Speaking

I speak on cities, memory, and the affective textures of place – drawing from my research in Belfast, Lahore, and beyond. My talks often explore themes of spatial storytelling, urban trauma, and walking methods, blending academic insight with personal reflection.

I’ve shared my work internationally in conference panels, invited lectures, public workshops, and creative readings.

Select Presentations, Talks, & Conference Organizaton

  • “Postmemory Entanglements of Migration: Footsteps, Spatial Trauma, and Belonging in Post-Partition Lahore.” ISS21: Migration, Place-making and Belonging Conference, University College Cork, Ireland (2025)
  •  “Walking Interludes: A Reading & Dialogue” Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories Exhibit, Centre of Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Concordia University) (2025) 
  •  “Tracing the Spectres, Evoking Absence-Presence” American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Detroit, USA (2025) 
  •  “Spectres of Post/Colonialism in Lahore” Society of Architectural Historians Conference, Online (2024)  Co-presented with heritage expert Mahnoor Fatima
  •  “Walking, Storytelling and Belfast City Centre” Memory Studies Association Annual Conference, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (UK) (2023) 
  •  “Theories and Methods in Place-Based Memorialization” International Symposium of Young Scholars: In the Memory of 1947 Migration and Refugee Rehabilitation. Pakistan Study Centre – University of the Punjab (Lahore) (2023) 
  •  Race, Nation, Infrastructure: The Cultural Politics of ‘Levelling Up’. City, University of London (co-organized with Dr. Dominic Davies) (2022) 
  •  “Place Making: Creating a Unique Identity in Your Community” (Keynote Co-Presentation with Cheryll Case). Places Matter Conference – Urban League of London (2019)