The UW Alumni Association is pleased to invite you to take part in Now Urbanism: City-making in the 21st Century and Beyond, the 2010-11 John E. Sawyer Seminar of Comparative Cultures, part of UW's NEXT CITY initiative.

Under the leadership of Interim University President Phyllis Wise, NEXT CITY: Sustainable Urbanization is serving as a university-wide theme between 2009 and 2011 to focus attention on the University of Washington's urban teaching, research, and outreach activities. The Simpson Center for the Humanities has developed a series of public seminars, Now Urbanism, featuring panels that will explore the major issues and prospective futures of the urban age.

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  Informal Urbanism: Slum Cities and Global Health
  Date: Jan. 13, 2011

  Online registration now open.

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  Transcultural Urbanism: Immigrant Cities
  Date: Feb. 11, 2011

  Online registration now open.

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  Generosity of Cities: Arts, Humanities and the City
  Date: Mar. 10, 2011

  Online registration now open.

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  Next Eco-Cities: Imaginations and Futures
  Date: Apr. 7, 2011

  Online registration now open.

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  Social Justice, Inequality and Cities
  Date: May 5, 2011

  Online registration now open.

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  The University and the City
  Date: May 27, 2011

  Online registration now open.

All lectures are from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., and take place in Kane Hall, on UW's Seattle campus.