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City/Cité: A Transatlantic Exchange | Nov 4, 2015

Nov 4, 2015
8:30AM - 5:30PM
School of Social Service Administration, 969 E 60th St

In the context of a two-year transatlantic initiative, the University of Chicago will host a major gathering of scholars, policymakers, and local stakeholders/practitioners around some of the mostcritical issues facing French and American cities today. 

This is second of a two-day gathering, with the first days's activities being held at UIC

8:30AM — Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:45AM — Keynote Address
Mary Pattillo (Sociology, Northwestern University)
Speaking on “The Future of Black Metropolis”

10:00AM — Panel 4: Police-Community Relations in Transatlantic Perspective
Moderator: Robert Chaskin (Social Service Administration, University of Chicago)
Panelists: Forrest Stuart (Sociology, University of Chicago), Cathy Schneider (International Studies, American University, DC), François Bonnet (Researcher in Sociology, PACTE, CNRS), Shannon Bennett (KOCO), Craig Futterman (Law School, University of Chicago), Yazid Kherfi (Association Espoir 18)

12:00PM — Lunch

1:30PM — Panel 5: Arts & Culture: Art and Community Engagement/Youth Programs in the Arts 
Moderator: Betty Farrell (Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago)
Panelists: Salah Amokrane (Association Tactikollectif), Céline Evita (Association Réponses Citoyennes), Lisa Yun Lee (Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago), Monica Haslip (Little Black Pearl), David Feiner (Albany Park Theater Project), Emily Lansana (University of Chicago)

3:30PM — Panel 6: Racial Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination in the United States and France
Moderator: Michael Dawson (Political Science, University of Chicago)
Panelists: Houda Asal (McGill University/Centre Maurice Halbwachs, Ecole Normale Supérieure), Frédéric Callens (Office for the Prevention of and Campaign against Discrimination, Commissariat General à l'Egalité des territoires, CGET), Cathy Cohen (Political Science, University of Chicago), Jasson Perez (National Co-Chair, Black Youth Project 100)
Julien Talpin (Political Science, CERAPS, Université Lille 2)

5:30PM — Closing Remarks

This event is organized by and made possible through the generosity of: Institut Français; Ministère de la Ville, de la Jeunesse et des Sports; The France Chicago Center; The Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; The Urban Network; SSA; The Franke Institute for the Humanities; The Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Memorial Fund; the University of Illinois at Chicago; Agence nationale pour la cohésion sociale et l’égalité des chances (Acsé); Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York & Chicago.