Our affiliate members include staff, researchers, visiting scholars and postgraduate students at Queen Mary as well as The University of London in Paris (ULIP). The City Centre has a dedicated seminar room in the School of Geography that can be used for teaching, meetings and events.
We welcome inquiries from prospective students and researchers, particularly those whose work aligns with any of our current research themes. Outside parties are also encouraged to contact us with ideas for collaboration or partnership.
Covid-19 has caused widespread disruption to the pleasures and possibilities of gathering in cities, bringing new forms of anxiety to urban encounters and witnessing crowd scenes, whether lockdown protests or the jubilant celebrations after the US election. As we make do in this time of social distancing, this series provides an opportunity to assemble (online) and reflect on the intensities, emotions and experiences of urban crowds. Interdisciplinary and international in scope, seminars will entail 35 minute presentations with time for questions and discussion to follow. Anyone interested is welcome to join.
Email Regan Koch to register your interest and recieve the recurring Zoom link for each sesson.
19th May, 5pm. Dr Deborah Gould (University of California)
'Passion & Danger in Trump's Time and After'
7th April, 1pm. Dr Nida Kirmani (Lahore University)
'Playing at the Boundary: Exporing the Relationship Fetween Feminim and Fun in Karachi'
24th March, 1pm. Prof Christian Borch (Sociology, Copenhagen Business School)
'Urban Avalanche: Crowds, Cities and Financial Markets'
10th March, 1pm. Prof Colin McFarlane (Geography, Durham University)
'The crowd and Covid-19'
24th February 1pm. Prof Benno Gammerl (History, European University Institute)
'Happy together? The intimate publics of gay liberation'.
16th December 8pm. Dr Ben Gook, History, University of Melbourne
Collectivity and Affect in Crisis Times: Dancing in Berlin, 1989-2020
2nd December 1-2pm. Dr Illan Wall, Law, Warwick University
The State of Unrest: Crowds, Protests, Atmospheres.
To get in touch, pleae email City Centre Director Regan Koch at citycentre@qmul.ac.uk. Queen Mary affiliates are welcome to join our internal mailing list.
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