The Newberry Library Urban History Dissertation Group
2006-2007 Schedule
February 3, 2007— Elizabeth Schroeder, Saint Louis University
“Theorizing Wright and Brooks’ Literary Landscapes: Dialectics of ‘Placelessness and Boundedness’ in Chicago’s Kitchenettes”
March 3, 2007— Amy Scott, University of New Mexico
“Remaking Urban in the American West: Urban Environmentalism, Lifestyle Liberalism, and Hip Capitalism in Boulder, Colorado, 1950–2000”
April 7, 2007— David Spatz, University of Chicago
“Dividing Chicago’s West Side: Clearing Land for the Congress Expressway, 1944–1956”
May 5, 2007— * Meets at 2 pm *
Tamsen Anderson, University of California, Berkeley
“‘No Idle Dream:’ Industrializing Northwestern Indiana, 1850–1900”
Edward Miller, University of Illinois, Chicago
“So What Exactly is Gentrification, What Caused It, and How Do You Measure it? A Review of the Changing Definitions of Gentrification, Debates on Its Origin, and Evolving Methods Used to Analyze It”
This is a monthly workshop in which graduate students studying urban history issues present to their peers works-in-progress from their dissertations. Papers are pre-circulated by e-mail and must be requested in advance. If you are interested in presenting or would like to attend, please contact the Scholl Center at scholl@newberry.org.
The group is open only to graduate students (no faculty), and members should be committed to attending as many of the meetings as possible.