RC21 Plenary: Keynote Lecture By Sarah El-Kazaz - "Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul"

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: ASJE015 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC21 Regional and Urban Development (host committee)

Language: English

RC21 Keynote Lecture and Plenary Session: "Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul"

Dr Sarah El-Kazaz, SOAS, University of London

Sarah El-Kazaz is Associate Professor in the Politics department at SOAS, University of London and author of Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul (Duke UP, 2023). Her research interests include: critical political economy, urbanism, infrastructure and digital politics, and her new book project investigates the politics of digital infrastructures by following “Cloud” technologies across the Global South. Her work appears in peer-reviewed journals including: Comparative Studies in Society and History, and City and Society. She previously taught at Oberlin College, and completed a PhD at Princeton University.

Session Organizer:
Alberta ANDREOTTI, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Chair:
Prof. Claire COLOMB, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Co-Chair:
Alberta ANDREOTTI, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Panelist:
Sarah EL-KAZAZ, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom
Oral Presentations
Politics in the Crevices: Urban Transformation and (Un)Making Markets in Cairo and Istanbul
Sarah EL-KAZAZ, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom