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Simon's research employs a feminist political economy lens to examine how state and civil society groups respond to, manage, and/or mediate crisis tendencies in social reproduction resulting from the neoliberal…
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La ville émiettée (PUF). La discussion était menée par Anne-Sophie Clémençon, historienne, qui a introduit l’ouvrage et posé une série de questions…
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Le discours sur la pauvreté s’est focalisé depuis les années 1990 autour du terme d’« exclusion » pour désigner des personnes en situation de…
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Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach and based on extensive field work experience, the book project Tied Up in Tehran addresses one of the key paradoxes of contemporary Iran: women’s fragmented experiences…
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In this week’s interview, we discussed Dr. Mumford’s latest book, Newark: A History of Race, Rights and Riots in America. David Roediger of the University of Illinois raves that “Meticulously…
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In the late 19th century, French sociologist Émile Durkheim warned the world about spreading “normlessness” (anomie). He claimed that modern society, and particularly life in concentrated…
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This week we have Professor Colin Gordon of the University of Iowa on the show talking about his new book Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008).…
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Dean Ellen Schall of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and Provost Dianne Rekow of NYU’s Polytechnic Institute invite you a book party for author Jonathan Soffer discussing his new book, Ed…
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Jane Jacobs’ ideas redefined urban planning and her hometowns of New York and Toronto are among many cities that continue to feel the impact of her writings. This panel discussion explores the importance,…
Seminar description from the IHR Digital blog :
Tim Reinke-Williams from the University of Northampton presented to the Metropolitan History Seminar group, a paper entitled ‘Gender and sociability in early modern London’. This paper…
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In the 21st century, urban development is facing new challenges caused by the parallel occurrence of both growing and shrinking cities. The development patterns and instruments of urban growth are well-known.…
Alan Mabin discusses the nature of cities and suburbs in Africa.
Alan Mabin is Head of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Full title : The city as a site of power in the Islamic West: The Alhambra (Madīnatal-Ḥamrā’) of the Nasrids and New Fes (Madīnat al-Bayḍā’)
NB : This lecture was part of the conference 'Sites of power :…
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Iain Sinclair, writer, poet and film-maker, will discuss – in conversation with Iain Boal, (social historian and Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities) his four decades of chronicling the life of the…
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Dans son travail de recherche, elle explore la complexité de notre rapport aux lieux, à travers l'interaction entre notre sensorialité et leur matérialité. Son exposé…
