Celebrating 50 Years of Urban Studies at Brown. Sponsored by the Urban Studies Program, with the support of the Dean of the Faculty’s Lectureship Fund and the Provost’s Office.
Urban Studies
What is the Urban Now?
A series of conversations on the critical questions facing cities and urban life today
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1. On the Urban in the Capitalocene: Neil Brenner (Chicago) - September 20, 2022
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2. Experiment and Performance in the Global Asian City: Aihwa Ong (UC Berkeley) in conversation with Lauren Yapp - October 11, 2022
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3. The Persistence of the Neighborhood in Urban Life and Theory: Robert Sampson (Harvard University) in conversation with Josh Pacewicz Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies - December 6, 2022
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4. Why Do We Need a Just City?: Toni Griffin (GSD-Harvard University) in conversation with Professor Rebecca Carter (Urban Studies and Anthropology) - February 27, 2023
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What is the Urban Now? 5: Spatial Justice, with Ananya Roy (UCLA) in conversation with Teo Wickland Postdoctoral Research Associate (Urban Studies) - March 21, 2023
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What is the Urban Now? 6: City Politics: Past, Present, and to Come, with Professor Tom Sugrue (NYU) in conversation with Jim Morone Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies. April 28, 2023