https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95831656657 This presentation will introduce China’s encounter with architectural modernity up to the advent of communism in 1949 as a way to critically reflect on theoretical, racial, ecological and other debates within and beyond the heritage industry in the Anthropocene. More than most places in the world, China presents a compelling case for multiple modernities. […]

REGISTRATION NECESSARY: REGISTER HERE Early twentieth-century African American men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, segregation, a biased criminal justice system, and overt racial attacks by police and citizens. In his talk, Douglas J. Flowe interrogates the meaning of crime and violence in the lives of these men, whose lawful conduct […]

REGISTRATION NECESSARY: REGISTER HERE The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly upended assumptions of human habitation, proximity and health and demands a reassessment of a century and half of public health governance in society and its manifestations both locally and trans-locally. This presentation draws attention to how historical models of public health  have aggravated racial, class […]

REGISTRATION NECESSARY: REGISTER HERE The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the dangers of precarious public-facing employment. In this roundtable, three major scholars consider place "essential work"--in the service sector, food preparation, and health care--in broad historical perspective, with attention to Latinx, African American, and women workers who have borne the brunt of high risk, poorly paid, insecure […]