Author Archives: Steven E. Harris

Exhibition–Flying Panels

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Steven E. Harris

If you’re in Stockholm, be sure to check out the exhibition “Flying Panels: How Concrete Panels Changed the World,” curated by Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Hugo Palmarola. See the following link for a full description.

Re-Centering the City

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Steven E. Harris

Forthcoming to your reading list in 2020… Re-Centering the City: Global Mutations of Socialist Modernity, edited by Jonathan Bach and Michal Murowski.

Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Steven E. Harris

If you’re in New York, bee sure to see this upcoming exhibition on Yugoslavia’s architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, opening July 15. See the exhibition description and information below. And before going to the exhibition, be sure to … Continue reading →

Transformations of the Urban: Global Perspectives on the History of Industrial Cities

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Steven E. Harris

The conference, “Transformations of the Urban: Global Perspectives on the History of Industrial Cities,” will be held April 18-20, 2018 at the German Historical Institute, Moscow (Voroncovskaya str. 8/7). The conference’s keynote speaker will be Lewis Siegelbaum (Michigan State University). … Continue reading →

Christina Crawford wins Emerging Scholar Prize

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Steven E. Harris

Christina Crawford (Emory University) recently won the Emerging Scholar Prize from the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA) for her essay, “From Tractors to Territory: Socialist Urbanization through Standardization.” Crawford’s essay is included in … Continue reading →

Second World Urbanity: Infrastructures of Utopia and Really Existing Socialism

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Steven E. Harris

The Second World Urbanity project is proud to announce publication of its first collection of essays, “Second World Urbanity: Infrastructures of Utopia and Really Existing Socialism,” as a special issue of the Journal of Urban History. The essays are presently available … Continue reading →

Ins and Outs of Socialism–August 25-27, 2017

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Steven E. Harris

The fourth conference of the Second World Urbanity project was recently held at the Center for Urban History in Lviv. “Ins and Outs of Socialism: Visions and Experiences of Urban Change in the Second World” explored a range of cities … Continue reading →

CfP: The Ins and Outs of Socialism, Lviv, August 25-27, 2017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Steven E. Harris

** The deadline for our next conference, “The Ins and Outs of Socialism,” in Lviv is fast approaching (deadline: January 15). Please see the attachment below for more details! The Ins and Outs of Socialism_EN

CfP: ‘Comparative Approaches to Illegal Housing across the Globe’

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Steven E. Harris

Call for Papers Conference ‘Comparative Approaches to Illegal Housing across the Globe’ University College London, 22/23 June 2017 Deadline for submission: 6 January 2017 Research on illegal housing is still fragmented. Several factors impede a more systematic approach to the … Continue reading →

CfP: The Ins and Outs of Socialism, Lviv, August 25-27, 2017

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Steven E. Harris

The Ins and Outs of Socialism: Visions and Experiences of Urban Change in the Second World August 25-27, 2017 Center for Urban History / Lviv / Ukraine the-ins-and-outs-of-socialism-en This conference aims at bringing together scholars who study different time periods … Continue reading →

Author Archives: Steven E. Harris

Exhibition–Flying Panels

Re-Centering the City

Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980

Transformations of the Urban: Global Perspectives on the History of Industrial Cities

Christina Crawford wins Emerging Scholar Prize

Second World Urbanity: Infrastructures of Utopia and Really Existing Socialism

Ins and Outs of Socialism–August 25-27, 2017

CfP: The Ins and Outs of Socialism, Lviv, August 25-27, 2017

CfP: ‘Comparative Approaches to Illegal Housing across the Globe’

CfP: The Ins and Outs of Socialism, Lviv, August 25-27, 2017

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