Seminars

The City

Year Founded 1962

Seminar # 459A

StatusActive

This seminar undertakes a wide-ranging consideration of the city—its history, functions, problems, and glories. Sessions are devoted to urban cultural and social history, and to the meaning of physical form and landscape of both American and world-wide cities. The heterogeneous nature of the seminar’s membership is reflected in the variety of subjects that the meetings address.

Chair/s

Mary Rocco

Rapporteur/s

Elizabeth Milagros Alvarez

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Meeting Schedule

There are no upcoming meetings for this seminar scheduled at this time.

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Past Meetings

Scheduled

09
Oct

October 9, 20246:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Faculty House

Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-class Suburbia

Speaker/s

Angela Simms, Barnard College

Cancelled

17
Apr

April 17, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Speaker/s

Willow Lung Amam, University of Maryland

Scheduled

20
Mar

March 20, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

“In the Life of a Building Our Moment Is Brief”: J. Max Bond, Jr.’s Long View

Speaker/s

Brian Golstein, Swarthmore College

Scheduled

21
Feb

February 21, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Scheduled

31
Jan

January 31, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Mapping Historical New York

Speaker/s

Gergo Baics, Barnard College

Rebecca Kobrin, Columbia University

Dan Miller, GSAPP

Scheduled

01
Nov

November 1, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Collective Stewardship: Flexibility and Evolution for a Successful Public Private Partnership

Speaker/s

Meredith S. Horsford, Historic House Trust of NYC; NYC Parks

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