The 8th edition of the IRS Spring Academy will take place from June 16th to 19th, 2025 (on June 16th and 17th in Erkner, on June 18th and 19th at the ZZF).

The IRS Spring Academy 2025 seeks to unpack how claims of historical authenticity are entangled with more general claims of value. Therefore, it brings together geographical and historical views on processes of value creation and looks at their intersection and interaction. The Spring Academy 2025 will treat these topics conceptually, empirically and methodologically. It seeks to develop further a spatial view on processes of value construction across a diverse set of empirical fields, but also to study the attribution of value to spatial entities.

The keynote by Rebecca Margin on "Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally? Urban heritage and values in British towns and cities since 1975" will be part of the ZZF's institute colloquium on June 19th, 10 am c.t.

More details regarding the IRS Spring Academy can be found here.