Photo: Christina Schoppert '04
| Graduate student colloquia 2007-2008
Please join us for Coffee, Croissants and Conversation during the Urban Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series! This year the series will be held all year, and is a way for graduate students who are or have been a part of the Urban Studies Certificate program to come together to share their work. All colloquia run from 9:15-11:00AM and meet in Meyerson Hall room G-12 unless otherwise noted; Breakfast will be served.
2008 Dates
wednesday, january 23, 9:15Am
- BENJAMIN CHESLUK, Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology will discuss his book
Money Jungle: Imagining the New York Times Square.
Location: Meyerson Hall, G-12
monday, february 25, 9:15am
- MELISSA MORABITO, Postdoc, School of Social Policy & Practice
Discussant: Dr. Marie Gottshcalk, Political Science
Location: Meyerson Hall, G-12
read a copy of the paper here
wednesday, march 5, 9:15am
- MATT RUBEN, who recently graduated from Penn with a Ph.D. in English,
will present his paper: "Hearts of Darkness: The City and the Suburbs in the Neoliberal Imagination"
Discussant: Dr. Melissa Gilbert from Temple University's Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Location: Meyerson Hall, G-12
read a copy of the paper here
wednesday, March 19, 9:15am
- CHERYL JONES-WALKER, Ph.D. Graduate School of Education
Discussant: Dr. John Jackson, Annenberg/Anthropology
Location: Meyerson Hall, G-12
read a copy of the paper here
wednesday, april 9, 9:15am
- ANITA CHIKKATUR, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Education
Discussant: Dr. Michael Katz, History
read a copy of the paper here
tuesday, april 22, 9:15am
- DANIEL AMSTERDAM, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Discussant: Dr. Rogers Smith, Political Science
read a copy of the paper here
2007 dates
wednesday, september 12, 9:15am
Copies of the papers will be available electronically or at the Urban Studies Office the week of the colloquium. If you have any questions about the series please contact kvdunn@sp2.upenn.edu or call 898-7799.
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