Stefan Kipfer talks about Urban Revolutions

On Tuesday, January 24, Professor Stefan Kipfer was joined by Prof. Kanishka Goonewardena (Geography & Planning, University of Toronto) and Prof. Laam Hae (Politics, York University) for a discussion of his book Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-)Colonialism in Transatlantic Context. In preparation for the event, EUC graduate student, Danielle Legault, interviewed Stefan Kipfer, on what

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Stefan Kipfer

Professor Credentials PhD Political Science, York UniversityMES Urban Political Economy and Ecological Politics, York UniversityBA Political Science and French, York University Research Keywords Urbanization; Urban Politics & Planning; Social & Political Theory; Comparative Urban Politics & Planning; Theories Of Space, Politics & Society; Marxism; Anti-colonialism. Graduate Supervision I supervise students in the graduate programs in Environmental Studies (PhD, MES),

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Traversing Toronto in pandemic times

From mid-March to late May, Professor Stefan Kipfer posted a series of short articles and photo essays on social media. Inspired by his daily walks and bicycle trips around Toronto, the images tried to make sense of the news about the coronavirus that started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and became widespread around the world. In

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