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Read more at: CR's Irit Katz together with Prof. James Sidaway will convene two sessions on ‘The Political Geographies of Camps’ for Political Geography at the IGU Regional Conference, Krakow, 21 August 2014

CR's Irit Katz together with Prof. James Sidaway will convene two sessions on ‘The Political Geographies of Camps’ for Political Geography at the IGU Regional Conference, Krakow, 21 August 2014

19 August 2014

Irit will also present there: From Expansion to Exception – The Versatile Spatio-Political Instrument of the Camp. For more information visit: http://www.igu-cpg.unimib.it/?p=974

Read more at: The new issue of The Cambridge Architectural Journal: Scroope includes an article by UCR Directors Wendy Pullan and Max Sternberg and a photo essay by UCR PhD student Hanna Baumann

The new issue of The Cambridge Architectural Journal: Scroope includes an article by UCR Directors Wendy Pullan and Max Sternberg and a photo essay by UCR PhD student Hanna Baumann

24 July 2014

Visit http://www.scroopejournal.com

Read more at: For an insight into the recent clashes in Jerusalem, see: ‘The Heavy Presence of Jerusalem Light Rail’ in Hanna Baumann’s article in Open Democracy

For an insight into the recent clashes in Jerusalem, see: ‘The Heavy Presence of Jerusalem Light Rail’ in Hanna Baumann’s article in Open Democracy

22 July 2014

http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/hanna-baumann/heavy-presence-of-jerusalem-light-rail-why-palestinian-protesters-attac

Read more at: Wendy Pullan gave a lecture in the series ‘The City and Its Margins’ at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 30 June. She spoke on: ‘The migration of frontiers in contested cities’

Wendy Pullan gave a lecture in the series ‘The City and Its Margins’ at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 30 June. She spoke on: ‘The migration of frontiers in contested cities’

22 July 2014

See: www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2014/Invitation_Pullan.pdf

Read more at: At a symposium on Archaeology as a Tool of Displacement in the Old City of Jerusalem, ‘Wendy Pullan spoke on ‘The Reinvention of Jerusalem: Heritage, Archaeology, Settlement’

At a symposium on Archaeology as a Tool of Displacement in the Old City of Jerusalem, ‘Wendy Pullan spoke on ‘The Reinvention of Jerusalem: Heritage, Archaeology, Settlement’

22 July 2014

The event was hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jerusalem, 16 June 2014.

Read more at: UCR co-sponsored an exchange visit for a PhD workshop, ‘Metamorphoses of the Contemporary City’, with La Sapienza University of Rome, 28-30 May 2014

UCR co-sponsored an exchange visit for a PhD workshop, ‘Metamorphoses of the Contemporary City’, with La Sapienza University of Rome, 28-30 May 2014

22 July 2014

The workshop was jointly organized by Iulia Statica (Sapienza) and Gruia Badescu (UCR). For a full programme see the poster. UCR visited two camps for Roma refugees with Dr Marco Brazzoduro, an expert on the subject. Sapienza will make a return visit to Cambridge in September.

Read more at: Mick Dumper and Wendy Pullan participated in BBC Radio 3’s ‘Freethinking’, for a discussion on ‘Walls’, 14 January 2014

Mick Dumper and Wendy Pullan participated in BBC Radio 3’s ‘Freethinking’, for a discussion on ‘Walls’, 14 January 2014

22 July 2014

To listen to the programme visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q0ck0

Read more at: Dr Nadia Charalambous, from the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus, was a Martin Centre visiting scholar at the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research (UCR) in April and again in June of this year

Dr Nadia Charalambous, from the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus, was a Martin Centre visiting scholar at the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research (UCR) in April and again in June of this year

22 July 2014

She is part of a team working on Nicosia and divided cities and is studying ‘Diachronic Understanding of Urban Conflict’. In Cambridge, she delivered a Martin Centre lecture on this research, met with UCR’s PhD students, and had discussions with members of UCR on possible areas of collaborative work.

Read more at: Wendy Pullan travelled to Doha in March as part of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies ‘Cambridge in…’ programme

Wendy Pullan travelled to Doha in March as part of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies ‘Cambridge in…’ programme

22 July 2014

She presented ‘Museums of Ethnic and National Struggle‘, at Qatar University and ‘Urban Collisions: The Spatial Politics of Architecture’ at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Read more at: Wendy Pullan was an invited speaker at the UN meeting on ‘The Question of Jerusalem’

Wendy Pullan was an invited speaker at the UN meeting on ‘The Question of Jerusalem’

22 July 2014

For a video of her Plenary 2 session see: http://unispal.un.org/databases/dprtest/ngoweb.nsf/fd4d9c895f860397852578690071506e/8cda78ab0a8f099e85257cc100712a11?OpenDocument For a summary of the meetings by the UN Secretariat, see: http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/9330fa5063bb7eff852575f500680f40/...

Read more at: UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie is now a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on the Capital Cities Project at the School for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria

UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie is now a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on the Capital Cities Project at the School for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria

15 May 2014

Visit the Capital Cities Project website at www.up.ac.za/capitalcities/ .

Read more at: New CinC article by Haim Yacobi and Wendy Pullan entitled: The Geopolitics of Neighbourhood: Jerusalem’s Colonial Space Revisited

New CinC article by Haim Yacobi and Wendy Pullan entitled: The Geopolitics of Neighbourhood: Jerusalem’s Colonial Space Revisited

15 May 2014

Visit http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/.U3JXdKAWHzJ#.U3RtR-ZOXMw to read the article.

Read more at: UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie will present a keynote at the Creative Adjacencies Conference Ghent, 3-6 June 2014

UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie will present a keynote at the Creative Adjacencies Conference Ghent, 3-6 June 2014

9 May 2014

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Read more at: New photo-essays added to the site

New photo-essays added to the site

23 April 2014

W e have added the following photo-essays to the site Local Transnational: Guben/Gubin (Wendy Pullan), Vanashing Walaja: Changing Landscape in South Jerusalem (Britt Baillie), Transition in Nicosia: Reopening the Ledra/Lokmaci Crossing (Lefkos Kyriacou), and Urban Allusions in Contested Cities (Britt Baillie). Click here...

Read more at: UCR's Britt Baillie features in Cambridge University's Science Festival podcast on Sustainable Cities in an Uncertain Future

UCR's Britt Baillie features in Cambridge University's Science Festival podcast on Sustainable Cities in an Uncertain Future

28 March 2014

Listen here: http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1678503

Read more at: UCR PhD student Hanna Baumann will present her research at an expert workshop on “Living in Enclave Cities: Towards Mobility-Based Perspectives on Urban Segregation”

UCR PhD student Hanna Baumann will present her research at an expert workshop on “Living in Enclave Cities: Towards Mobility-Based Perspectives on Urban Segregation”

24 March 2014

The workshop will take place on 21-22 March 2014 at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her paper is entitled " Moving through contested spaces in Jerusalem: mobility and marginality".

Read more at: UCR's Britt Baillie will present at the University of Cambridge Science Festival session on Sustainable Cities in an Uncertain Future

UCR's Britt Baillie will present at the University of Cambridge Science Festival session on Sustainable Cities in an Uncertain Future

17 March 2014

Mill Lane Lecture Theatre University of Cambridge Wednesday, 19 March 2014 from 20:00 to 21:00 (GMT) Cambridge, United Kingdom http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainable-cities-in-an-uncertain-future-tickets-10449104553

Read more at: You are invited to the public debate Urban Resistance as Identity Politics in Cities Today in which UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie will take part

You are invited to the public debate Urban Resistance as Identity Politics in Cities Today in which UCR's Dr. Britt Baillie will take part

5 March 2014

The event will take place at Göteborg City Museum 10 March, 17-1900hr. See the enclosed information and please complete your free-of-charge registration if you haven't done it: http://simplesignup.se/event/35609-urban-resistances-as-identity-politics-in-cities-today

Read more at: New review of 'Locating Urban Conflicts' edited by Wendy Pullan and Britt Baillie

New review of 'Locating Urban Conflicts' edited by Wendy Pullan and Britt Baillie

4 February 2014

Click here to read the review.

Read more at: New CinC book: Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History, and the Future of the Holy City by Michael Dumper

New CinC book: Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History, and the Future of the Holy City by Michael Dumper

4 February 2014

Click here for more information about the publication.

Read more at: Heritage as Common(s) - Common(s) as Heritage (HACCAH) is a seminar series organized by the Urban Heritage Cluster of Critical Heritage Studies

Heritage as Common(s) - Common(s) as Heritage (HACCAH) is a seminar series organized by the Urban Heritage Cluster of Critical Heritage Studies

4 February 2014

The seminars are free of charge and open to public. Refreshments will be served for this event. With: Britt Baillie (University of Cambridge) Chiara de Cesari (University of Amsterdam) Nina Gren (Lund University) For further information, and registration please contact Feras Hammami feras.hammami@gu.se or visit the event...

Read more at: UCR's Hanna Baumann will present: Archaeology and Violence: the 'City of David' in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan to the Cambridge Heritage Research Group Seminar Series

UCR's Hanna Baumann will present: Archaeology and Violence: the 'City of David' in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan to the Cambridge Heritage Research Group Seminar Series

4 February 2014

Date: Tuesday 4th February Venue: McDonald Seminar Room, 1- 2pm

Read more at: Coverage of UCR and Locating Urban Conflicts on the Urban Controversies blog

Coverage of UCR and Locating Urban Conflicts on the Urban Controversies blog

4 February 2014

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Read more at: New UCR publication: 'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places'
New UCR publication: 'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places'

New UCR publication: 'The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places'

16 December 2013

By Wendy Pullan, Maximilian Sternberg, Lefkos Kyriacou, Craig Larkin, Michael Dumper

Read more at: Conflict in Cities special issue of Space and Polity

Conflict in Cities special issue of Space and Polity

10 December 2013

A CinC special issue of Space and Polity 17(3) has just been launched on the subject of Religion, violence and cities http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cspp20/17/3#.UqcgKHb-XyA It includes: An introduction by our Belfast colleagues Liam O’Dowd and Milena McKnight http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562576.2013...

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