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Organizationorganized by Prof. Ulrike Freitag and Dr. Hab. Nora LafiZentrum Moderner Orient, BerlinArgumentThe Urban Studies Seminar is a joint activity of the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) and 'Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe' (EUME), a research program at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin. It is part of the EUME research field, &#171;Cities Compared&#187;. The seminar aims at presenting and discussing ongoing research of scholars working on cities in regions with Muslim societies with an emphasis on Urban Studies in a comparative perspective.RegistrationPlease register at the following address: Dr Nora Lafi&#160;nora.lafi@zmo.de&#160;Phone: (+49) (0) 30 80307-0ProgramEvery Second Monday, 17:00/19:00, starting&#160;November 2, 2015Chaired by Prof Ulrike Freitag and Dr Nora LafiNovember 2ndUlrike Freitag and Nora Lafi (ZMO), Introduction: Urban Studies and the Question of Refugees: Considerations on Historiography and Present-Day ChallengesNovember 16th Erol &#220;lker (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University / EUME Fellow 2015/16), Refugees, Foreigners, Non-Muslims: Nationalism and Xenophobia in Interwar IstanbulNovember 30thMaija Susarina (ZMO), Peruvian Amazonian Indigenous Peoples as Refugees in their Own Country: The Urban Condition in LimaDecember 14thMarwa el-Chab (EHESS) and Rajaa Bechara (Ana Aqraa), A Case Study of the Syrian Displacement in Beirut: Sabra and ChatilaJanuary 11th Gerhard Hoffstaedter (University of Queensland), Urban Refugees in Kuala Lumpur: Living a Life in LimboJanuary 18thClaudia Ghrawi (ZMO), Aleppine Refugees in the Turkish Border City of Gaziantep: Some Thoughts on Urban Center-Periphery Dynamics in Current War TimesJanuary 25thLuigi Achilli (EUI), The Spatial Evolution of the al-Wihdat Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan (1948-2015)February 8thPhilipp Misselwitz (TU Berlin, Habitat Unit), Urban Refugees in the Middle East and Germany: A Comparative ApproachMarch 7th Beya Abidi (FISHTC-Universit&#233; de la Manouba, Tunis), Refugees from alAndalus and the Urban Evolution of the Lower Medjerba Valley in the 17th and 18th CenturiesApril 18th Romola Sanyal (LSE), Urbanizations&#160; of&#160; Refugees: Understanding Displacements in the Global SouthMay 2 Livia Gerster (FU Berlin), &#8220;Asylum Tourists&#8221;: Lebanese Civil War Refugees in West BerlinMay 23thAbdoulaye Sounaye (ZMO), &#8220;Ils viennent du Nord&#8221;: Refugees Reviving Social Ties in Niamey in the Aftermath of the 2012 War in MaliJune 6thNazan Maksudyan (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University / EUME Fellow 2009/10), Refugee Children in Istanbul after the Crimean and the Ottoman Russian WarsJune 20th Sanaa Alimia (ZMO), Afghan Refugees in Peshawar: Making the City (1978-2015)July 4th Raed Bader (Birzeit University), The Toponymy of Refugee Camps in Palestine: An Urban Mirror of DisplacementJuly 18th Agathe Menetrier (ZMO), Do Urban Settings Enhance Refugees Livelihood and Local Integration? A Case Study of Urban Refugees in DakarSvenja Linnemann (Humboldt Universit&#228;t), The Making-of of a Wilkommenskultur (Culture of Welcome): Emergency Accommodation for Refugees in Berlin-Moabit and the Importance of 'ThirdPlaces' in the Production of the Local OpinionConclusion round-table with Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Bocquet (M&#233;decins du Monde)More infohttps://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/2015/urbanstudies/Urban_Studies_Seminar_Overview_2015-16.pdf