Cities at the Center of the World Conference

Monday, April 21, 2014 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Johnson Center, A

Globally, urbanization is on the rise. Addressing persistent problems as well as new challenges in the world’s growing megacities requires fresh approaches to urbanization, especially the nexus between urban growth and globalization. Emerging scholarship on urbanization has revealed that not only does globalization impact cities, but that globalization is itself shaped by what happens in cities. The Center for Global Studies (CGS) at George Mason University is convening scholars, practitioners and policy makers to discuss the social, spatial and political terrain of cities as critical global centers at its annual spring conference, Cities at the Center of the World. The conference, organized in collaboration with the Cities and Globalization Working Group at CGS and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, will take place on April 21^st at George Mason University and on April 22^nd at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. Both events are free and open to the public.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For the April 22 event, please RSVP at cgs@gmu.edu

 

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

April 21, 2014, 7:30pm-9:30pm - George Mason University - Fairfax Campus

Global Cities: How to Prepare for the Urban Future

Speakers:

Beth Chitekwe-Biti, Dialogue on Shelter (Zimbabwe)/Slum Dwellers International

Paul Amar, University of California, Santa Barbara

Martin Murray, University of Michigan

Tony Samara, George Mason University

 

April 22, 2014, 9am-3:45pm Woodrow Wilson Center 5^th Floor Conference Room

9:00-9:15 Welcome