi Shih and Kathe Newman, with support from the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards. πŸ”— Link: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003468226/politics-land-value-mi-shih-kathe-newman
πŸ“’ Upcoming Seminar: Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba πŸ—“οΈ 26 March 2026 | 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT+2) πŸ“ Location: Zoom πŸ—£οΈ Language: Arabic-English Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards project: "Urbicide in Gaza: spatial violence, reconstruction, and resistance." πŸ”— More info: ow.ly/YQcQ50YvEAV
πŸ”” Register Now! "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps" Presentations by Khaldun Bshara, Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat, and Sandi Hilal. Moderated by Ayham Dalal. πŸ—“οΈ 12/2 17:00 (GMT+2) Online Arabic-English Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Urbicide in Gaza." πŸ”— ow.ly/6JNT50YcMaI
🌍 Next week in Benin! Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa Seminar Two – CiAAF, Cotonou | 16–20 Feb 2026 Supported by #USFSeminarSeriesAwards πŸ”— ow.ly/Bwjl50XVPBW #UrbanStudies #TheorisingFromAfrica #DecentringKnowledge #ComparativeUrbanism
πŸ“š Out now in City, Culture and Society! Following the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "European Creative Cities and COVID-19" and the "Beyond the Creative City" project. Edited by Abigail Gilmore, Claire Burnill-Maier, Lauren England, and Thuy Tran. πŸ”— ow.ly/k5sZ50Y97pC πŸ‘‰ ow.ly/wE1050Y97pB
πŸ“’ Call for Participation! #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Walls speakβ€”are you listening?" Join the Urban Surfaces Research Network for in-person workshops in Nicosia (May) and Uppsala (Aug). Explore urban surfaces through theory, method, and practice. πŸ—“οΈ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 πŸ‘‰ ow.ly/g2kt50Y7nXH
πŸ“’ Online lecture | 16 Jan 2026, 11:30 (GMT) Professor Beth Perry explores urban epistemics and the β€œepistemic tangles” shaping how cities are known, governed, and contested Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation." πŸ‘‰ ow.ly/YbGj50XVfiC
πŸ“ Next week in Brussels! πŸŒ† Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism ( 2nd Seminar of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards) πŸ—“οΈ 15–16 January 2026 πŸ‘‰ More info and registration: ow.ly/qPoK50XTbYm
🌱 New post! This week, Anant Maringanti, Nausheen Anwar & Aalok Khandekar introduce their #USFSeminarSeriesAwards project "Ordinary Ecologies of Repair", bringing youth across Karachi, Dhaka, Delhi, Chennai & Hyderabad together to rethink climate adaptation. πŸ”— ow.ly/cUoq50XJo0h
πŸ“£ Call for Papers! Tensions in policy learning: Grounding learning practices in urban Southeast Asia πŸ—“οΈ 3–5 June 2026 πŸ“ Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Depok πŸ“ Apply by 16 January 2026 πŸ‘‰ ow.ly/KcN450XH1o3 Funded by the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards