Events - Area Studies under Discussion

This session examines an open-access volume published by UCL Press exploring "how an approach to area can be critical" through diverse intellectual contributions. The editors advance "a manifesto for such criticality, calling attention to positions that are heterodox, area-informed or vernacular." The collection engages with area studies methodology through scholarly articles, travel guides, autobiographical reflections, and data visualizations.

Panelists: Tim Beasley-Murray (Associate Professor of European Thought and Culture, UCL), Wendy Bracewell (Professor Emeritus of Southeast European History, UCL), Michał Murawski (Associate Professor in Critical Area Studies, UCL)

Discussant: Beáta Hock (Senior Researcher, GWZO Leipzig)

Chair: Sofia Gavrilova (Researcher in Geovisualisations, IfL Leipzig)