Lectures and Seminars
Urban History Seminars
Cash bar at 5:45 p.m.; Dinner at 6:15 p.m.; Speaker at 7:00 p.m.
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September 23, 2010
October 2, 2010
Joseph Bigott, Michael H. Ebner, and Ann Durkin Keating
Naperville, Illinois: An Urban History Field Study
November 13, 2010
Panelists: Rima Lunin Schultz, Louise Knight, and Ellen Skerrett
Moderator: Henry C. Binford
Centennial Symposium on Twenty Years at Hull-House
January 27, 2011
Louise Nelson Dyble, Michigan Tech University
A Century of Skyway History, 1954-2054
February 24, 2011
March 24, 2011
James Wolfinger, DePaul University
"It Was Nothing Short of War": Street Railways and the Spread of Class Conflict in Early Twentieth Century Philadelphia
April 14, 2011
Margaret Pugh O’Mara, University of Washington
Landscapes of Wealth: Instant Cities and Global Suburbs in China and Beyond
May 5, 2011
Deborah Kanter, Albion College
Making Mexican Chicago, 1940-70
Refund Policy:
Refunds for a tour will be given in the form of tour credit which can
be applied to another tour. Credit will be given with a minimum of two
weeks notice prior to the day of the tour. No exceptions.
Sign Language Interpretation:
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