The calendar is divided into three parts:
- Part I: Understanding Cities in Context: Local, National, and Global (Weeks 1 through 4)
- Part II: Designing Cities In Local, National, and Global Context (Weeks 5 through 9)
- Part III: City Design, Social Justice, and The Politics of Change (Weeks 10 through 14)
| WEEK # | TITLES | TOPICS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The City as a Social, Legal, and Political Concept | Speaker: Gerald Frug, Harvard Law School Readings on forms of Citizenship and Political Power as Product of the City-State Nexus |
| 2 | The Nature and Historical Origins of Cities | Readings on Political, Social, and Economic Underpinnings of Urban Growth |
| 3 | The City as Nation (and vice-versa) | Speaker: Larry Vale, MIT Readings on Capital Cities as Seat and Symbol of National Identity |
| 4 | The City-Nation Nexus in Global Context | Speaker: Neil Brenner, New York University Readings on Cities, Capitalist Development, and State Formation in Global Context |
| 5 | Urban Utopias | Speaker: David Harvey, CUNY Graduate Center, New York Readings on Urban Utopias in Theory and Practice |
| 6 | Cities in National Consolidation and Global Expansion | Speaker: Sumantra Bose, London School of Economics Readings on the Design of Cities (Rome and Berlin) with National and Imperial Aims |
| 7 | Cities and Nationalism | Speaker: Rogers Brubaker, UCLA and Central European University Readings on the Relationships between Politics, Urban Life, and Physical Space |
| 8 | Rebuilding Nations by Reconstructing Cities | Speaker: Jo Beall, London School of Economics Readings on Cities (Berlin, Johannesburg, Mostar) Undertaking Urban and National Rebuilding in Post-Conflict Situations |
| 9 | Cities as Spaces for Democracy | Speaker: Richard Sennett, London School of Economics Readings on the Democratic Promise of the City and its Design |
| 10 | Cities and World Peace | Readings on the Location and Design of the UN |
| 11 | Scales of Agency in a Global World: Individuals, Cities, Nations, and Beyond |
Speaker: Jonathan Glover, Kings College, London Readings on the Various Scales and Locations of Identity and Power in a Globalizing world |
| 12 | Cities and Representation in a Global Age | Speaker: Leslie Sklair, London School of Economics Architectural, Social, and Spatial Correlates of a Post-national Geography |
| 13 | Considering Jerusalem | Speaker: Bruce Mazlish, MIT Student Presentations |