The city is the future? Most definitely! Throughout the last decade many new ideas and insights have been presented in the field of Urban Studies.
StadsSalonsUrbains is a series of lectures and documentary screenings for urban professionals, students and all city lovers. A meeting point for urbanites.
At the StadsSalonsUrbains we invite renowned international professors and researchers to present their ideas to the Brussels audience.
Patrick Le Galès (SCIENCES PO, PARIS)
Global Minds, Roots in the city. European Middle Classes in European Cities
In English
Organisation: Brussels Academy & Brussels Studies Institute
Invited by Cosmopolis centre for urban research
http://brusselsacademy.wordpress.com/salons/
Upcoming:
24 Oct 2014 - STADSSALONSURBAINS #2
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES. A DOCUMENTARY BY WILLIAM H. WHYTE
Presented by 4cities, Erasmus Mundus Master in Urban Studies
7 Nov 2014 - STADSSALONSURBAINS #3
SUSANNE HEEG (GOETHE-UNIVERSITÄT, FRANKFURT)
THE POWER OF FIGURES: CALCULATIVE PRACTICES IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Invited by Cosmopolis centre for urban research
28 Nov 2014 - STADSSALONSURBAINS #4
BRIAN DOUCET (UTRECHT UNIVERSITY)
CAN’T FORGET THE MOTOR CITY: DETROIT IN TEN BUILDINGS
Invited by Cosmopolis centre for urban research
12 Dec 2014 - STADSSALONSURBAINS #5
THE HUMAN SCALE. BRINGING CITIES TO LIFE. A DOCUMENTARY ON JAN GEHL BY ANDREAS M. DALSGAARD
Presented by 4cities, Erasmus Mundus Master in Urban Studies
With an introduction by Jens Aerts (Cosmopolis VUB, BUUR)
