April 6th (12PM-1.15PM, Stuart 101)

Harvey Molotch, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis/Sociology, New York University

“Default to Decency: Subways, Airports, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger”

April 20th (3PM-4.15PM, Cobb 107)

Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester

“CITY or POLIS? Antinomies of the Post-Political and Post-Democratic City”

May 4th (3PM-4.15PM, Cobb 107)

Rick Moore, PhD student, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

“Formal Cooperation Among Urban Congregations: The Council of Hyde Park Churches 1911-1933”

May 18th (3PM-4.15PM, Cobb 107)

Naomi Bartz, PhD Candidate, Department of Human Development, University of Chicago

“The New Stigma of Public Housing Residents: Responding to Challenges to Social Image in Mixed Income Developments.”

June 1st (3PM-4.15PM, Cobb 107)

David Gravesen, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen

“Youth and social polarization: An urban sociological study of the life chances of Danish adolescents in 2010”