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Newsletter April 2019
Centre for Urban Studies
NEWS
Open Calls - Seed Grant and Seed Grant XL
Two new calls for Seed Grant proposals are now open. In this round, the Centre for Urban Studies will launch a round of regular Seed Grants (€2.500) to support and facilitate research initiatives of CUS’ research staff, both permanent and temporary. Additionally, in this round, we are launching a special round of Seed Grants XL (two grants of €10.000 each).
The application deadline for both type of grants is 10 May 17.00

And stay tuned for our Visiting Scholar Grant, Fellowship Grant and Teaching Buyout Grant, which will be launched this Spring and early Summer!
> Find the full call online
Release UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019)
On March 13 the UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook, co-chaired by CUS member Joyeeta Gupta, was published. In this report specific attention is paid to urbanization, urban environments and urban solutions: ‘While urbanization is happening at an unprecedented level globally, the report says it can present an opportunity to increase citizens’ well-being while decreasing their environmental footprint through improved governance, land-use planning and green infrastructure.’
> More information and the full report
Regional Studies Association Calls
The Regional Studies Association (RSA) has launched calls to support students and early career researchers. Below are some relevant initiatives:

> More information
UPCOMING EVENTS
Masterstudio 2019
30 April: Urban Movies presents Amsterdam Heroes
On 30 April, the Centre for Urban Studies, in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger, is screening Amsterdam Heroes; a film on heroism and freedom. In this documentary, director Julia Strijland tells the stories of the 'real' Amsterdam heroes: the inhabitants of the Diamond district in Amsterdam.
After the movie there will be a Q&A session with the director, CUS member Fenneke Wekker and residents from the 'Diamantbuurt' surrounding themes such as neighbourhood belonging, urban tranformation and sense of community.
> More information and registration
9-10 May: Gentrification Throughout the Ages Workshop
With the organisation of a two-day workshop, the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History and Centre for Urban Studies aim to bring together academics from the fields of urban geography, urban history and other urban studies-related subdisciplines to develop long-term perspectives on urban displacement, social transformation and resistance.

Programme
  • Guided city walk through the Jordaan
  • Keynote lecture by Suleiman Osman: 'The Historical Pitfalls of Gentrification'. Gentrification is one of the most contentious issues in cities around the globe today. But does it have a history? Five decades after sociologist Ruth Glass coined the term in 1964, gentrification is beginning to attract more attention from historians. But the hotly contested word presents several potential pitfalls for historical analysis. This talk will introduce some of these pitfalls and offer potential paths toward forging a “history of gentrification”.
  • Paper Sessions by Manuel Aalbers, Daniel Sorando, Aimée Albers, Marianne Klerk, Philip Lawton, Andreas Kunzi, Giovanni Semi, Magda Bolzoni, Remco Vermeulen, Giacomo Salerno and Greta Suveges
All are welcome but please register through our website.
> Visit our website for the full programme registration
18 May: Health, Behaviour & Society Faculty Conference
On 18 May FMG hosts the Health, Behaviour and Society Faculty Conference which includes a specific session on Urban Dynamics and Health. During the conference a wide range of health related topics will be addressed, from modern welfare diseases, understanding human and cognitive development to the impact of health care systems and social environments.

Various CUS members are parttaking:
  • Els Veldhuizen is part of the urban dynamics and health session
  • Jan Willem Duyvendak is chairing a session on the role of care takers and employers
  • Beate Volker is parttaking in the social networks, individualism and health session
> More information and the full programme
We Make The City Festival
From 17 to 23 June Pakhuis de Zwijger is hosting their second edition of the We Make the City Festival. This year's edition focuses on how we can make cities for, by and from everyone. Like last year, this year various CUS members are participating in the We Make the City programme:
  • Tuna Tasan-Kok will speak on Tuesday 18 June during the Urban Conference: Minority Report; About social justice, diversity and inclusion in the city.
  • Cody Hochstenbach will take us into the Amsterdam context during the Metropolitan Conference: Why we need rethink housing - from commodity to human right on 19 June.
  • Rivke Jaffe will, on Thursday 20 June, present during an Urban Talk session where examples of international and local examples of private security initiatives will be discussed.

> More information on the programme
  • On Thursday 20 June, in the morning, Arnoud Verhoeff and Zef Hemel wil partake in the Urban Conference of urban health in world cities.
  • Floris Vermeulen and Els de Graauw are organising “The Urban Politics of Immigration, Integration, and Diversity in Amsterdam and New York City”  with New York City Council Representative: Carlos Menchaca on 22 June
  • Michaela Hordijk and John grin are hosting their third seminar as part of an integral design project for the sustainability transition of the Amsterdam, historical inner city. This seminar, in collaboration with the municipality of Amsterdam, Waternet and Alliander will be organized during the festival.
  • Zef Hemel and Marco te Brömmelstoet will each give a lecture at the Amsterdam lecture series.  At this closing event, various UvA professors will present their ongoing research and delve into the current developments and challenges in Amsterdam.
PhD Defenses
Vigilant Citizenship in Miami
On 12 April from 12.00-13.00 Thijs Jeursen will defend his doctoral thesis 'Vigilant Citizenship: Legal Imaginaries and Political Subjectivity in Miami'. 

All are welcome at the Agnietenkapel.
> More information
WORKING PAPER SERIES
Material politics: utility documents, claims-making and construction of the ‘deserving citizen’ in Rio de Janeiro
This working paper by Francesca Pilo' argues for developing a relational and materialist approach to citizenship through an ethnographic study of the electricity bill. It analyzes the uses and meaning of this document for favela residents, the state and the private electricity provider, within projects to regularize illegal connections and the so-called ‘pacification’ program, a state-security policy to re-establish state territorial control. As such, this article expands analysis of documents as material mediators of social and political relations, and proposes an understanding of citizenship as a negotiated process involving people, state and non-state actors and objects.
> Read the paper
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