Urban Studies
The Wilson Center and Urban Studies
Grand Domestic Revolution: Recovering the Forgotten History of Feminism and Housing Design
February 15, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Please join us for the fifth lecture in “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women’s History” lecture series, a joint venture between the The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) and the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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Call for Papers: Reducing Urban Poverty
Jan 25, 2012
The Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID’s Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance are teaming up a third time to co-sponsor an academic paper competition for graduate and PhD level students focused on different challenges facing urban centers in the developing world. more
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State which examines one of the most successful Soviet soccer clubs of all-time. more
Grand Domestic Revolution: Recovering the Forgotten History of Feminism and Housing Design
February 15, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Please join us for the fifth lecture in “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women’s History” lecture series, a joint venture between the The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) and the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State which examines one of the most successful Soviet soccer clubs of all-time.
New Identities for an Ancient City: The Transformation of Kyiv through Art
February 27, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Kyiv needs a clear policy to balance its ancient history and rapid contemporary development. Dr. Moussienko will portray Kyiv as an arena of the various concepts metropolis development and expose the multifunctional role of public arts--from aesthetical to social. She underlines the role of the art as a factor in various social movements dedicated to preserving the historical face of Kyiv.
Urals Pathfinder: Theatre in Post-Soviet Yekaterinburg
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kennan Institute Occasional Paper Series #307, 2011. PDF 40 pages.
Reducing Urban Poverty: A New Generation of Ideas
Recognizing a need to develop and strengthen urban-focused practitioner and policymaking ties with academia, and disseminate evidence-based development programming, CUSP, USAID's Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance teamed up to co-sponsor a second academic paper competition for graduate students studying urban issues. Six winning papers were selected for this publication to highlight the new research and innovative thinking of the next generation of urban planners, practitioners, and policymakers.
Transnational Migration to New Regional Centers: Policy Challenges, Practice, and the Migrant Experience
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kennan Institute and Comparative Urban Studies Eurasian Migration Paper #2, 2008. PDF 168 pages.
Allison Garland
Allison Garland is program associate for the Wilson Center's Comparative Urban Studies Project. She served previously as senior program associate in the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, where she worked from 1993-2000. Prior to joining the Wilson Center, Garland worked for the America...
Blair A. Ruble
Blair A. Ruble is currently Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. He also serves as Program Director for Comparative Urban Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center. A native of New York, Dr. Ruble worked previously at t...
