Upcoming Events

Racist policing and unaffordable housing are central crises of the early 21st century. Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing tells the story of how the two intersect in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County’s northernmost outpost and a destination for those priced, policed, and evicted out of Los Angeles. The book follows the […]

On Friday, September 19th, 12:00-1:30pm, GMS will hold an Open House for potential and existing DE Students. Come learn about our programming, reconnect with friends, and hear about colleagues’ summer research projects! And come celebrate longtime GMS friends Prof. Matt Kondolf and Prof. Isha Ray’s contributions to GMS and water-related research! Lunch will be provided. […]

Professor Noah Nathan (MIT) will hold an informal workshop for DE students on October 15th (4:30-6:00pm, Social Science Matrix) on working with LIDAR and satellite imagery to study urban political and social processes. Please RSVP.

On October 16th (12:30-2pm), Noah Nathan (MIT) will present on “Vernacular Architecture and Grassroots Urban Politics: How Politics is Embedded in Residential Design” at a joint GMS – Political Science Comparative Politics Colloquium workshop. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

On October 29th, (12:00 – 1:00pm), GMS alum Dr. Alex Werth will speak with graduate students regarding book publishing over lunch at the Social Science Matrix. RSVP here by October 26th.

On October 29th (3:30-5:00pm), GMS alum Dr. Alex Werth will present his new book, “On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland.” The seminar will take place in McCone Hall 575. This event is jointly sponsored with the Department of Geography. No RSVP required.

On Friday November 21st, 3:30-5:00pm GMS and DCRP PhD Candidate Taesoo Song will give a practice job talk in 106 Bauer Wurster Hall titled: “Housing Stratification Beyond the Black–White Binary: Asian Americans and the Regimes of Immigration and Housing Governance.” No RSVP required.