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Thesis defense – Camile DABESTANI
Remaking the Caribbean. Student representations and appropriations of macro-regional imaginaries in a postcolonial context (Guadeloupe, Martinique). 27 November at campus Condorcet.
The Aftermath of the Ankara station massacre: the Agency of Urban Design in the Right to Memory
Deniz Kimyon Tuna analyses the politics of confronting atrocity and try to situate this politics within the right to memory.
Sandrine Robert in Residence at the Maison Française d’Oxford
As part of her residency at the Maison Française d’Oxford, Sandrine Robert will give two lectures on 21 November and 4 December.
Confinement and Exclusion
Re-Analysing the Geographical Metaphor of the Closet through Trans Experiences of Public Space. An article by Milan Bonté.
More volatile, less equal: housing and welfare in 21st century France
An Analysis of Housing, Welfare, and Inequality, by Renaud Le Goix, William Kutz, and Ronan Ysebaert.
Thesis defense – Thibaud BAGES
French regions and economic sector policies: a new planning model? Strategies and tools for developing hydrogen activity by the Hauts-de-France, Occitanie and Pays de la Loire regions. On November 21, 2025 at Maison de la recherche (Paris).
Thesis defense – Jean MAKHLOUTA
Carving Out a Place in the City. Mobilities and Spatial Strategies of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Beirut. Monday, 17 November at Campus Condorcet.
Thesis defense – Alexandra Mallah
Geography of the invisibles : the territories of Women's Memory. November 14, Campus Condorcet.
Bungalows and oil tanks: The environmental damages of petroleum refining and the urban politics of heavy industry
Clarence Hatton-Proulx analyzes the social and environmental consequences of fossil energy metabolisms on Montréal’s sacrifice fossil zone.
Naftali Naymanovich and the first Esperanto textbook for Yiddish speakers (1888)
An article by Denis Eckert, published in the journal East European Jewish Affairs.
Thesis defense – Mathilde PEDRO
Planning and Managing Transport Hubs in a Context of Sectoral and Territorial Reforms: A comparison between France, England, and the Netherlands.November 4, 2025 at Campus Condorcet.
Explaining infrastructural bifurcation: A comparative history of urban incineration in Montréal and Paris
How deindustrialization and gentrification put pressure on waste incinerators: an article by Clarence Hatton-Proulx.
Florent Chossière, visiting researcher at the University of Sussex
Florent Chossière will take part in several key events organized by the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR).
Commoning the gardens by the Bloc
Informal gardening practices in the collective housing districts of a post-socialist city, an article cosigned by Carmen Rafanell.
Industrial Heritage Reloaded
The TICCIH 2022 proceedings have been published in book form, with a contribution by Varvara Toura.
The quiet financialisation of urban infrastructure
The media in the normalisation of airport-led development in the Paris city-region, a paper by J.-B. Frétigny, M. Magnan, J.Maulat, M. Pedro.
The Fable of the “Energy Recycling” of Household Waste
In this article published in the Journal of Energy History, Etienne Dufour questions the virtue of using urban waste for energy production.
Queer Migrants in Transnational Social Spaces: Sexualised Geographies of Power
A call for papers for a proposal of special issue to be submitted to the journal Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography.
Passing of Éric Denis
We, at the Géographie-cités research department, are deeply saddened of the recent passing of our colleague and friend Éric Denis on August 21.
The Limits of a Success Story: Rethinking the Shenzhen Metro “Rail Plus Property” Model for Planning Sustainable Urban Transit in China
An analysis Congcong Li and Natacha Aveline-Dubach.
From gardening to landscaping, from LA QUINTINIE to tomorrow
Call fo papers - International symposium (Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th, March 2026, France). Response deadline: Thursday 18 September 2025.
Why a strong global plastics treaty is essential for agricultural systems, food safety, food security and human health
A call from 12 researchers for serious consideration of the problem of plastic pollution of agricultural soils in the context of the forthcoming negotiation sessions for a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty to be held in Geneva in August.
Confinement and Exclusion
How Milan Bonté re-Analyses the Geographical Metaphor of the Closet throughTrans Experiences of Public Space.
Thesis defense – Sonia DINH
Designing shared facilities in private collective housing : perspectives from the practices and strategies of urban and real estate development professionals. July 10, Campus Condorcet (France).
Thesis defense – Jordi CALABUIG SERRA
The co-production of a city. Sociability and spatiality of LGBT+ residents and tourists in Barcelona. July 2 in Paris.
