Muito feliz por participar neste livro sobre a história das favelas cariocas organizado por meus caros colegas Mario Brum Rafael Soares Gonçalves e Mauro Amoroso, e com tantos colegas que admiro.
Happy to be part of this volume on the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas.
Leandro Benmergui, profesor de historia y padre de una militante de Zohran Mamdani, explicó desde Manhattan las razones del apoyo que el dirigente despierta entre los jóvenes.
My review of David Yee’s Informal Metropolis (2024) is now out in @PlanningPersp. A powerful history of how Neza, Mexico City, emerged from land speculation, popular organizing, and state exclusion.
https://t.co/DbaYXro8MM
Muito feliz e honrado em abrir o I Seminário RIO DE JANEIRO SUBURBANO: OLHARES SOBRE A CIDADE, nos dias 5, 6 e 7 de junho na UERJ – Maracanã.
Pesquisas, arte, memória, urbanismo e vida cotidiana em foco nos subúrbios do Rio.
@cidadesuerj
My review of Modernism’s Magic Hat: Architecture and the Illusion of Development without Capital by Ijlal Muzaffar is out now in @planperjournal.
https://t.co/feYg0vdlMq
On February 15 at 6:00 PM, come to @SUNY_Purchase to hear Valeria Luiselli in conversation with @leanbenmergui as part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture Series.
https://t.co/TqZ2JTWKzG
On February 15 at 6:00 PM, come to @SUNY_Purchase to hear Valeria Luiselli in conversation with @leanbenmergui as part of the Durst Distinguished Lecture Series.
https://t.co/TqZ2JTWKzG
Con muchísimo dolor despedimos a nuestra queridísima colaboradora la profesora Alicia Benmergui Z''L. Echaremos constantemente de menos su magisterio y amistad. Que D’s tenga su alma en Gan Eden
🎙️https://t.co/iQb6sZckyf
My book review of "Historia y memoria de villas y favelas" (2022) edited by Maria Cristina Cravino is out now online in @PlanningPersp . Outstanding contributions on the history and memory of informal settlements in Latin America. https://t.co/ZBcwgpHORn
My book review of Ana María León’s Modernity for the Masses: Antonio Bonet’s Dreams for Buenos Aires, is now available / Hispanic American Historical Review’s latest issue (2023) 103 (3). https://t.co/JV4lg5VxAL.
Happy to share copies.
@HealeyParera O como diría Nanni Moretti, "D'Alema, dì qualcosa, reagisci... Dai, dì qualcosa, D'Alema, rispondi, non ti far mettere in mezzo sulla giustizia proprio da Berlusconi... D'Alema, dì una cosa di sinistra. Dì una cosa anche non di sinistra, di civiltà..."
@HealeyParera Notable (no tanto) que Grondona defina el "liberal" norteamericano de hace 30 años cómo zurdo. Siendo justos, por esa época donde estudiaba para el grado usabámos "socialdemócratas" cómo sinónimo de facho
Urban reform in 1920s Rio de Janeiro as a racial project.
My book review of Lorraine Leu's "Defiant Geographies: Race and Urban Space in 1920s Rio de Janeiro" (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020) is now available online @PlanningPersp .
https://t.co/sL90Ov9I5b
#CFP Call for Paper: #Olympic#urbanism of the past, present and future. The Editors of #PlanningPerspectives have commissioned a special issue dedicated to Olympic urbanism which will be published to coincide with the #Paris#Games in 2024.
My book review of Adrián Gorelik’s “La ciudad latinoamericana: una figura de la imaginación social del siglo XX” is now available online @PlanningPersp. 800 words is not enough for such an important and complex book.
https://t.co/XEJYyuJnZ2
We're very proud to announce that faculty members Leandro Benmergui, Alfredo Garcia-Pardo, and Aviva Taubenfeld have received a major grant from @NEHgov to support humanities initiatives for Hispanic Serving Institutions. #NEHGrant#hiNEH
https://t.co/iRKjmyK64F