Jane Jacobs in the World: Celebrating 50 Years of Death and Life of Great American Cities
December 1-2, 2011
New York University

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi are sponsoring a conference in New York City on the global impact of Jane Jacobs’s landmark book outside North America from its publication in 1961 to the present day. Organized by Hilary Ballon and Harvey Molotch, we are especially interested in papers on the reception of Jacobs’s ideas in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and welcome the participation of practitioners and academicians—urban planners, architects, historians, geographers, etc. Funding for travel and lodging in New York will be provided for speakers. Please submit a one-page proposal and c.v. by August 1 to hilary.ballon@nyu.edu and harvey.molotch@nyu.edu.