The social organization of urban space has always held a prominent place in the social sciences and at the University of Chicago in particular. This workshop carries on this tradition. Providing an interdisciplinary forum for faculty and graduate students to present current research, participants contribute to the development of new understandings of the city and of social structures and processes within the city. Sponsored by faculty from the sociology department and the committees on human development and geographical studies, this workshop hosts a lively and interactive series of presentations covering such topics as culture, political economy of place, crime, social organization, globalization, poverty, school leadership, health care, gentrification, and art in urban settings.

Time and Location: The Workshop is typically held on Thursdays from 4:30pm-6:00pm in William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, Room 145.

2007-2008 SCHEDULE

Winter Schedule

The winter schedule is currently under development. Check back soon or join the email list for updates.

If you are interested in presenting at the Workshop or if you have any questions, please email David Schalliol.

2006-2007 SCHEDULE

Spring Schedule

April 5, 2007 -- 4:30

"Bargaining for Brooklyn: Community Organizations in the Entrepreneurial City"
Nicole Marwell, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latina/o Studies, Columbia University

April 19, 2007 -- 4:30

"That Special Place: Exploring and explaining urban economic specialization in the U.S., 1959-2005"
Zachary Neal, Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Illinois, Chicago

April 26, 2007 -- 4:30

"Telling Stories: On the Mechanization and Professionalization of the Mexican Workplace "
Carmen Ochoa, Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Chicago

May 10, 2007 -- 4:30, Stuart Hall, Room 101

"The Mixed Blessings of Mixed Income Urban Policy"
Mary Pattillo, Chair and Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

May 24, 2007 -- 4:30

"'Done in a Participatory Manner': Technocratic, Participatory and Negotiational Politics in Mumbai's Dharavi Development Project"
Liza Weinstein, Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Chicago

Winter Schedule

January 25, 2007 -- 4:30, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Topic: The impact of gentrification and displacement on African American and Latino communities in Chicago
Philip Nyden, Director and Professor of Sociology, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago

February 8, 2007 -- 4:30, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

"The Neighborhood's Gone Nazi": The Decline of Place in an East Berlin 'Ghetto'
Nitzan Shoshan, Graduate Student in Anthropology, University of Chicago

February 15, 2007 -- 4:30, Regenstein Special Collections

Reception for the Hyde Park Razed Buildings Project and special urban and built environment collections presentation

Februrary 22, 2007 -- 4:30, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

"Constructing Links Between Neighborhood and Mayoral Level Goals and Action Strategies: The Interactional Ecology of Inter-Racial Coalition and Contestation"
Jolyon Ticer-Wurr, Graduate Student in Sociology, University of Chicago

Fall Schedule

October 12, 2006 -- 4:30, Harper Memorial, Room 141

"A Tale of Two Hospitals: Space and Status in the Illinois Medical District"
Hallie Kushner, Graduate student, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago

October 20, 2006 -- 4:00, Social Sciences Research Building, Room 122

"The State and Fate of French Banlieues in the Age of Advanced Marginality"
Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Loïc Wacquant, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

October 26, 2006 -- 4:30, Harper Memorial, Room 141

"Disorder and Individual Perception: It's not what you see but who sees it"
Danielle Wallace, Graduate student, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

November 2, 2006 -- 4:30, Harper Memorial, Room 141

"Causal Inference in Spatial Settings: A Case Study of Community Policing Program in Chicago"
Natalya Verbitsky, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan and CIC Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

November 8, 2006 -- 4:30, Harper Memorial, Room 284

"Adolescent Street Language in a Working Class Housing Project in a Parisian Suburb"
David Lepoutre, Professor of Sociology, University of Amiens

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2005-2006 SCHEDULE

Winter Schedule

Fall Schedule

September 30, 2005 - 12:00, the Franke Institute, Regenstein Library

Dana Cuff (Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA). "Transfiguring Suburbs: the Design of the American Neighborhood."

October 6, 2005 -- No meeting

October 20, 2005 -- 4:30, Social Sciences 302

Jolyon Ticer-Wurr (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Sociology). "Action Strategies and the Interactional Emergence of Neighborhood, Ethnic, and Personal Organization."

December 1, 2005 -- 4:30, Social Sciences 302

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