Panel: “The ‘Detroit School’ & ‘Urban Studies Cluster’ as Works-In-Progress” – In 2011, the University of Michigan agreed to hire an interdisciplinary cluster of faculty members who would contribute to the literature on urban studies, particularly through research on Detroit. Assembling this cluster and commencing on a multi-year conversation about the efficacy of a “Detroit School” of urban studies have both been works–in–progress. At our first event, Angela Dillard moderated a discussion with three of the cluster members: Heather Thompson, Alexandra Murphy, and Kimberley Kinder. The panelists discussed their perspectives on what a “Detroit School” could and should encompass; the challenges and rewards of doing research in Detroit and Detroit-like cities, individually and with students; and their thoughts on what we are learning, and could be learning, from research and teaching on Detroit and the greater metropolitan region.
October 30, 2015 4:15PM
West Conference Room // Rackham Building
Book Launch: “Reinventing Detroit” with Lucas Kirkpatrick – To celebrate the launch of the new book, Reinventing Detroit: The Politics of Possibility, by Transaction Publishers, co-editor Lucas Kirkpatrick, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Southern Methodist University and Michigan Society of Fellows alumnus, introduced the book and moderated a panel of contributors.
November 17, 2015 6:00PM
RM 2104 // Art & Architecture Building
Lecture: “Pheasants, Farms and Trees of Heaven: Re-examining the Ecological Paradigm in Postindustrial Detroit” – Paul Draus, Director of Public Administration, Director of Public Policy, and an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan Dearborn, and Juliette Roddy, Chair of the Department of Health and Human Services and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan Dearborn.
December 4, 2015 4:15PM
West Conference Room // Rackham Building
Lecture: “New Style Governance: Reshaping Public Schooling in Detroit, 1981-2014” – Leanne Kang completed her dissertation, “The Dismantling of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2014,” in 2015 at the University of Michigan. She is now a Visiting Professor at the College of Education at Grand Valley State University. In this talk, Kang discussed a working article adapted from her dissertation.
January 22, 2016 4:15PM
West Conference Room // Rackham Building
Lecture: “The Reproduction of Environmental Injustice: The Promise and Limitations of Community Benefits Agreements” – Amy Krings is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. She earned her PhD in Social Work and Political Science at the University of Michigan in 2015. In this talk, Krings presented research from her dissertation, “Building Bridges Where There is Nothing Left to Burn: The Campaign for Environmental Justice within a Southwest Detroit Border Community.”
March 11, 2016 at 4:15 pm
Michigan Room // Michigan League
Book Launch: “DIY Detroit: Making Do in a City without Services” – Kimberley Kinder is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. We celebrated the launch of Kinder’s new book, DIY Detroit: Making Do in a City without Services, released in mid-March 2016 by University of Minnesota Press. Kinder briefly introduced the book, and then a panel of respondents discussed the book and the new questions it raises for research. Copies of the book were available for sale by cash or check.
April 15, 2016 at 4:15 pm
Michigan Room // Michigan League