Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson: How They Changed Our World
Robert Fishman
Wednesday, 23 Oct 2013 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Robert Fishman is an expert in the areas of urban history and urban policy and planning. He will discuss the impact of Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson, two women who revolutionized the fields of urbanism and environmentalism as well as changed the way we think about sustainability. Professor Robert Fishman currently has an appointment in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He has written two books widely regarded as seminal texts on the history of cities and urbanization: Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century and Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia.Robert Fishman received his PhD and AM in history from Harvard University. His honors include the 2009 Laurence Gerckens Prize for lifetime achievement of the Society for City and Regional Planning History; ; the Walker Ames Lectureship, the University of Washington, Seattle, 2010; the Emil Lorch Professorship at the Taubman College, 2006-2009; Public Policy Scholar, the Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., 1999; the Cass Gilbert Professorship at the University of Minnesota, 1998; and visiting professorships at the University of Paris, Nanterre; the University of Pennsylvania; and Columbia University.
Cosponsored By:
- Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities
- College of Design
- College of LAS Miller Lecture Funds
- Vice Provost for Research & Economic Development
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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