Events on the Horizon

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All Topics (September 16 through November 30)

Thursday, September 18

4:00 PM
Development, Dispossession, and Desires in Jeju with Youjeong OhJeju is known as a popular international tourist destination, a filming location for K-dramas, an Instagrammable hotspot, and a site of trendy lifestyle experiments. Yet behind these images of paradise,…

Monday, September 22

12:00 PM Leveraging Community Power to Resist Climate Change, Gentrification, and DisplacementPresented by Josh Lown, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University Initiative on Cities

Wednesday, October 1

5:00 PM The Contested Meaning of Symbolic Spaces in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and ShanghaiThe Center for the Study of Asia and the Boston University Initiative on Cities will be hosting a roundtable, moderated by BU Professor of Anthropology, Robert Weller, on the parks,…

Monday, October 6

12:00 PM Of the City and the Soul: Urban Disaster and Dissident Ethics in KarachiPresented by Dr. Salwa Tareen, Leiden University

Wednesday, October 15

4:00 PM
Urban Growth & Citizenship MachinesJoin the Initiative on Cities for a conversation with Boston University Professor Daniel Abramson, who will share insights from his forthcoming book, Designing Citizens. Abramson’s work explores…

Monday, November 3

12:00 PM
The Pointillistic City