Urban Studies

Research Interests: Genealogy of wealth, capital, and poverty in Brazil and US; and urban inequality.

Kaicheng Zhang is a PhD student at East China Normal University. His research focuses on the environmental experience of New York City in post-WWII era from a global perspective. This research examines New York’s environmental management both influencing...

Sebastian Schmidt received his PhD in the History, Theory & Criticism of Architecture and Art from MIT. His research fuses his background in cultural studies and critical theory with global and urban history, focusing on 20th-century urbanism in Germany...

Research interests: History of Europe during early modern times, particularly the political economy of the Iberian Empires; global capital; merchant networks; slave traffic; Asian trade; and global cities.

Westenley (Wes) Alcenat is a PhD candidate in history at Columbia University in New York City. His research interest is in comparative U.S and Caribbean history with a strong focus on the shared histories of the African Diaspora and nations in the...