“After Dark: Atmospheres, Temporalities, and Embodied Practices of Nighttime Tourism” in Tourism Geographies. Explore light festivals, queer nightlife, stargazing, affective atmospheres, and nighttime urbanism. Abstracts due November 15, 2025.
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ICNS.LX 2025
Global Night: Past, Present, and Future The 6th International Conference on Night Studies (ICNSLX) invites scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts to explore the multifaceted dynamics of the global night. This year’s theme, Global Night: Past, Present, and Future, seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogues on nighttime as a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon that shapes our world acrossContinueContinue reading “ICNS.LX 2025”
Reimagining Night Governance: NIGHT(S)-Science at Vienna After Dark
On November 14, 2024, I had the honour of joining the panel “NIGHT(S)-Science: An Academic View on Nightlife”during the Vienna After Dark conference. Held at Sass Club and co-curated by the NIGHT(S) network, this session brought together international scholars to reflect on the growing field of night studies and its relevance for understanding contemporary urban transformations. My interventionContinueContinue reading “Reimagining Night Governance: NIGHT(S)-Science at Vienna After Dark”
Special Issue : NOCTURNAL CITIES : PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
GUEST EDITORS Jordi NofreFCT Associate Research Professor in Urban GeographyLXNIGHTS Research Group | CoordinatorCentro Interdisciplinar de Ciências SociasFaculdade de Ciências Sociais e HumanasUniversidade Nova de LisboaORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7367-1337 Manuel Garcia-RuizResearcher in SociologyInternational Night Studies Network | CoordinatorCentro de Investigação e Estudos de SociologiaInstituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-2525 Alejandro Mercado-CelisInvestigador Centro de Investigaciones sobre América delContinueContinue reading “Special Issue : NOCTURNAL CITIES : PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE”
ICNS.Lx 2021
2nd International Conference on Night Studies Night Studies is a transdisciplinary field with works from different social and human sciences. Topics are very wide, and they cover a good number of geographical and social contexts, formal and informal practices, and behaviours. In this second edition, we pay attention to the current pandemic, but we encourageContinueContinue reading “ICNS.Lx 2021”
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