Events
Events Political Geography
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19.2.2026, 18:15: “Holocaust Studies: Past, Present and Future”
Prof. Dr. Debórah Dwork (Founding Director, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, City University of New York); Ort: KO2, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-180
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26.2.2026, 13:15: MSc Exam | Tobias Graf: The Hybridity and Friction of Frontiers: the Lived Experiences of Smallholders in Pampang Dua
Ort: UZH Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: Y10-G-03/04
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26.2.2026, 13:50: MSc Exam | Sophie Kappeler: Between Formal Education and Pastoral Life: Educational Experiences and Future Visions among «Young» Maasai in the Arusha Region, Tanzania
Ort: UZH Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: Y10-G-03/04
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26.2.2026, 14:25: MSc Exam | Michelle Welter: B/ordering the Banlieue: Lived Experiences of Mega-Event-Driven Renewal and Rebranding in Saint-Denis
Ort: UZH Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: Y10-G-03/04
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26.2.2026, 18:15: „Mehrheitsgesellschaften und Judenverfolgung in europäischer Perspektive: Geschichte und Erinnerung”
Prof. Dr. Christina Morina (Universität Bielefeld); Ort: KO2, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-180
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10.3.2026, 16:00: Contesting social infrastructures: Resistance to the ‘speculative city’ in London
Dr Amy Horton, Associate Professor in Economic Geography, Department of Geography, University College London; Ort: Y25, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: H 79
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19.3.2026, 18:15: Podiumdiskussion: “Die Zukunft der Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Schweiz”
Moderation: Karen Roth-Krauthammer (Omanut: Forum für jüdische Kunst und Kultur) Teilnehmer:innen: Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross (Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin); Prof. em. Dr. Jakob Tanner (Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, UZH); Moira Pinkus, MA (Historisches Seminar, UZH); Ort: KO2, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-180
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28.4.2026, 16:00: "Then We Would No Longer Feel at Ease" – Negotiations in a Parent Café in the context of Integration Dispositif
Dr Oxana Ivanova-Chessex, Zurich University of Teacher Education & Lalitha Chamakalayil (Dipl.-Psych.), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland; Ort: Y25, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: H 92
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12.5.2026, 16:00: ‘Racial capitalism’: A framing for understanding our terrifying times?
Prof Gargi Bhattacharyya, University College London; Ort: Y25, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: H 92
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19.5.2026, 16:00: “The political geography of a never-ending conflict: Israel/Palestine between apartheid and peace“
Prof (Em.) Oren Yiftachel, hon., UCL; Ben-Gurion University Beersheba; senior researcher «A Land for All – two states, one homeland»; Ort: Y25, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: H 92
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21.5.2026, 09:00: Research Workshop on Digital Methodologies
Prof. Dr. Anne Knowles (University of Maine), Prof. Dr. Tim Cole (Bristol), Dr. Anastassia Shaitarova, Digital History Lab (UZH), Dr. Christine Grundig, Digital History Lab (UZH), Prof. Dr. Sara Fabrikant, Department of Geography (UZH); Ort: Y25, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich; Raum: H 86
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21.5.2026, 18:15: “Where was the Holocaust? The Unseen Geographies”
Prof. Dr. Anne Knowles (University of Maine); Ort: KOL, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-101
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1.6.2026, 18:30: “Eugenische Phantasmen – Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte der NS-"Euthanasie"-Morde”
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Herzog (City University of New York); Ort: KOL, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich; Raum: F-101
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2.6.2026, 09:00: “Verdrängte Opfer: Eugenik, Biopolitik und die Frage des unwerten Lebens”
Participants: Dr. Constantin Kilcher (Cambridge), Prof. Dr. Martin Lengwiler (Basel), Dr. Mariette Meier (UZH), Dr. Regina Schidel (Frankfurt), Lisa Dillinger, MA (UZH); Ort: ZOB, Zollikerstrasse 115, 8008 Zürich; Raum: E-02