Events on the Horizon
Don’t miss out on our upcoming events!
All Topics (November 1 through January 31)
Friday, November 1
- 11:00 AM
Gentrification Book Symposium
This symposium will feature three new books by leaders in the field of gentrification: Tanya Golash-Boza’s Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap, Richard Ocejo’s Sixty
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Wednesday, November 13
- 4:00 PM
Urban Salon: "Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg Book Talk"
Join us for a book discussion featuring Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. His new book, Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São
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Wednesday, November 20
Friday, November 22
- 12:00 PM
City Makers: Urban Experiential Learning Open House
Calling all students! Stop by the BU Initiative on Cities to learn about our urban experiential learning opportunities. From our MetroBridge classroom-based program to our internships and fellowships with Boston […]
Monday, November 25
- 12:00 PM
Urban Inequalities Workshop
Presentation by Dr. Louise Seamster, University of Iowa, on “The Flint Water Coup: Debt at the End of Democracy?”
Monday, December 9
- 4:00 PM
On the Housing Crisis: A Discussion with Jerusalem Demsas
Jerusalem Demsas from The Atlantic will join us to discuss her new book, On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy. The discussion will focus on the housing crisis and local
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