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Thinking from Bangladesh, Building with Justice | Celebrating 10 Years of the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies
Read More: Thinking from Bangladesh, Building with Justice | Celebrating 10 Years of the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh StudiesThe Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, housed in the Institute for South Asia Studies at UC Berkeley, is currently the only university center in North America focused on the study of Bangladesh. For the past decade, it has shaped and popularized the field of Bangladesh studies through innovative public programs, research awards, […]
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Fall 2024 Open House
Read More: Fall 2024 Open HouseWe invite prospective students and faculty, as well as current GMS students and faculty affiliates, to join us for lunch at our Fall 2024 open house! For current GMS students and faculty affiliates, we look forward to reconnecting in person. For prospective GMS students, we would love to meet and talk with you about the Designated Emphasis (a PhD minor) in Global Metropolitan Studies. […]
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Divisions of Labor: Making Markets for Exploitable Workers
Read More: Divisions of Labor: Making Markets for Exploitable WorkersNik Theodore, UIC Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Urban Economic Development, Department of Urban Planning and Policy University of Illinois at Chicago Part of the GMS Lecture Series on Racial Capitalism, 2023-2024. Reception to follow.
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The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the Americas
Read More: The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the AmericasFeb 15th – March 15th, 2024 Location: Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (Lobby) Curated by: Laura Belik (Architecture, UC Berkeley) Opening events [free and open to the public/ light refreshments provided]: Feb 15th 4:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, Elevator Lobby – Exhibition opening5:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, Room 172 – Discussion panel, spoken word performance and reception6:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, 112 Auditorium – Documentary Screening Launching […]
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Infrastructures of Exclusion: Real Estate, Resistance, and Racial Regimes of Property in the Urban North – NOTE NEW TIME and LOCATION!
Read More: Infrastructures of Exclusion: Real Estate, Resistance, and Racial Regimes of Property in the Urban North – NOTE NEW TIME and LOCATION!Anne Bonds, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Part of the GMS Part of the GMS Lecture Series on Racial Capitalism, 2023-2024 Coffee will be provided.
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EXHIBIT: Ground Rhythms: The Symbolic and Material Landscapes of Race – NOTE: NEW TIME!
Read More: EXHIBIT: Ground Rhythms: The Symbolic and Material Landscapes of Race – NOTE: NEW TIME!January 31, 2024 – February 23, 2024 in the Bauer Wurster Hall Gallery January 31 Opening Reception and Panel Discussion 5pm Opening reception, Bauer Wurster Gallery 6:30 Panel discussion, Bauer Wurster Hall – Room 112
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Who Runs This Town? Debt, Privatization, and the Abdication of the American City
Read More: Who Runs This Town? Debt, Privatization, and the Abdication of the American CityDestin Jenkins, Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University Part of the GMS Lecture Series on Racial Capitalism, 2023-2024 Co-sponsored with DCRP. Reception to follow, 5-6pm Wurster Gallery, UC Berkeley
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Fireside Chat with Juan Carlos Muñoz
Read More: Fireside Chat with Juan Carlos MuñozCo-sponsored with the Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, the Institute for International Studies and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UC Berkeley. Juan Carlos Muñoz is the Secretary of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile. He has extensive experience in academia, working in research areas focusing on transport operations, public transport systems, logistics […]
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The Caste Question
Read More: The Caste QuestionSuraj Yungde, Associate Professor, Harvard University Part of the GMS Lecture Series on Racial Capitalism, 2023-2024 Reception to follow.
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