Thursday, 20.10.2022
09:15–09:45h Registration
09:45–10:00h Welcome and introduction: Piotr Kisiel (IRS)
10:00–11:30h Keynote: Ian Gregory (Lancaster University)
11:30–11:45h Coffee Break
11:45–13:15h Session 1: Planning and its effects
11:45–12:00h Carol Ludwig (GESIS) & Seraphim Alvanides (GESIS): Nirgendwo in Essen geriet in den 1950er-Jahren der Wiederaufbau derart hypermodern – und brutal An urban analytics approach to the urban and social post-war development of Essen
12:00–12:15h Łukasz Musiaka (University of Łódź): Post-war spatial transformations of small towns in the context of spatial policy challenges on the example of Węgorzewo
12:15–12:30h Henriette Bertram (Uni. Kassel): Continuities, changes and a narrative of normalization: post-conflict urban renewal and redevelopment in Belfast
12:30–13:15h Discussion
13:15–14:30h Lunch
14:30–16:00h Session 2: Narrating post-conflict cities
14:30–14:45h Elisa-Maria Hiemer (Herder Institute Marburg): Narrating transformation and catastrophes: The perception of western Polish cities by German and Polish maps and texts
14:45–15:00h Tabitha Redepenning (Herder Institute Marburg): Urban Authenticity in Szczecin. Seeing Szczecin as “Modern” or “Historical” City
15:00–15:15h Sana Asif (National Institute of Technology Patna): Muslim women and spaces: Mapping cartographical changes in the postpartition cities
15:15–16:00h Discussion
17:30–19:00h Guided Excursion
19:30h Dinner
Friday, 21.10.2022
10:00–11:30h Session 3: Residues of the past
10:00–10:15h Birgit Knauer (TU Wien): Capital, small town and reconstruction. A report from ongoing research on war-torn cities in Austria
10:15–10:30h Bilal Bilgili (Bingöl University): Post-war reconstruction strategies and effects on historic urban texture: Beirut/Lebanon case study
10:30–10:45h Selvihan Kurt (Istanbul Technical University): The cemeteries of Izmir in the post- war era: continuity and rapture in rebuilding the city and its urban environment
10:45–11:30h Discussion
11:30–11:40h Coffee break
11:45–13:15h Session 4: (Un)Democratic Reconstruction
11:45–12:00h Gözde Orha (Altinbas University): Redesigning post-conflict cities of Turkey: A comparison
12:00–12:15h Helena Cermeño (University of Kassel) & Katja Mielke (BICC): Potentials for peacebuilding through heritage management in Lahore (Pakistan)
12:15–12:30h J. Hoay-Fern Ooi (University of Tokyo): Parallel Cities: Memorialization and the urban landscape in Myanmar under military rule
12:30–13:15h Discussion
13:15–13:45h Concluding Remarks: Carmen Enss (University of Bamberg)
13:45–15:00h Lunch