Madrid, March 14, 2014 (IFS - UNED)

- POLITICAL THEORY AND THE CITY -

I- The city and political order

1. The Roman city and power: the hegemony of public space, Antonio Pizzo (Instituto de Arqueología - Mérida, CSIC)
2. The Islamic city: the hegemony of privateness, Julio Navarro Palazón (Escuela de Estudios Árabes - Granada, CSIC)
3. The city and the Spanish-American 'nomos', Francisco Colom (Instituto de Filosofía, CSIC)

II- The city as a political idea

1. The city against the Empire: the political discourse of the Commmunities of Castile, Ángel Rivero (Univ. Autónoma de Madrid)
2. Capital cities: urban status and territorial hierarchies, Ivett García (Univ. Autónoma de Campeche, Mexico)
3. Marx in the city, Jorge del Palacio (Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
4. The cities that never were, Manuel Lucena Giraldo (Instituto de Historia, CSIC)

III-  The Geopolítics of cities

1. The role of the cities in Latin American conflicts, Carlos Patiño (Univ. Nacional de Colombia)
2. The impact of globalization on cities, Michael Janoschka (Univ. Autónoma de Madrid)
3. Architecture and self-organization, Jordi Claramonte (UNED)
4. The city of the oppressed: the realms of Latin American disillusionment, Johanna Lozoya (UNAM, Mexico)