Workshop "Silk Road Cities and Beyond"

We are pleased to invite you to the workshop "Silk Road Cities and beyond. New dialogues on the urban geographies of infrastructure-led development", which will take place at ICTA-UAB from the 15th to the 16th of March 2023. The workshop is funded by the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence program.

This is a 2-day workshop on the urban geographies of infrastructure-led development across the Global South & North organised by Elia Apostolopoulou, Bowen Gu (ICTA-UAB) and Jon Silver (Sheffield University).

Here you will find the link for attendance: (https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/silk-road-cities-and-beyond-1802369).
 

Day 1 - Wednesday 15 March 2023

12.30- 13.45: Lunch and registration

13.45-14.00: Welcome and introduction “Silk Road Cities and beyond: New dialogues on the urban geographies of infrastructure-led development”
 
14.00-16.00: Plenaries and roundtable - The global, urban geographies of the New Silk Road 

• Jessica DiCarlo (University of British Columbia)
• Seth Schindler (University of Manchester)
• Jonathan Silver (University of Sheffield)
• Alan Wiig (University of Massachusetts)
• Chair: Elia Apostolopoulou (ICTA-UAB)
   

Day 2 - Thursday 16 March 2023

09.30-11.00: Panel Session 1: The novel geographies and political ecologies of the New Silk Road: Insights from Asia

• Fatima Tassadiq (University of Sheffield)
• Hitesh Pant (University of Cambridge)
• Giulia dal Maso (Ca' Foscari University
• Han Cheng (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• Bowen Gu (ICTA-UAB)
• Chair: Francesca Governa & Leonardo Ramondetti (Politecnico di Torino)
   

11.00-11.15: Coffee 
 

11.15-12.45: Panel session 2: The novel geographies and political ecologies of the New Silk Road: Insights from Africa & Latin America

• Patrick Bond (University of Johannesburg)
• Simone Veglio (Malmo University)
• Alejandra Pizarro (University of St Andrews)
• Prince Guma (Sheffield University)
• Andrea Pollio (University of Cape Town)
• Chair: Bowen Gu (ICTA-UAB) & Jessica DiCarlo (University of British Columbia)
   

12.45-14.00: Lunch 
 

14.00-15.30: Panel session 3: The novel geographies and political ecologies of the New Silk Road: Insights from Europe

• Alberto Valz Gris (Politecnico di Torino) 
• Ksenija Hanaček (University of Helsinki & ICTA-UAB)
• Yannis Kallianos (University of Sheffield) 
• Evelina Gambino (University of Cambridge) 
• Francesca Governa (Politecnico di Torino) 
• Chair: Elia Apostolopoulou (ICTA-UAB) & Astrid Safina (Politecnico di Torino)
   

15.30-16.00: Open discussion - Reflections and next steps