Mapping “Post-Conflict” Cities

Conference Programme

Thursday, 20. October 2022
9:15–9:45CEST	Registration
9:45–10:00CEST	Welcome and Introduction Piotr Kisiel (IRS)
10:00-11:30CEST	Keynote Geographical Information Systems for understanding the geographies of the past Ian Gregory (Lancaster University)
	Coffee Break
11:45–13:15CEST	Session 1: Planning and its Effects Chair: Małgorzata Popiołek-Roßkamp (IRS) A spatio-temporal analysis of the urban fabric of Nuremberg from the 1940s onwards Carol Ludwig (GESIS) and Seraphim Alvanides (GESIS) Post-war spatial transformations of small towns in the context of spatial policy challenges on the example of Węgorzewo Łukasz Musiaka (Uni. Łódź) Continuities, changes and a narrative of normalization: post-conflict urban renewal and redevelopment in Belfast Henriette Bertram (Uni. Kassel) Discussion
13:15–14:30CEST	Lunch
14:30–16:00CEST	Session 2: Narrating Post-Conflict Cities Chair: Harald Engler (IRS) Narrating transformation and catastrophes: The perception of Western Polish cities by German and Polish maps and texts Elisa-Maria Hiemer (Herder-Institut Marburg) Iconisation of war destruction images: The case of Szczecin Tabitha Redepenning (Herder-Institut Marburg) Muslim Women and Spaces: Mapping Cartographical Changes in the Post-Partition Cities Sana Asif (National Institute of Technology Patna) Discussion
17:30–19:00CEST	Guided Excursion
19:30CEST	Dinner

Friday, 21. October 2022
10:00–11:30CEST	Session 3: Residues of the Past Chair: Piotr Kisiel (IRS) Capital, small town and reconstruction. A report from ongoing research on war-torn cities in Austria Birgit Knauer (TU Wien) Post-war Reconstruction Strategies and Effects on Historic Urban Texture: Beirut/Lebanon Case Study Bilal Bilgili (Uni. Bingöl) The Cemeteries of Izmir in the Post-war Era: Continuity and Rapture in Rebuilding the City and its Urban Environment Selvihan Kurt (TU Istanbul) Discussion
	Coffee Break
11:45–13:15CEST	Session 4: (Un)Democratic Reconstruction Chair: Laura Demeter (Uni. Bamberg) Redesigning Post-Conflict Cities of Turkey: A Comparison Gözde Orhan (Altinbas Uni.) Potentials for peacebuilding through heritage management in Lahore (Pakistan) Helena Cermeño (Uni. Kassel) and Katja Mielke (BICC) Parallel Cities: Memorialization and the Urban Landscape in Myanmar under Military Rule J. Hoay-Fern Ooi (Uni. Tokyo) Discussion
13:15–13:45CEST	Concluding Remarks Carmen M. Enss (UMM Bamberg)
13:45–15:00CEST	Lunch