AbdouMaliq
Simone
Emeritus Professor · University of Sheffield
People as infrastructure · urban life · spatial practice
Instagram ↗CATference 2027Yerevan, Armenia
Cities
after transition
12th International Urban Geographies
of Post-Communist States Conference
About the conference
Transition is not one story.
CATference 2027 broadens the conference’s traditional focus on postsocialist urban transformation into a comparative conversation about cities experiencing transition across different world regions.
Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and post-Soviet Eurasia meet urban theory from the Global South—across six days of talks, exchange, and fieldwork in Yerevan.
Confirmed keynotes
02 speakersAbdouMaliq
Tamta
Khalvashi
Professor of Anthropology · Ilia State University
Cities · infrastructures · affect · peripherality
Programme
In developmentSix days in
and around Yerevan.
Keynotes & conversations
Plenary sessions and shared discussion
Parallel sessions
Research presentations and roundtables
Urban encounters
Learning through the city and its people
Full agenda and call for participation coming soon.
Field visits
The city is part
of the programme.
Field visits will bring conference conversations into Yerevan and its wider urban region. Routes, hosts, and practical information will be announced with the programme.
Details coming soonAt a glance
20—26
Sep 2027
Yerevan
Armenia
TS&D Lab
at YSU
Programme, venues, and participation details will follow.
Organisers
Convened in
Yerevan.
CATference 2027 is organised by the Territorial Studies and Development Lab at Yerevan State University together with the conference Organising Committee.