| PhD and postdoc positions at USI The Urban Studies Institute has three vacancies for PhDs and postdocs, all in the framework of the BOF-GOA-funded research project “Solidarity and religion in a modernizing and post-secular context”. Candidates can apply until 7 July 2019. Come work with us |
| Book: Knowledge and the Early Modern City Bert De Munck (USI) and Antonella Romano (Ecole des Hautes Études) examine in the book “Knowledge and the Early Modern City” (August 2019) how new forms of knowledge and conceptions of the urban co-emerged in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Pre-order the book with a 20% discount! |
| Spy City: privacy in smart cities Visiting scholar Guy Baeten (University of Malmö) warns for the lack of democratic participation in the development of smart cities and fears that citizens are losing their right to privacy. He talks about these issues in the Radio Apache podcast. Listen to the podcast (inDutch, 20 min) |
| The climate-friendly city #Scientists4climate presented scientists’ solutions for climate change in a lecture series in May. Tom Coppens and Thomas Vanoutrive talked about the climate-friendly city, which focuses on open space and sustainable transport. You can find their lecture online soon. Follow USI on Facebook to stay updated |
| Successful second edition of Straatvinken More than 2000 people counted the traffic in their streets for the second edition of Straatvinken in May. Thomas Vanoutrive explained to ATVhow these data are essential to monitor the mobile shift from 70% to 50% car traffic. Video: “Straatvinken strijken weer neer in Antwerpse straten” |
| Call for Papers EAUH2020 “Cities in Motion” The EAUH2020 Conference (Antwerp,2-5 September 2020) opened its call for papers on 1 June 2019. The overarching theme is “Cities in Motion”. This conference is co-organized by the Urban Studies Institute. Submit your paper |
| 11 JUL 2019 | The Pursuit of Global Urban History Conference co-organized by the Global Urban History Project and the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester |
| 13 OCT 2019 | Supernatural Religion in the Age of Empire Conference at the University of Antwerp about research on supernaturalism in colonial and imperial contexts – Call for papers (30 June 2019) |
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Inneke Baatsen
Claudio Coletta