Name: Friday - The City in Global Affairs
Start: 2013-04-05T14:05:00-0700
End: 2013-04-05T15:25:00-0700

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Friday - The City in Global Affairs

Moderator: Noah Toly (Wheaton College)

Saskia Sassen (Columbia University)
Sofie Bouteligier (Wageningen University)
Michele Acuto (University of Oxford)
Noah Toly (Wheaton College)
Richard LeGates (San Francisco State University)

Presenters

Michele Acuto

Stephen Barter Fellow, University of Oxford

Richard LeGates

Professor emeritus, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University

I semi-retired after 35 years teaching in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at San Francisco State University in 2005 and fully retired in 2010. Since 2005 I have been lecturing frequently in China (Tongji University, Renmin University, elsewhere), the Universities of Leister... Read More →

Saskia Sassen

Professor of Sociology, Member of Committee on Global Thought, (NL) Columbia University

Saskia is a student of cities, immigration, and states in the world economy, with inequality, gendering and digitization three key variables in her work. Her books are translated in over twenty languages. She has received many awards and multiple doctor honoris causa. She coined the... Read More →