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EVENTS

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UPCOMING EVENTS (open to the public unless noted otherwise):​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Liberty and Justice for All: Citizenship in America 250 Years after the Declaration, American Academy of Political and Social Science, at NYU Wagner School, With Jamelle Bouie, Robert Lieberman, and Tracey Meares. November 11, 2026, 4pm. Registration required.

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Detroit Public Library, March 7, 2027, 2pm..

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University of Virginia, Ross Family Lecture, April 8, 2027, 2pm.

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RECENT EVENTS

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Organization of American Historians, Future of the Past Webinar, October 2026,. With Nicole Hemmer, Geraldo Cadava and Andrew Sandoval-Strausz

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Building Better Cities Collaborative, with Dame Henrietta Moore, October 2026.

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Sorbonne Université, Paris, Keynote: The New Deal Order Revisited, June 2026.

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​American Academy of Political and Social Science, Washington, DC, May 2026

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Ares Charitable Foundation, April 2026. 

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Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, April 2026.

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University of Pennsylvania, Weitzmann School of Design, March 2026,

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Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study, Germany, ​March 2026,​​​

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NYU Institute for Public Knowledge with Bench Ansfield, March 2026.

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Drop Dead City: Film Screening, with Thomas Sugrue, Michael Rohaytn, and Kimberley Johnson, Feb. 2026,

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NYU Institute for Public Knowledge with Sharon Cornelissen, February 2026.

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NYU Institute for Public Knowledge with Paul Starr, November 2025.

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University of Notre Dame, Department of History, November 2025.

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CIFAR: Humanity's Urban Future: Making and Unmaking Global Cities, Detroit, October 2025.

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Urban History Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, October 2025.

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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, June 2025.

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Business History Conference, Atlanta, GA  March 2025

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Haverford School, Parker History Lecture, February 2025​

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Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, February 2025

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British Academy: Imagining the Urban Future, January 2025. 

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NEH Summer Institute: Democracy and Education, Eastern Michigan University, July 2024

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Oxford University, Rothermere American Institute, June 2024.

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Vanderbilt University, How the New Deal Was Run Conference, May 2024.

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American University, Washington, DC, Annual Lecture, Metropolitan Policy Center, School of Public Policy, April  2024.

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Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, New York, April 2024

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National Association of Realtors, Many Rivers to Cross: America's Ongoing Fair Housing Journey, April 2024

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Penn State University, Latina/os and U.S. Political History Conference, April 2024. 

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Boston College, History Department, February 2024.

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NYU Wagner School of Public Service, February 2024.

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Sorbonne Université, Paris, November 2023

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Urban History Association, Biennial Meeting, Pittsburgh, October 2023

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State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, June 2023

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Graduate Center, City University of New York, "The Past and Future of Affirmative Action," May 2023

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Brown University, What is the Urban Now? Urban Studies Program, April 2023

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McGinty Lecture in History, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, April 2023

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University of Michigan, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, April 2023,

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Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2023,

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Business History Conference, Annual Meeting, Opening Plenary Speaker, Detroit, March 2023

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Princeton Public Library and Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, Housing Justice Forum, December 2022

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Université Clermont-Auvergne, Vichy, France, December 2022

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Society for American City and Regional Planning History Conference, New York, October 2022

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University of Pennsylvania, Economic History Forum, September 2022

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Penn State University, History and Latino Studies, May 2022

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University of Virginia, Jefferson National Fellows Conference, May 2022

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NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, May 2022

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Columbia Basin Badger Club, Pasco, Washington, March 2022.

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University of Detroit Mercy, November 2021

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University of Virginia, Jefferson National Fellowship Program, September 2021.

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Bauder Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, April 2021. 

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The Future of Cities Post-Pandemic, NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, April 2021

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Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme/Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, February 2021. 

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Christ Church, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, January 2021.

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Sorbonne Université, November 2020. 

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Rice University, School of Architecture, November 2020.

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Detroit Chapter, DSA, September 2020.

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National History Center, Washington, DC, June 2020. 

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New York Historical Society, January 2020.

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Columbia University, Plenary Session, An Urban World: The Changing Landscape of Suburbs and Cities, November 2019.

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Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 2019. 

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Harvard University, Conference in Honor of William Julius Wilson, September 2019

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New Directions and Connections in British Urban History, NYU, September 2019

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University of Chicago, History, May 2019. 

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University of Wisconsin, Madison, Institute for the Humanities, April 2019.

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Tulane University, April 2019

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University of New Orleans, Honors College, April 2019.

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Organization of American HIstorians Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, April 2019. 

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Beauregard-King Emeriti Lecture, University of Dayton, March 28, 2019

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University of Texas, Austin, LBJ School, February 2019.

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City/Cité, St. Louis, October 2018.

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Urban History Association Biennial Meeting, Columbia, SC, October 2018.

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Taft Lecture, University of Cincinnati, September 2018.

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American Institutes for Research, Board Meeting, June 2018.

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Association Française des Études Américaines, Nice, May 2018.

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Strand Bookstore, with Keisha Blain, May 2018.

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Organization of American Historians, Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, April 2018. 

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Minnesota History Center, March 2018. 

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Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Lectures in Planning Series, January 2018, 

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Temple University, Center for the Humanities, October 2017.

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Van Dusen Lecture, Detroit Historical Society/Wayne State University, July 2017. 

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City of Detroit Planning Commission, July 2017.

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Keynote Address, Arab-American National Museum, Art and Rebellion, Detroit Since '67, Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture, and Race, Dearborn, Michigan, July 2017.

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Keynote Address, Association Française des Études Américaines, Strasbourg, France, June 2017.

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Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Marseille, May 2017.

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University of Paris-Sorbonne, May 2017. 

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NYU La Pietra, Florence, Finance, Crisis, and the City:  Global Urbanism and the Great Recession, May 2017. 

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Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia, April 2017.

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Panelist, Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 2017.

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Rutgers University-Newark, Marion Thompson Wright Lecture, February 2017.

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The Future of the Urban Humanities, NYU, January 2017.

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Cambridge University, January 2017.

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Université de Paris-7-Diderot, L'heritage Obama, December 2016

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City/Cité, Paris, December 2016.

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