Urban Change in Iran Conference

The 3rd Silk Cities international conference was successfully held in L’Aquila 10-12 July 2019.

Silk Cities 2019: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Historic Cities and Societies

Organised by Silk Cities, University of L’Aquila and UCL.

Three days of this highly interactive and engaging Conference included presentations and keynote talks, roundtable and special sessions, book session and exhibition, and reconstruction walking tours and a sightseeing tour. All were designed to facilitate vibrant discussions and exchanges of ideas at local and international levels.

Over 100 participants from around the world attended the Conference. The programme included 76 presentations, which addressed the following geographic areas: Chile, Cyprus, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Spain, Syria, Vietnam, UK, US.



Università degli Studi dell'Aquila The Bartlett Development Planning Unit UCL

Less than a week to SilkCities 3rd International Conference! The count down has begun!

We are delighted to announce that our new book published by Springer:
Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads
A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond, the book is on our previous international conference in 2017, the book has been edited by our founder Dr Farnaz Arefian & our scientific committee Dr Iradj Moeini, you can pre-order the book now for late September 2018. The book is available both online & hardcover.

The DPU funds six students from the Global South to attend the 2019 Silk Cities Conference Six student travel bursaries have been awarded by the DPU to allow scholars from the Global South to attend the 2019 Silk Cities Conference

Registration is now open! Visit Silkcities.org

It is with great sadness and regret to update that Silk Cities lost a good friend and a great colleague, Zahra Rajaei, one of the core team members during the early steps of our journey.

Zahra was a creative designer, whom always had passion for new challenges, ideas and good causes, her positive and radiant energy was recognised in every situation.

In memory of her life which was untimely shortened, the poster below is one of her works for our first conference, Urban Change in Iran.

We would like to give our deepest condolences to her family and friends in these difficult times

Her memory and positive energy will always remain in Silk Cities core.

May her soul rest in peace…

THANK YOU! We have received over 130 registrations, and are working hard towards the conference now 📩📃🖊Registration is now open, register via our website @ SilkCities.org

Registration is now open, register via our website @ SilkCities.org

silk-cities.org Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Historic Cities and Societies Deadline for the abstract submission deadline the grant application is 15th April. A limited number of conference grants for students is available. International Conference 2019Conference Home Page Conference Overview Themes....

Deadline has extended to 15 April 2019! Clock is ticking..

We are pleased to announce the DPU’s Silk Cities 2019 Student Grant for prospective applicants for participation at the Silk Cities International Conference 2019!

The DPU will provide a number of conference grants for students from low and middle income countries in order to assist their participation in the conference. Details on the selection criteria and submission of applications is available in the Silk Cities website.

The deadline for applications is 15th April.