News and Events

In memory of Professor Rosemary Hollis, 1952-2020

17 June 2020

Members of URC and Conflict in Cities are saddened by the death of Professor Rosemary Hollis. At Chatham House, Rosemary ran the Middle East Programme and later became Director of Research. In 2008 she moved to London’s City University to take up a Chair in Middle East Policy and to direct the Olive Tree Programme...

Designs for a Refugee Shelter Rooftop- Collaborative Architectural Summer School between Cambridge and the TU Berlin

11 June 2020

By Toby Parsloe

UCR publication in Space and Polity

10 December 2019

Jessie Fyfe and Max Sternberg have published their article entitled 'Unsettled landscapes: traumatic memory in a Croatian hinterland' in the most recent edition of Space and Polity. The article can be accessed via: https://tandfonline.com/eprint/WPBF8RMRYRVSJGFSBUTA/full?

Alex Young II Seo to present at the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale

10 December 2019

Alex Young Il Seo will exhibit his work on the inter-Korean Border, ’Travels in Woundedland’ at the Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 2019: Urban Interactions. The work has been developed in collaboration with Manfredo Manfredini and the students from the University of Auckland. This year's Shenzhen Biennale is...

Symposium to honour Professor Wendy Pullan’s career

7 November 2019

Present and former members of the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research gathered in Cambridge on Saturday 2nd November for a symposium held to honour Professor Wendy Pullan. The symposium, to honour Wendy’s retirement in September, was organised by Dr Max Sternberg and included contributions from former UCR members as well...

The Research of UCR PhD Student Anwar Jaber on Palestine is Featured in the University's Philanthropic Campaign

22 July 2019

The research of PhD student Anwar Jaber is featured as an Impact Story in 'Yours, Cambridge', the philanthropic campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge, headed by the Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations Office. Anwar's research is part of the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research and is supervised by...

11th Briefing Paper launch and ‘War on Cities’ panel discussion

1 May 2019

The Conflict in Cities ' Briefing Paper 11: Deconstruction and Reconstruction ’ is now available! The paper was officially launched on 30 April 2019 at Arup London. The event included a panel discussion on 'War on Cities: Destruction and Reconstruction’ with Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian from the Department of Politics and...

UCR in this term’s Cambridge City Seminar

16 January 2019

Former UCR PhD student Gruia Badescu and former UCR affiliate researcher Ammar Azzouz will both speak at this term's Cambridge City Seminar!

Cambridge Palestine Open Maps Mapathon

16 January 2019

The Cambridge Palestine Open Maps Mapathon will be held in the Department of Architecture on Saturday 19 January, between 13:30–16:30. Sign up and read more at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-open-maps-mapathon-cambridge-uk-tickets-54649027713?ref=eios&aff=eios

Anwar Jaber speaks at INTBAU World Congress at the Royal Society of Arts, London and meets HRH Prince of Wales

17 December 2018

Anwar Jaber, a Cambridge-Trust scholar and PhD student in Architecture at the Centre for Urban Conflict’s Research, spoke at the The INTBAU World Congress in London. The INTBAU World Congress is a biennial forum which brings together global perspectives and knowledge for discussion and debate of pressing issues and...

Anwar Jaber will present at Leed's Conference 'The City (Re) Shaped"

10 September 2018

UCR PhD researcher Anwar Jaber will present her research on the city of Ramallah at the City (Re) Shaped conference at the University of Leeds next week. The City (Re) Shaped is a multi-disciplinary conference that aims to further our understanding of the intertwined dynamic nature of the Politics of Urbanism and the...

UCR at the 2018 Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference

5 September 2018

Last week, UCR's Toby Parsloe, Hanna Baumann, Amy Batley and Theo Bowering presented papers at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, in Cardiff. Their papers were entitled: 'The Architectures of Securitisation in the formalised Berlin-Tempelhof camp' [Toby] 'Formalising schedules, delaying arrivals: time as a...

Irit Katz awarded for her book ‘The Common Camp'

5 September 2018

Irit Katz will be one of the 2018 Society of Architectural History/Mellon Award recipients for her book: 'The Common Camp: Instruments of Power and Resistance on the Edge of Architecture'. Read more at: https://www.sah.org/about-sah/sah-news/news-detail/2018/09/04/society-of-architectural-historians-announces-2018-sah-...

UCR PhD students run a panel at BRISMES 2018 in London

10 July 2018

PhD students of the Centre for Urban conflicts Research (UCR) Dena Qaddumi, Anwar Jaber, Ahmed El-Husseiny, Yasmina El Chami and Nadi Abusadaa presented their research at the BRISMES Annual conference on June 25th in London. Their UCR panel was entitled "Reconsidering Political Narratives: Architectural and Urban...

The Centre for Urban Conflicts Research is now on Twitter!

30 April 2018

Regular news updates on conferences, papers and fieldwork conducted by the group will now mainly feature on the twitter feed, so follow us at @UrbanConflicts . The twitter feed can also be viewed on the homepage of our website, and major news will continued to be posted on the news section of this website.

UCR's Yasmina Chami will present at the “The Place that Remains: Recounting the Unbuilt Territory” Conference on March 23rd

12 March 2018

Yasmina will present at the “The Place that Remains: Recounting the Unbuilt Territory” Conference on March 23rd, held at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. The conference is organized in parallel with Lebanon’s first National Participation in the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture taking place May 26th to Nov...

Three new publications by Irit Katz on camps, housing and spaces of conflict and displacement in the Middle East

5 March 2018

Architecture of Control and Struggle: Camps and the Reordering of Populations and Territories in Israel-Palestine , in Architecture Beyond Europe (ABE Journal) A book review for Homeland: Zionism as Housing Regime, 1860–2011 by Yael Allweil , in Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review and co-authored a blog with...

UCR’s Jessie Fyfe will be presenting in the CRASSH seminar series 'The Alchemical Landscape’ on June 5th, 5pm

1 February 2018

**PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. THE TALK WAS POSTPONED FROM MAY 22ND TO JUNE 5TH. TIME AND LOCATION REMAIN THE SAME** Jessie will present her paper 'Topographia and Topothesia: Memory and Testimony in a Croatian Landscape' on June 5 th , 5pm, Seminar room SG2, Alison Richard Building. All are welcome to attend! This is part of...

New Statesman article by Professor Wendy Pullan entitled 'Heritage wars - the politics behind the US pulling out of Unesco: when identity politics and ancient treasures colllide' available online

9 November 2017

Read the full article here .

New UCR publication by Irit Katz on Europe's migrant camps

2 November 2017

New publication from UCR’s Irit Katz entitled 'Between Bare Life and Everyday Life: Spatializing Europe's Migrant Camps' published in Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (Amps) vol. 12/2 of UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.amps.2017v12i2.001 https://www.academia.edu/34959846/...

New publication from UCR’s Eve Avdoulos entitled 'The Pop Up City in a Time of Crisis: Experimental strategies for rebuilding Detroit' in the book 'Moving Cities - Contested Views on Urban Life' published by Springer

5 September 2017

New publication from UCR’s Eve Avdoulos entitled 'The Pop Up City in a Time of Crisis: Experimental strategies for rebuilding Detroit' in the book 'Moving Cities - Contested Views on Urban Life' published by Springer. The texts of the book focus on the problems and challenges of urban change, especially in Europe, in the...

New UCR publications on Polish-German border towns, planning in Qatar

12 June 2017

In the frame of his research on Polish-German border towns , UCR Deputy Director Maximilian Sternberg has recently published two new articles: ' Arrested conflict: transnational place-making in Polish-German border town s' was co-authored with UCR visiting researcher Karol Kurnicki and published in Space and Polity. '...

UCR workshop ‘Doing Architectural Research’ on 26 June 2017

10 May 2017

The one-day workshop ‘Doing Architectural Research: socio-political perspectives on theories, methodologies & praxis’ will explore and question what constitutes architectural research, specifically research from socio-political perspectives. We are particularly interested in how we, as researchers concerned with...

UCR members present papers on shantytowns and frontier villages

2 May 2017

UCR alumna Dr Adriana Massidda , now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales CEUR/CONICET in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will present her paper 'The 1967 Flood in Buenos Aires: Disasters and the Intertwining Spatial, Natural and Political Processes in Shantytowns'. XXXV International Congress of...

Irit Katz presents 'The Common Camp' at RIBA on 23 May

27 April 2017

UCR's Dr Irit Katz will present her award-winning research at RIBA in London on 23 May 2017. Her dissertation, completed at the department in 2015 and entitled 'The Common Camp: Temporary Settlements as a Spatio-political Instrument in Israel-Palestine' has received both the RIBA President's award for research and the...