The Newberry Library Urban History Dissertation Group
2007-2008 Schedule
September 8, 2007— From Containment to Liberation: The Postwar University and the Architecture of Urban Renewal
Michael Carriere, University of Chicago
October 6, 2007— Barrio Obrero: A Case Study of Local Housing Initiatives in Puerto Rico
Marygrace Tyrell, Northwestern University
November 3, 2007— Moving Out, Moving On? Ethnicity and Class Identity in the Process of Ethnic Suburbanization, Chicago 1900–1920
Margaret Lee, University of Wisconsin at Madison
December 1, 2007— (2:30 pm) Gentrification in St. Charles?: A Case Study
Edward Miller, University of Illinois at Chicago
The political landscape of Wisconsin and Milwaukee: From Progressives to Socialists
Phyllis Santacroce, University of Wisconsin at Madison
February 2, 2008— (2:30 pm) Ashes and Dust: Unbuilding the American Urban Landscape
Emily Lieb, Columbia University
Imagining Chicago: The Political, Economic and Rhetorical Origins of Limited Access, Below-Grade Roads
David Spatz, University of Chicago
March 1, 2008— (2:30 pm) “An Era of Prosperity”: East Chicago at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
Tamsen Anderson, University of California at Berkeley
Entertaining Sacred Space: Religion and Culture in Chicago, 1860–1900
Jessica Westphal, University of Chicago
April 5, 2008— Students and the Second Ghetto: Politics, Real Estate and Housing at the University of Chicago, 1940–1970
Dale Winling, University of Michigan
May 3, 2008— (2:30 pm) “The fact remains, we are Negroes”: Dissonance and the Desegregation of Chicago’s Musicians’ Union in 1963
Amy Absher, University of Washington
Healthy Bodies/Healthy Souls: Hospitals, Religion, and Urban Development in Postwar Los Angeles
Jennifer Vanore, University of Chicago
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.