This event will be held in English.
Organized by the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. Co-sponsored by Columbia Global Center Paris.
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The talk will provide an overview of Hiba Bou Akar's newest book, Sedimentary Urbanization, which explores how low-income Lebanese families and Syrian refugees access affordable housing on the peripheries of Beirut. The book introduces the concept of 'dead futures'—planned futures disrupted by war, economic crises, or environmental collapse.
Hiba Bou Akar teaches in the Urban Planning program at Columbia GSAPP. Her research focuses on planning in conflict and post-conflict cities, the question of urban security and violence, and the role of religious political organizations in the making of cities. Her For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut’s Frontiers (Stanford University Press, 2018) won the 2019 Nikki Keddie Book Award and the 2019 Anthony Leeds Prize.
The Rendez-Vous de l’Institut Series is generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. You will find a full calendar of the Fellows’ Talks.
Venue
Nestled in the Montparnasse district, Reid Hall hosts several Columbia University initiatives: Columbia Global Center Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Undergraduate Programs, M.A. in History and Literature, and the GSAPP Shape of Two Cities Program. This unique combination of resources is enhanced by our global network whose mission is to expand the University's engagement the world over through educational programs, research initiatives, regional partnerships, and public events.
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