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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2024 URBAN RESEARCH GRANTS DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2024

January 9, 2024

FUNDING FOR URBAN RESEARCH GRANTS AVAILABLE | DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative (HMUI) invites applications for grants to support research
projects with an urban focus, ideally with an interdisciplinary approach. We seek proposals in three
broad areas:


1. Research in archives and online data sets that will lead to publication.
2. Funding towards producing materials that seek to disseminate knowledge more broadly
(e.g.: data visualization, maps, multimedia history, etc.).
3. Development of course-...

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Past Events

2024 Feb 13

Counter-mapping: Documenting Urban Spaces in Visual Poetry / Contramapeo: Documentar Espacios Urbanos en Poesía Visual

Tue - Tue, Feb 13 to Mar 5, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: 

online via Zoom

Counter-mapping: Documenting Urban Spaces in Visual Poetry

In this poetry workshop, we will investigate visual forms of representing urban spaces at the intersection of poetry and cartography. Grounded in the textual/visual analysis of works from the Latin American avant-garde, concrete...

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2024 Feb 12

CAN WE TALK ABOUT CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE? A conversation with Diane Davis and Edward Glaeser, moderated by Bruno Carvalho

12:00pm

Location: 

Thompson Room (Barker Center 110)

CAN WE TALK?

REGISTER & SUBMIT A QUESTION ***UPDATE*** Event is at capacity.  If you registered and cannot attend, please let us know so we can make your seat available.  Thank you!!!

As the planet becomes increasingly urban, cities will be expected to absorb many of the impacts of climate change. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that compact urbanization is much more environmentally sustainable than car-centric sprawl. In...

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