The Center for Place, Culture and Politics is an interdisciplinary center providing an intellectual forum for the discussion of a wide range of vital contemporary topics. As the name suggests, most of the pressing political and economic issues of today occur at the nexus of place and culture. The ambition of the Center is to become an eminent intellectual and public nucleus for these kinds of issues. The Center runs a weekly seminar, hosts distinguished lecture series, and organizes conferences following a theme which changes each year. Recent themes have included “War, Patriotism, Resistance,” “Transformative Cities,” and most recently “Geopolitics and Insecurity.”