Dear RSF:
Please join us next Wednesday, November 6, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Joseph Heathcott entitled “Surreal Estate: Property After Abandonment.”
Heathcott is a professor of urban studies at the New School. He (heathcott.nyc) studies the metropolis and its diverse cultures, institutions, and environments within a comparative and global perspective. His research and teaching interests include: cities real and imagined; urban spatial production; history and theory of built environments; race, class, and urban planning; and the politics of urban redevelopment.
He is particularly interested in cities as living archives of creativity, urbanity, and design. His latest book is Global Queens: An Urban Mosaic (Empire State Series, Fordham University Press, 2023). Heathcott holds a PhD in History and American Studies from and an MA in History from Indiana University, as well as a BA in History and Political Theory from Washington University.
Heathcott’s work has appeared in a wide range of venues, from books and scholarly journals to exhibits, blogs, juried art shows, magazines, and journals of opinion. He has been invited to lecture, consult, and judge design reviews in many venues both in the U.S. and internationally. He frequently volunteers his time with neighborhood groups and community organizations around issues of planning, preservation, and urban design. He served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Urban Pedagogy and the Urban History Association, and as President of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History. He has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Society for Architectural Historians, Planning Perspectives, the International Journal of Architectural Education, and the Journal of Arts Writing for Students, and on the advisory board for the Global Urban History Project.