Fridays, 11:00-12.30
Over the last two decades or so it has become increasingly clear that cities are localities that have been fundamentally shaped by the spatial flows of people and things, information and ideas. We thus need to understand them as translocal places historically conditioned by networks of empire, migration and the global economy. The topics addressed include social and racial inequality, ethnic identities, political activism and urban planning. The seminar will provide an introduction into this developing field of global urban history by focusing on recent scholarship which will be read and discussed collectively. Students will be required to present seminal monographic studies and write a book review.
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9 April Introduction
16 April Cities in the global 19th century
23 April Colonial urbanism
30. April no session held (due to excursions)
7 May Urban inequality I
14 May Urban inequality II
21 May Migration and decolonization I
28 May Migration and decolonization II
4 June Urban renewal and its critics
11 June Urban renewal and its critics II
18 June no session held
25 June Postindustrial cities
2 July Global cities
9 July Cities and global governance