Urban Studies

Birkbeck Urban Studies Group Seminar Series, 2011-12
Convenors: Dr Matt Cook (m.cook@bbk.ac.uk), Dr Paul Watt (p.watt@bbk.ac.uk)
All are welcome to this lunchtime series – and bring your sandwiches!

The politics of trauma, memory and reconciliation (Georgia Dona, Birkbeck)

Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 - 05:30
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

25th November 2009,
In room EBG16, Giorgia Dona: The politics of trauma, memory and reconciliation

 

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

The history of multiculturalism in the UK (David Feldman, Birkbeck, University of London)

Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 - 05:30
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

Urban studies
28th October 2009, In room EB1.07, David Feldman: The history of multiculturalism in the UK
Venue: University of East London, Docklands Campus, University Way, London E16 2RD. (How to get there.) Venue: Rooms: see below.Wednesdays, 1.00-2.00pm

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

'The New East End: immigration, history and the city'

Tuesday, 20 January, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

20 January 2009
1.00-2.00 pm, Room 631
Dr David Feldman, 'The New East End: immigration, history and the city'
 

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

'Temples of Justice? Symbols of law in the new C19th cityscape'

Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 - 01:00

17 March 2009
1.00-2.00pm, Room 152
Professor Linda Mulcahy, 'Temples of Justice? Symbols of law in the new C19th cityscape'
 

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

The Corner (2000): screening and round-table discussion

Monday, 27 April, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

27 April 2009
The Corner (2000): screening and round-table discussion
Screenings from 6.00-8.00 pm, 27 April 2009, 11 May 2009, 18 May 2009, 1 June
The critically acclaimed mini-series, The Corner, chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. The series was screened two episodes at a time over three weeks with a round table discussion in the fourth. Dr Amber Jacobs was the convenor for this event.
 

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

"Avoiding the Other": fear and loathing in the east London suburbs'

Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

12 May 2009
1.30-2.30 pm, Room 101, Birkbeck College, 30 Russell Square, London WC1
Dr Paul Watt, '"Avoiding the Other": fear and loathing in the east London suburbs'

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

'The Brixton Squats: gay community in the 1970s'

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

23 June 2009
1.00-2.00 pm, Room 509
Dr Matt Cook, 'The Brixton Squats: gay community in the 1970s'

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

‘Working Men’s Clubs, housing estates and community since 1945’

Tuesday, 3 November, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

3rd November 2009
‘Working Men’s Clubs, housing estates and community since 1945’
Dr Ruth Cherrington (University of Warwick)
Room 630, Malet Street
 
Report

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

'Memoryscape: experiments in using oral history to explore our sense of place'

Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

8th December 2009
'Memoryscape: experiments in using oral history to explore our sense of place'
Dr Toby Butler (University of East London)
Room 624 Malet Street

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

‘(Counter) narratives of space and the politics of resistance in a Parisian banlieue’

Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 - 01:00
Venue: 
Birkbeck College

19 January 2010
‘(Counter) narratives of space and the politics of resistance in a Parisian banlieue’
Dr Gareth Millington (Roehampton University) & Dr David Garbin (CRONEM, University of Surrey)
 
Report

Event Series: 
Urban Studies

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