Author: Mia Parkes

The Longest Day, a film by Cary Parker. On 19 February 2020, Çetin Gültekin lost his only brother in the most brutal way possible. Gökhan ‘Gogo’ Gültekin was one of nine people who were killed by a racist shooter in the German town of Hanau. All victims were born and lived and worked in Germany, … Continue reading “The Longest Day, by Cary Parker”

From the 11th to the 22nd of February, the RBSA Gallery in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter hosted the UrbTerr exhibition Remembering is Painful, Forgetting is Unbearable, which focused on the role of creative practice in the remembering, confronting, bearing witness to, and transforming of trauma. Exhibition poster photo taken by PI Katharina Karcher. Flag by Alejandro Acín, model … Continue reading “Recap: Remembering is Painful, Forgetting is Unbearable”

The UrbTerr team are absolutely delighted to announce that our new edited volume, Urban Terrorism in Europe: Remembering, Imagining and Anticipating Violence is available to download for free or purchase now through Springer! This OpenAccess volume was put together as a team effort and edited by PI Katharina Karcher, PhD candidates Yordanka Dimcheca and Mireya Toribio Medina, … Continue reading “Book Release: Urban Terrorism in Contemporary Europe”

Team member Mireya Toribio Medina recently published an article, 10 imágenes para entender la construcción de la memoria colectiva del 11M, in The Conversation. The full text of the article, shared with us by Mireya, is also available below.   10 imágenes para entender la construcción de la memoria colectiva del 11M En el interior del … Continue reading “10 imágenes para entender la construcción de la memoria colectiva del 11M”

  We are looking for a curator who will help us plan and deliver an exciting exhibition at the RBSA Gallery in Birmingham from 11 until 22 February 2025.    The Project: ‘Creative responses to terror’  Since 2004, public spaces in European cities have been hit by more than ten major terrorist attacks, killing hundreds … Continue reading “Curator Wanted!”

The UrbTerr team is excited to announce the latest in our series of Expert Seminars, “Towards an everyday understanding of urban security”, with Professor Jon Coaffee of the University of Birmingham. This seminar will be held in-person, on campus, and we have room for external participants to join us. If you are interested in attending, … Continue reading “Expert Seminar: Jon Coaffee, “Towards an everyday understanding of urban security””

We are excited to share below the programme for our upcoming second conference, Remembering/Imagining Terror in Europe, which will take place at the University of Birmingham from the 14th to the 16th of September 2022. Join this conference online (for free) by registering here! Remembering/Imagining Terror in Europe 14-16 September 2022University of Birmingham Programme 14 September … Continue reading “Remembering/Imagining Terror in Europe: Programme and Registration”

“Remembering/Imagining Terror in Europe”, the UrbTerr team’s next conference event, will take place at the University of Birmingham between the 14th and 16th of September, 2022. This conference seeks to explore how people, agencies and activists across Europe make sense of terrorist violence, negotiated memories of loss, and counterterrorist responses. By looking at diverse activities … Continue reading “Remembering/Imagining Terror in Europe: UrbTerr Conference, 14-16 September 2022”

Researching Atmospheres of Urban Counter-Terrorism: Methods and Approaches to Capture the In-Between The UrbTerr team is pleased to announce our next expert seminar, in conversation with research fellow Katharina Ciax (University of Jena, Germany), which will take place on April 5th at 2pm GMT.  While the technological and infrastructural securitisation of urban spaces has been … Continue reading “Research Seminar announcement: Researching Atmospheres of Urban Counter-Terrorism with Katharina Ciax”