Courses
- Urbanism in Conflict: Current Debates Fall 2018
- Urbanism in Conflict Fall 2018
- World Governance: A Material History Fall 2018
Publications (selection)
Emilio Distretti is a researcher and an educator. He studied Philosophy at the University of Bologna (Italy) and holds a PhD in Aesthetics and the the Politics of Representation from the School of Art and Design at Portsmouth University (UK).
Prior to joining the University of Basel, Emilio was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kenyon Institute (Council for British Research in the Levant) in East Jerusalem and Assistant Professor and Director of the Urban Studies and Spatial Practices program at Al Quds Bard College for Arts and Sciences (AQB), in Abu Dis in Palestine.
Emilio's research takes on interrelated avenues on the politics of space, architectural heritage, Italian fascist colonialism, postcolonial and decolonial politics in the Mediterranean (Italy, North Africa and the Levant) and in the Horn of Africa.
Emilio has previously taught at the Cass School of Architecture in London and at SOAS at the Department of International Studies. He collaborates with DAAR - Decolonizing Art and Architecture Residency (Beit Sahour, Palestine).