Fall 2024 Seminar Series

BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series – Fall 2024

Online Participation All participants required to register via the zoom link below.

To Register https://kocun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtfuyrpj4pGNacXufAqt4YSWy3fsJkqS2n

MiReKoc is delighted to invite all interested participants to join us for the upcoming MiReKoc-BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series, organized under the BROAD-ER Project.

This year’s Seminar Series brings together a group of distinguished researchers and stakeholders to discuss key themes of the BROAD-ER Project (Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies Nexus). BROAD-ER is an EC-funded Twinning Project, which is a collaboration between Koç University in Turkey, Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Seminar Series!

The schedule of the Seminar Series is as follows: 

• 30 OCT: Giovanna Marconi (University Iuav of Venice), “Sharing Public Spaces: Urban Planning and Policy in Cities of Differences”
• 13 NOV: Charalampos Tsavdarolgou (University of Amsterdam), “The Right to the City and the Right to Opacity: People on the Move in Thessaloniki”
• 27 NOV*: Norma Schemschat (University of Amsterdam) & Rafik Arfaoui (Pompeu Fabra University), “Welcoming Refugees Outside Large Cities: Solidarity Between Territorial Fragility and Rural Cosmopolitanism” 
• 11 DEC: Birgül Demirtaş (TED University), “Rebirth of Cities in the Global System? Challenges and Opportunities of City Diplomacy in the 21st Century”
• 08 JAN*: Ayshan Mammadzada (University of Ottawa), “Urban Centers as Gateways or Barriers? Understanding Skilled Immigrants’ Retention in Global Cities”
• 22 JAN: Stijn Oosterlynck (University of Antwerp), “Solidarities Across Cultural Difference: Grounding Solidarity-building in Place and Practice”

ALL at 12:00 (TURKEY TIME) on WEDNESDAYS!
To participate in the Seminar Series, ALL ATTENDEES are required to register in advance via the following link: https://kocun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtfuyrpj4pGNacXufAqt4YSWy3fsJkqS2n

Please note that the Seminar Series will be available online via Zoom. The seminars (marked *) will be hybrid, both online (Zoom) and in person (SOS180F).