Past Events

A inter-university consortium in which GMS participates is holding an online conference Nov. 14th and 15th on Urban Politics in the Global South. Registration is free and we strongly encourage students and faculty with urban politics interests to attend!

GMS is pleased to invite a limited number of affiliates and DE students to the Research in American Politics Workshop session given by Justin de Benedictis-Kessner (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard). He will present “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in American Cities: How Voters Struggle to Hold Their Local Governments Accountable” on Wednesday, Nov. […]

Laura Wolf-Powers, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning in the School of Arts and Sciences at the City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter College The housing policy mainstream perceives a supply shortage at the root of North America’s intensifying housing affordability crisis. The standard remedy, proposed for already-dense cities and single-family home-dominated suburbs and […]

Rachel Weber, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago Where most accounts of the financialization of space critique the rentier but overlook the work of the forecasters and the calculative knowledge practices that inform property capital’s (dis)investment decisions, Weber sheds critical light on the professionals that produce knowledge for the investment funds […]

The 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, […]

We 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. […]

Nik 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.

Feb 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 […]

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.