| 1 | General readings - more theoretical in nature -- on the "promise" of the city and the importance of thinking about cities as hosts for difference, diversity, and equality. | | 2 | Readings that explore legal and jurisdictional dynamics of cities, the nexus between cities and nations, and the relations between or ethnic, racial, religious, or class identities, cities, and/or nations. | | 3 | Guest Lecture: "Reimagining Governance: Policy and Politics in Post-Apartheid in Johannesburg"
Professor Robert Beauregard, Milano School of Urban Policy and Management, New School for Social Research. | | 4 | Studies of local, national, and international dynamics that create intolerance, polarization, oppression, or conflict in cities. | | 5 | Claims and case studies of activities theorized as creating tolerance, harmony, or cosmopolitanism in cities. | | 6 | Guest Lecture: "Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America."
Professor Jennifer Lee, University of California-Irvine.
| | 7 | Case study readings of cities that have moved (or tried to) from peace to conflict, or vice-versa. | | 8 | Guest Lecture: "The End of Tolerance: Engaging Cultural Differences"
Professor Richard Schweder, University of Chicago.
| | 9 | Readings that see cities as transcending national boundaries or that explore alternative territorial dynamics in which to situate the urban experience and/or establish cosmopolitanism. |
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