Land Vacancy as a Heritage of Racial Capitalism. Invited talk at the London School of Economics, May 2021.

Talks for 2019-2020

Searchng for Cosmpolis: Living Together, Apart. Invited talk for the Instanbul Research Institute, Dec 2020. Click for video.

"Searching for Cosmopolis." Keynote talk for conference on Urban Diversities in the Gulf Cities and Beyond, Princeton University, Mar 2019.

Closing address for the City Food Symposium: Comparative Study of Street Vending Across Time And Place. New York University, Nov 2018.

Symposium on "Housing: 1968" at the School of Architecture, ETH-Zurich, 2018.

"Angels of Memory Guard the City in Freefall." Keynote at the Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, 2017.

"A Tale of Two Projects: Race, Neighborhood, and Design in the City." Lecture and Workshop at the University of Iowa, 2016.

Capturing the City. Book talks and signings at the Missouri History Museum, with Angela Dietz, 2016.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth. Post-screening Q&A at IU Cinema, 2016.

"Voices and Visions Of St. Louis: Past, Present, Future." Keynote speaker for conference on Race, Public Policy, and Design at Harvard GSD, Mar 2016.

"A Conversation on Urbanism and Civic Engagement." Roundtable organized by Princeton School of Architecture. Mar 2016.