War destroys cities, and with them, the knowledge they embody. Too often, research investigating cities at war disregards the harm incurred by scholarly communities and their eventual dispersion and even erasure. The online lecture series \u201cCities at War\u201d approached scholars, the context of their work, and the lives they endure with the effects of violence as an integral whole, hoping to provide a modest opportunity to express solidarity, maintain research, and contribute to rebuilding academic communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cities at War<\/a><\/em> seminar series ran for 16 weeks starting in October 15th, 2025 and was fully online and publicly accessible. As a grantee of the Urban Studies Foundation\u2019s Seminar Series Award<\/a>, it was co-organized by the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut<\/a>, a research collective pioneering the collective and interdisciplinary study of cities at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, the Department for Social Sciences HU Berlin, Department of Social Sciences<\/a> as the accrediting partner, Off University<\/a>, a self-organization of scholars at risk, University of Rojava<\/a>, and Diyarbak\u0131r Association for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are proud to present the contributions of the lecturers on our off.pubpub<\/a><\/strong> instance. PubPub<\/a><\/strong> makes them not only accessible online for free, but also gives the reader the opportunity to interact with the content. If you wish to leave a comment to the articles, just create an account here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the order of appearance in the lecture series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Architecture as Resistance: The Reconstruction of Gaza\u2019s Urban Fabric after the Ongoing Genocide<\/strong><\/a> Koban\u00ee: Between the Dust of War and the Sparks of Development<\/a><\/strong> Teaching Just 300 Meters Beyond the Border<\/strong><\/a> Urban Ruins and Resettlement: Governing Cities in Post-Conflict Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a> Justice in Post-War Reconstruction: The Social Sustainability of Neighbourhoods<\/a><\/strong> Emotional Landscapes of Ukrainian Cities in Times of War<\/a><\/strong> The Other War: Economic Occupation and Civic Resistance in Hadhramout<\/a><\/strong> Beyond the Golden Walls: Everyday Life, Memory, and Survival in Jaisalmer\u2019s Borderlands<\/a><\/strong> Water Practices in Conflict-Torn Damascus: Distressing Memories to Overlook or Coping Strategies for Climate Resilience<\/strong><\/a> Kharkiv is a Dream: Planning a Future During War<\/a><\/strong>
by Anoud Ali<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Aras Hiso<\/em>
(in English<\/a><\/u> and Kirmanci<\/a><\/u>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Luqman Guldiv\u00ea<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Wudu Muluneh Yimer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Zena Asswad <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Olena Kononenko, Oleksandra Nenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Shada Bokir<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Naman Agrawal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Sarah Husein<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
by Viktoriia Grivina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n