Political Geography
Political geography is the study of the co-production of space and power. Our research unit is particularly interested in this dynamics at the margins of a globalizing world. We study the spatial production of political order, uneven development and governance through specific discursive practices and places in Africa, South East Asia and Europe.
The political geography unit offers courses, supervises theses at both Bachelor and Master levels, and organizes field trips. For an overview over the lectures, seminars and tutorials offered, please consult Department of Geography / Studying and the electronic university calendar.
News
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Arcane Geopolitics
This forthcoming paper in Political Geography, co-authored by Benedikt Korf and Rory Rowan, discusses what is at stake for a critical geography in appropriating the reactionary thought of thinkers, such as Heidegger or Schmitt.
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Geografe nüme schlafe!
In the 1980s, a group of geography students rebelled against their teachers at the Department of Geography in Zurich.
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Master graduations
Congratulations to our Master students that graduated in December 2019 and February 2020!
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In memoriam of Professor Shahul Hasbullah
On 28 and 30 January, Benedikt Korf gave a lecture in memoriam of Professor Shahul Hasbullah at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) in Colombo and Kandy respectively.
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EU Hotspots
On 22 January, Timothy Raeymaekers participated in a workshop at Basel University on the infrastructure space and the future of migration management, with a focus on the EU Hotspots in the Mediterranean border space.
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New position for Muriel Côte at Lund University
Muriel Côte started as Senior Lecturer at Department of Geography, Lund University
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Border performances
On 3 and 4 December 2019, Anne-Laure Amilhat-Szary visited us from Grenoble university to share her research on border art and performance with our staff and Master students.
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Calais Jungle
On 29 October 2019, Sarah Mallet visited us from Oxford University to talk about her research project on the Calais Jungle at La Lande, which has been exhibited at the Pitt Rivers Museum until November 2019.
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Der Grenzgänger
Der Politische Geograph und GIUZ-Alumnus Michael Hermann pendelt zwischen der öffentlichen Rolle als Politvermesser und seiner unternehmerischen Tätigkeit.
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Summerschool 2019: Governance at the Edge of the State
Alice Kern, Konchok Gelek, Christoph Kaufmann, Christoph Vogel, Benedikt Korf, Tim Raeymaekers, Rony Emmeneger, Tobias Hagmann and Muriel Côte will participate to the summer school on "Governance at the Edge of the State", and some will teach at the Master Class, that the Political Geography Unit co-organises with the Department of Food and Agricultural Economics at the University of Copenhagen, DK.