Squatting in East and West Europe

A FRINGE Centre organised workshop for postgraduate students and researchers exploring the practice of squatting on the other side of the 'Iron Curtain'.

Tuesday 13 June, 9.00-17.00

In Europe, squatting is often perceived as part of the 'new social movements' that have grown up since the Sixties. In this workshop, the West European pattern (if there is one) will be confronted with examples from the other side of the 'Iron Curtain'. Why and how was informal or illegal housing possible in the Soviet bloc? So far, we know very little about this subject; indeed, it is often assumed that there was practically no squatting in communist dictatorships. This workshop will collect knowledge, and identify research gaps regarding Eastern Europe, to open up new perspectives by East-West-comparisons.

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Register your interest to attend with Udo Grashoff (u.grashoff@ucl.ac.uk). Space is limited.

Squatting image (C) Flickr user Nick Webb (CC BY 2.0).