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“Making an important contribution to the study of cities and social class, this fascinating account of Manila illuminates how spatial boundaries and social barriers both link and separate the experiences, dispositions, and behavior of the middle class and the urban poor. Beautifully crafted, The Patchwork City incisively connects structure and meaning to illuminate the breakdown of cross-class links and account for the disenchantment with democracy.” — Ira Katznelson, Columbia University
“Deftly combining insights from political and urban sociology with scholarship on symbolic boundaries and morality, The Patchwork City sheds new light on the intersections and interactions between class, space, and politics. The lessons learned in this carefully researched ethnography travel well beyond Philippine politics: those interested in understanding the puzzles and paradoxes of the populist appeal among the dispossessed, and, more generally, the on-the-ground tensions between democracy and exorbitant inequality, should read this book.” — Javier Auyero, University of Texas at Austin
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| | | | | | Reminder: Call for Faculty Fellowship Proposals 2020-2021The Center for International Social Science Research (CISSR) invites University of Chicago faculty to submit proposals to join our cohort of Research Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year. Through our Faculty Fellows program, CISSR funds individual and collaborative international, transnational and global projects that address contemporary and historical questions. Projects should be theoretically informed and empirically grounded and should stand to benefit from critical dialogue across disciplinary, methodological, and geographic boundaries. For more information, go to https://cissr.uchicago.edu/research/faculty/cfp. Submit applications via fundingopportunities.uchicago.edu no later than 11:59 pm CST on November 22, 2019. | | | |
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| | TUESDAY, Oct. 29Katz Center for Mexican Studies
Rethinking Mesoamerican Monumentality, from Midcentury Mexico City to Chicano Los Angeles Jennifer Josten, University of Pittsburgh
12:30pm, Social Science Research, Room 122 Lunch provided with registration 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30History and Theory of Capitalism Workshop
Challenging Imperial Order-Making: Contracts versus Custom in Masking ‘Unfree’ Labor in India Mishal Khan, University of Chicago
5:00pm, John Hope Franklin Room (224) Refreshments will be served 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | THURSDAY, Oct. 31Center for East Asian Studies
Shigisangjo: Korean Queer and Feminist Politics Out of Order Ju Hui Judy Han, University of California-LA
5:00pm, Harris School of Public Policy, Room 319 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Institute of PoliticsUnpacking the Israeli Elections Ambassador Dennis Ross 1:00pm, Ida Noyes Hall, Cloister Club 1212 E 59th St., Chicago, IL Registration Required
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| | FRIDAY, Nov. 1CISSR
Empires and Atlantics Forum Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia
12:00pm, CISSR Suite, Room 105 Refreshments will be provided
5828 S University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Unbound and Bound Spheres of Globalization: Borders, Markets, and Asymmetries in Global Mobility Maria Cecilia Hwang, McGill University 12:30pm, Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Community Room 105 5733 S University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | | TUESDAY, Nov. 5African Studies Workshop Distinguished LectureDress Codes: Cloth, Mobility and Self-Fashioning in Western Africa During the Age of Revolutions Jody Benjamin, University of California-Riverside 5:30pm, Franke Institute of the Humanities, Regenstein Library
1100 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, Pearson Institute Oil, Security and Geopolitical Risk: Lessons from the Saudi Oil Attacks Panel Discussion 5:30pm, Saieh Hall for Economics, Room 146
5757 S University Ave., Chicago, IL RSVP Required
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| | THURSDAY, Nov. 7Demography WorkshopHIV After 40 in Rural South Africa: Aging in the Context of an HIV/AIDS Epidemic Sanyu Majola, Princeton University 12:30pm, NORC Seminar Room, Room 232/233
1155 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Nicholson Center for British Studies
Thinking the British Empire Whole to 1788 Steven Pincus, University of Chicago 5:00pm, Classics 110 1010 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Center for Latin American Studies
How Bolsonaro is Reshaping Brazil Oliver Stuenkel 12:30pm, Foster Hall, Room 103 Refreshments will be provided 1130 E 59th St., Chicago, IL RSVP Requested
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| | Oct. 29Seminary Co-OpMatthew Engelke, Columbia University 6:00pm, Seminary Co-Op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Nov. 1Buffett Institute for Global AffairsAndressa Lewandowski, Visiting Professor 12:00pm, Buffett Event Space, Suite 3-000
Lunch will be provided 1800 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
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| | TUESDAY, Nov. 12Seminary Co-Op, Center for the Study of Race Politics and Culture The Patchwork City: Class, Space, + Politics in Metro Manila Marco Garrido, University of Chicago 6:00pm, 57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | African Studies Workshop, Smart Museum
Lecture in Conjunction with the Smart Museum Exhibition, Meleko Mogosi: Bread, Butter, and Power Hlonipha Mokoena, Witwatersrand University
5:30pm, Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Katz Center for Mexican Studies
Symbolic Ethnicity? The Re-emergence of Indigeneity in Mexico René D. Flores, University of Chicago 12:30pm, Social Science Research, Room 224 Lunch provided with registration 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Nov. 14Demography WorkshopTemporary Work Contracts and Female Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Japanese Airline Industry Yukio Asai, University of Chicago 12:30pm, NORC Seminar Room, Room 232/233 1155 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
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| | | Nov. 15CISSREmpires and Atlantics Forum Nikolay Antov, University of Arkansas 12:00pm, CISSR Suite, Room 105 Refreshments will be provided 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Nov. 19Katz Center for Mexican StudiesDemocracy in (the Other) America: Tocqueville's Reception in Latin America José Antonio Aguilar Rivera, División de Estudios Políticos-CIDE 12:30pm, Social Science Research, Room 224 Lunch provided with registration 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Gender and Sexualities Studies Workshop
Risky Roads, Safe Suspicions: Gender, Class, and Cabs in Hyderabad, India Sneha Annavarapu, University of Chicago 5:00pm, Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Room 103 5733 S University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Dec. 3African Studies WorkshopAfrican Habits: Vocation & Daily Life at the Convent of Saint Joseph Johanna Pacyga, University of Chicago 5:30pm, Foster Hall, Room 107 1130 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Through Dec. 15Smart Museum of Art
Bread, Butter, and Power Meleko Mokgosi
Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Through Dec. 23The University of Chicago Library
Exhibit: Understanding North Korea Through Stamps Jee-Young Park Regenstein Library, 5th Floor Reading Room
1100 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | New Special Collections Resource: the Friedrich Katz Papers
The University of Chicago’s Special Collections Research Center has recently made the Friedrich Katz Papers available for researchers. Friedrich Katz was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago who explored topics in Latin American history and became interested in the international context of Mexican history. The collection contains Katz’s copies of books, articles, and archival materials as well as correspondence, research notes, and a smaller amount of teaching, conference, and personal materials. Read more here…
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| | What is the Role for Globalization in the History of the French Revolution?
CISSR Faculty Fellow Paul Cheney’s article "The French Revolution’s Global Turn and Capitalism’s Spatial Fixes” was recently published in the Summer 2019 edition of the Journal of Social History. Exploring trends in globalization research on the French Revolution, Professor Cheney suggests a more complex approach to the "inherently progressive” thesis of globalization. Read more here...
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Kashmir is the 72-Year ‘Wound’Between India and Pakistan
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| | In August, CISSR Faculty Fellow Paul Staniland participated in a discussion with Bloomberg’s Nisid Hajari for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Deep Dish podcast. The discussion explored the tensions between India and Pakistan as well as the effects of recent decisions on the United States. To listen..
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