Department of Geography studies at Birkbeck, University of London
Bloomsbury, London
Joined May 2011
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The @bisr_birkbeck Urban Intersections Working Group will be hosting a talk by @Deepanshu_1810 & Jignesh Mistry on "The use of Visual Storyboards to Study Vulnerability in India".
When: 28 April, 6-8.30 PM (BST)
Free to attend and open to all!
Book here: bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_even…
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
A digitised cliff analysis methodology developed by Sue Brookes (@bbkgeography) has been used by the Environment Agency to provide quality-assured guidance to coastal authorities in England and Wales.
Find out more: orlo.uk/uq2KI #UseGeography #IntGeomorphWeek2023
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Really looking forward to speaking at this upcoming event on 30 January on Engels & the Housing Question: 150 years on. @bbkgeography @bbkpsychosocial @bbkpolitics #HousingCrisis #housing
Engels & the Housing Question 150 years on: panel with @PaulWatt1232 Linda Clarke @MichaelLondonSF & Marj Mayo at Marx Memorial Library Farringdon 30 January 1900h free marx-memorial-library.org.uk… hybrid
To get you all up to speed with the wonderful work our staff and students have been up to, here's the Autumn issue of the Department of Geography newsletter:
createsend.com/t/y-A586CCE3C…
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Mark those calendars for our hybrid (in-person🧑🏾🤝🧑🏻 & online 👩🏾💻) event w. Shobini Mukerji (@JPAL_SA), @BeedieEzi & @pverasanso (@bbkgeography) on #women, #age and #development:
📅 14 December
⏰ 1-2.15pm GMT
(in-person spots are limited)
Register✍️ ow.ly/zA4T50LW7zl
Have you registered?✍🏻
In-person spots are limited for our event w. @ShobiniMukerji (@JPAL_SA), @BeedieEzi & @pverasanso (@bbkgeography) on #women, #age and #development:
📅14 December
⏰1-2.15pm GMT
Hybrid: in- person🧑🏿🤝🧑🏻 and online👩🏾💻))
Details: ow.ly/zA4T50LW7zl
Reminder for tonight's event, 'Whose City? New work on London, housing & inequality'
6pm, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
"My work is all about uplifting marginalised communities; encouraging thought about people whose stories and experiences get ignored." Senior Lecturer Dr William Ackah marks #BlackHistoryMonth by sharing a blog about his work: bit.ly/3N2xdYM
ALT Dr William Ackah
Whose City? New work on London, housing & inequality
Weds 9th November, 6 - 8pm, Birkbeck Clore Management Centre
Join us for this important event, with six dynamic and accessible presentations linked to a series of important new books on London and city life today.
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Really happy to share this paper about the political struggles of street vendors in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for "the right to the city centre". This article is a collaboration with @urbancommune published by @CITYanalysis. + tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
This is one of the most exciting times of the year @LIDC_UK! More than 150 incoming students have become members during fresher's fairs and yesterday my colleagues were @LSHTM, @dpu_ucl, @bbkgeography and @RoyalVetCollege. Students can still sign up, here: lidc.ac.uk/civi/?page=CiviCR…
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Our friend and colleague, Lecturer @Karen_wells_bbk teaches on @bbkgeography's MSc Children Youth & International Development core module. It's too late to join this term, but recruitment for Jan 2023 is now open. Interested? Email [email protected]
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Really looking forward to hearing @januebl discuss my book at @Rn37S Berlin conference tomorrow. Thanks to @MaximeFelder for chairing & @TaljaBlokland for the invitation. policy.bristoluniversitypres… @bbkgeography #SocialHousing
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Congratulations to Pooja! We look forward to welcoming her at Birkbeck.
We are delighted to share that Pooja Kini, @wildfloverr from #PCI_India has been selected for the Mark James Studentship to pursue her Ph.D. in Geography, Environment, and Development Studies from @bbkgeography
We wish her good luck and a prosperous future
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Great to be at the @ISA_RC21 in Athens, meeting old friends and making new ones. Such a great conference - lots of amazing sessions and keynotes. Now off on holiday to recharge before the start of the term! – at Attiki, Greece
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Collaborative Writing & Creative #Storytelling: The Forced Exile of the Chagossian people.
👉🏿Luke Williams & Natasha Soobramanien, Sabrina Jean @yandangael (Chagos Refugees Group UK branch chair)
Film screenings & discussions
📅27-28 Aug @ICALondon
ica.art/films/collaborative-…
ALT Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams was published by Fitzcarraldo on 25 May 2022. To read about it and buy a copy, click here: https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/diego-garcia
ALT Another Paradise, dir. Olivier Magis, Belgium / France 2019, 82 min., Creole, French & English with English subtitles, will be shown at the ICA on Sunday 28 August at 16:00. For more details and booking info, click here: https://www.ica.art/films/book-launch-diego-garcia-another-paradise
ALT Unforgotten Islands (Chagos Ou la Memoire des Iles), dir. Michel Daëron, France 2011, 83 min., French with English subtitles, on view at the ICA, London on 28 August 2022 at 16:30. Further info and booking details here: https://www.ica.art/films/unforgotten-islands
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📢 #CallForPapers📝
To mark the bicentenary of Brazil’s independence, the @CUBS_Cambridge invites abstract submission for an in-person interdisciplinary workshop with Dawisson Belém Lopes (@dbelemlopes, UFMG & Oxford) and Mara Nogueira (@mcnteixeira, Birbeck, Univ. of London). ⤵️
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
Great to c Dr Piero Corcillo’s research on the post-Olympics East Village cited in this @BBCNews report👇. Piero was my excellent PhD student @bbkgeography 👏👏. Nice also to see @pennybernstock1 being quoted for her painstaking work revealing the so-called Olympics ‘legacy’👏👏
Some of my considerations on @EastVillageLDN - the London 2012 Olympics Athletes' Village - as part of this BBC article on the Olympic housing legacy bbc.com/news/uk-england-lond…
Birkbeck Geography retweeted
I spoke at the Birkbeck Teach-in for #ClimateJustice organised by @bbkgeography colleagues, with the brilliant @KaiHeron @kezia_barker @BeckyBriant @KayleighWoods4 & many others. My talk on Racism, Imperialism & Global Climate Justice starts the 4th video: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
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If you're in London tomorrow, don't miss The Land Beneath Our Feet, a compelling film about a 1926 #corporate #landgrab in #Liberia & its resonance today amidst struggles over land & radical land reforms. +Q&A w main protagonist Dr @urey_k, & the brilliant @RobtelNeajai chairing
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