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New York: Global Village
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
March 9, 2007
Schedule |
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8:45-9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction
Location: 11th floor Conference Center |
9:00-10:00 |
Keynote Address: Professor Saskia Sassen
Location: 11th floor Conference Center |
10:30-12:15 |
Session I
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Panel 1: Global Diaspora, Local Context
Moderator: Elizabeth Donaldson, Ph.D., NYIT
Location: Room 822
“Tango New York: The Transformation of the Tango from a National to an International Art Form”
Joanna D. Dee, New York University
“Multiplying, Doubling, and Dividing: The Caribbean Uncanny in New York”
Erica Johnson, Ph.D., Wagner College
“An African Village in Bed Stuy: Randy Weston’s ‘Jazz’”
Henry Williams, CUNY Graduate Center |
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Panel 2: Markets and Labor
Moderator: Nicholas Bloom, Ph.D., NYIT
Location: Room 624
“Working on the Move: The Socio-Economic Implications of Mobile and Wireless Technologies in New York”
Laura Forlano, Columbia University and NYCwireless
“Between a Rock and Hard Place: The ‘Competitive Advantages’ of Undocumented Mexicans in New York City”
Judith Adler Hellman, Ph.D., York University (Toronto)
“The Ancient Silk Route on West 39th Street: The New Globalization of Manhattan’s Garment Center”
Dolores Spivack, R.A., NJIT and Thornton Thomasetti (Architects) |
12:15-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-2:30 |
Keynote Performance: Crossing the BLVD |
2:45-4:15 |
Session II |
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Panel 3: Local Politics as Global Actor
Moderator: Frank Ninkovich, Ph.D., St. John's
Location: Room 822
“The U.N. and New York City: The Pairing That Almost Didn’t Happen”
Neal M. Rosendorf, Ph.D., Long Island University
“Mayor Edward I. Koch and New York’s Municipal Foreign Policy”
Jonathan Soffer, Ph.D., Polytechnic University
“Local Politics on the Global Stage: The Port of New York and Globalization, 1950-1970”
Richard A Greenwald, Ph.D., Drew University |
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Panel 4: Global Tourism
Moderator: Gary Stephens, Ph.D., NYIT
Location: Room 723
“Preserving the Ideas of the World’s Cultures in New York City: How Globalization is Changing the Nature of Historic Preservation in New York City”
Eric William Allison, PhD, AICP, Pratt Institute and Mary Ann Allison, PhD, Hofstra University
“Wandering Geometry: Order and Identity in French Travel Writing on New York”
Gillian Jein, Trinity College (Dublin)
“Questioning the ‘American Dream’ in New York City’s Architecture”
Giulia Guarnieri, Ph.D., Bronx Community College (CUNY) |
4:30-6:30 |
Session III |
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Panel 5: Local Places, Global Context
Moderator: Lori Jirousek, Ph.D., NYIT
Location: Room 822
“World Stages and Local Streets: The Case of Lincoln Center”
Julia L. Foulkes, Ph.D., The New School
"Little Italy as Visually Contested Terrain: Belmont, The Bronx"
Jerome Krase, Ph.D., Brooklyn College (CUNY)
“New York’s Union Square: How Global Forces Shape a Local Landscape”
Michael Shapiro, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
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Panel 6: New York Architecture as Global Practice
Moderator: Nader Vossoughian, NYIT
Location: 11th Floor Conference Center
Christopher Klemek
Assistant Professor, George Washington University
William Ganis
Assistant Professor, Wells College
Louis Cespedes
Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYIT
Kaja Kuehl
New York City Department of City Planning
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