Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni

Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at Nuffield College. She received her PhD at the LSE's European Institute. Her research focuses on the politics and political economy of place in European countries.

Film Screening and Discussion: SPACES OF EXCEPTION dir. Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny, 2019 United States/Lebanon

Spaces of Exception is a documentary film that profiles the terrains of the Indian reservation and the
Palestinian refugee camp, “spaces of exception” that have become essential in the struggle for
decolonization and indigenous autonomy. Shot between 2014 to 2017, Spaces of Exception observes
and juxtaposes the communities and struggles of the American Indian reservation and the Palestinian
refugee camp. It visits reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, and South Dakota, as well

Post-Election Analysis of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections

On 13 January 2024, 14 million Taiwanese voters went to the polling stations and elected the new president, vice president, and legislators of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Securing 40% of the votes, William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidential race against his opponents: Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT) with 33.5%, and Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) with 26.5%.
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