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Centre for urban research
COSMOPOLIS. City, Culture
& Society

Free University Brussels

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
Tel: + 32 (0) 2 629 37 41
Fax: + 32 (0) 2 629 33 78
cosmopolis@vub.ac.be

COSMOPOLIS is related to the department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a member of the UAB Urban Studies Network, an interdisciplinary research and teaching network in urban studies.

Nurhan ABUJIDI

Current position
Coordinator Erasmus Mundus ‘Urban Studies’ programme Post doc researcher
Contact: anurhan@gmail.com

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WE DGGF, 6F, Pleinlaan 2,
1050 Brussels, Belgium

Phone: 0497817829
Fax: 02 629 33 78

Academic background and route
Ph.D Thesis
Title: Urbicide The delibrate destruction of city identity; Towards post-War Reconstruction: the case of Nablus /Palestine
Year: 2007
Promotor: Prof. Han Verschure/ KULeuven

Master Thesis/ Master in Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings
Title: Rehabilitation of Al -Bandak Olive Press Bethlehem
Year: 2001
Promotor : Barbara Van Der Wee/KULeuven

Master Thesis/ Master in Architecture of Human Settlments
Title : Bethlehem Towards the Second Millennium’
Year : 2002
Promotor : Prof. Han Verschure/ KULeuven

Other relevant academic activities
Teaching experience:
During the last four years I lectured and co-taught seminars for the post and under graduate students in the Master in Architecture of Human Settlements in several courses such as:
Research Methodology with Prof. Hilde Heynen Human Settlements in Development and Critical Review of human Settlements Development Policies with Prof. Han Verschure Built environment and armed conflict with Prof. Luc Reychler in the Master Peace research and conflict prevention I worked as supervisor and reader of several Master theses in the topics of Urbicide/ urban destruction, urban transformations and urban renewal:
- Co-promoter of Hanna’ Motasem thesis on “The Return and Reintegration of IDPs in Sudan: Displacement, Identity Transformation and its Expression in Architecture and Urban Reality”,2006
- Co-promoter of Benoit Burquel thesis “ Urbicide and Identity transformation, reconstruction in Rwanda”, 2007
- Reader and jury member of Isabel Verhaert thesis “Urbicide:Beirute 1976-2006”, 2006