Events
Colloquia
Space, Nature and Society research colloquium (Forschungskolloquium FoKo)
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Date & Day |
Time & Room |
Event, Name & Title |
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17.02.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
*Master concept presentation by Anna Schweiter: Socio-ecological Mapping of Stakeholders in Ungulate Management around Berchtesgaden National Park. |
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24.02.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Staff meeting |
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03.03.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Annina Michel: Project proposal discussion |
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10.03.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-H-79 |
*ZHGK: Amy Horton (University College London): Contesting social infrastructures: Resistance to the ‘speculative city’ in London |
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11.03.26 Wed |
25-L-40 | Workshop: Wed, 11 March, 9-11am, Room Y25 – L40 Please register for the workshop by March 5 th via e-mail to frances.brill@geo.uzh.ch |
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17.03.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Text discussion: Chapter 2.1: On Transdisciplinarity and Transformation in Ludwig, D. and C.N. El-Hani, 2025, p. 20-58:Transformative Transdisciplinarity. An Introduction to Community-Based Philosophy |
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24.03.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Joint reading session with Economic Geography: It Was Always Blood and Soil: Ecofascism and the Racial Capitalocene. Antipode, 57: 1126-1147. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.13134 |
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31.03.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Rafael Zinnenlauf und Zélie Stauffer: Paper discussion “Nature observers” |
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14.04.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Nitin Bathla: Paper discussion “Nocturnal Rewilding and Light Pollution” |
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21.04.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Eva-Maria Spreitzer – On transdisciplinarity (title to be confirmed) |
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28.04.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-H-92 |
*ZHGK: Lalitha Chamakalayil & Oxana Ivanova-Chessex (FHNW Muttenz, PH Zürich) (SNS & GTT): "Then We Would No Longer Feel at Ease" – Negotiations in a Parent Café in the context of Integration Dispositif |
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05.05.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Sierra Deutsch: Project ideas presentation |
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12.05.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-H-92 |
*ZHGK: Gargi Battacharyya (University College London): ‘Racial capitalism’: A framing for understanding our terrifying times? |
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13.05.26 Wed |
Workshop: Wed, 13 May, 9-12pm, please register for the workshop by May 5 th via e-mail to reta.barfuss@geo.uzh.ch | |
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19.05.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-H-92 |
*ZHGK: Oren Yiftachel (Ben Gurion University): “The political geography of a never-ending conflict: Israel/Palestine between apartheid and peace“ |
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20.05.26 Wed |
25-L-40 | Workshop: Wed, 20 May, 9-12pm, Y25 – L40 Please register for the workshop by May 12 th via e-mail to hanna.hilbrandt@geo.uzh.ch |
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26.05.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
Staff meeting |
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02.06.26 Tue |
16:00-17:00 25-L-40 |
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All interested people are welcome to join!
*compulsory for Master students
°recommended for Master students
Contact: norman.backhaus@geo.uzh.ch
Zurich Human Geography Colloquium (Zürcher Humangeographisches Kolloquium ZHGK)
Upcoming events
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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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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