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February 18, 2026

Research

HDR Defense of Jean-Baptiste Frétigny

Jean-Baptiste Frétigny, Associate Professor at CY Cergy Paris University and member of the PLACES research laboratory, will defend his habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) on Wednesday, 18 February at 2:00 p.m., at Gustave Eiffel University, under the sponsorship of Caroline Gallez.

February 10, 2026

Research

HDR Defense of Damien Masson

This work, whose unpublished manuscript is entitled “Toward an Ambient Approach to Urban Crises”, was carried out under the sponsorship of Laurent Devisme at Nantes Université.

CIFOR-ICRAF Symposium : Heritage-sensitive forest policies

January 28, 2026

International

CIFOR-ICRAF Symposium : Heritage-sensitive forest policies

Long-term collaborations between Marco Haenssgen (Chiang Mai University) and the CY PLACES Lab (Elisabeth Auclair, Anne Hertzog, and Alessandra Manzini) have been central to advancing the conceptual framework of heritage-sensitive policies and everyday heritage practices.

Participation of Basile Michel (Associate Professor in Geography) in the "Biennales Internationales du Spectacle" in Nantes, on January 21, 2026.

December 2, 2025

Research events

Forum Europe Créative

Anne Hertzog (Associate Professor at CY Cergy Paris Université & researcher at the PLACES laboratory) will take part in the second roundtable of Forum Europe Créative organized by Relai Culture Europe, on the theme: “Engaging: Rethinking Forms of Cultural and Democratic Action.”.

Conference – How to teach geography in English or English through geography in CLIL programs?

November 20, 2025

Research events

Conference – How to teach geography in English or English through geography in CLIL programs?

On November 20 and 21, 2025, a conference will be held in Nanterre focusing on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in European sections, and more specifically in geography CLIL classes, co-organized by members of PLACES.

Interventions by Nassima Hakimi Pradels & Ahlam Hitache

November 18, 2025

Research

Interventions by Nassima Hakimi Pradels & Ahlam Hitache

As part of our monthly meeting, two doctoral students from the laboratory will carry out their pre-defense.

Participation of Basile Michel (Associate Professor of Geography) in the conference "Music in Transition: The Ecological Imperative" organized by the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Lyon (CNSMD) on November 17–18, 2025

November 7, 2025

International

"Territori i participio Una trobada entre agents de paisos veïns"

As an extension of the research project ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY THROUGH CULTURE IN EUROPE (ANR-23-SARP-0018), led by the PLACES laboratory, the Polytechnic University of Valencia organized the exhibition ‘Territori i participio. Una trobada entre agents de països veïns’ from November 7 to 27, 2025 at the UPV.

November 5, 2025

International

Heritage-Sensitive Conservation Policies – International Symposium at Chiang Mai University

Co-organized with CY Cergy Paris University, this symposium brought together academic experts, conservation specialists, and Indigenous practitioners from around the world around the theme: 'State-of-the-Art on Heritage Conservation Policies of Sacred Forests and Spiritual Landscapes in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and Southeast Asia’s Terrestrial Ecoregions'

Seminar : Art, Culture and Creation in Shaping Territories

Contribution by Basile Michel (Associate Professor of Geography) in the session ‘What Cultural District After the Creative City?’ within the seminar ’Art, Culture and Creation in Shaping Territories’ organized by MSH Paris Nord et Plaine Commune.

October 14, 2025

Research

Interventions by Jordan Pinel

As part of our monthly meeting, Jordan Pinel (contract teacher researcher at PLACES and the Department of Geography and Planning) will present a synthesis of his research in continuity with his PhD thesis, defended in 2020 :

Engagement in the City through Culture in Europe: The Great Gathering

October 2, 2025

Research news

Engagement in the City through Culture in Europe: The Great Gathering

To conclude the ANR SAPS E.C.C.E. project: "Engagement dans la Cité par la Culture en Europe", two days of meetings, exchanges, and workshops with researchers, artists, volunteers, cultural professionals, and activists.

Study Days “Ethical and Political Issues of Heritage-making” in Avignon

October 2, 2025

Research events

Study Days “Ethical and Political Issues of Heritage-making” in Avignon

Participation of Camila van Diest (postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the PLACES laboratory) in the study days “Ethical and Political Issues of Heritage-making,” held from October 2 to 4, 2025, at the University of Avignon.

Call for Papers - Tourism Aeromobilities - Tourism Geographies Journal

September 30, 2025

Research news

Call for Papers - Tourism Aeromobilities - Tourism Geographies Journal

Please find below the call for papers for a special issue of the journal Tourism Geographies dedicated to the relationships between air mobilities and tourism. Abstract submissions are due by September 1st.

September 12, 2025

Research events

PhD defense - Tristan Majou

Interventions by Tristan Majou & Ophélie Petiot

September 9, 2025

Research events

Interventions by Tristan Majou & Ophélie Petiot

As part of our monthly meeting, two members of the laboratory will present the current state of their research.

Intervention by Anne Hertzog & Elizabeth Auclair

Memories of Landscape. On traces of violence in nature

September 3, 2025

Research events

Memories of Landscape. On traces of violence in nature

Keynote lecture by Anne Hertzog (PLACES laboratory, CY Cergy Paris Université)