This international conference seeks to reimagine global cities, including Los Angeles, that have been divided by colonial histories, race/ethnicity, class, gender, and religion. It explores hidden stories and voices of marginalized groups within the globalized world. 

Most global cities have their origins in imperial, colonial or postcolonial histories. They are the centers of concentration of capital, knowledge, and finance and also the visible representation of a hierarchically organized, global economic and political power.  This international conference looks at the global cities as divided cities, consisting of fragmented urban communities with intersecting class, religious, racial/ethnic, gender, and class conflicts. The conference aims to explore how these communities are struggling to gain more power, visibility, and voice.

Keynote Speakers: Mia Fuller and Scott Bollens

Conference will take place on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Argyros Forum 209. 

Schedule of Events 

 

8:30 AM-9:00 AM           Registration and Breakfast  

 

9:00 AM-9:15 AM           Greetings and Welcome Comments 

 

9:15 AM-10:00 AM          Keynote Speaker: Mia Fuller, UC Berkeley

 

10:00 AM-11:20 AM        Panel 1: Post-Colonial Musings: The Other Asmara and Its Experience as the Colonized and Post-Colonial City

 

11:20 AM-12:40 PM        Panel 2: History, Colonialism, and Cosmopolitanism 

 

1:00 PM-2:00 PM            Lunch

2:15 PM-3:30 PM            Panel 3: Issues that Divide: The Greater Mediterranean and the Horn of Africa 

3:40 PM-5:00 PM            Panel 4: Modernity, Culture, and Technology 

 

5: 10 PM-6:15 PM           Keynote Speaker: Scott Bollens, UC Irvine

 

6:15 PM-7:00 PM            Reception