14-20 November 2016

Opening Talk

David Harvey

Opening Talk - David Harvey
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CULTURE AND THE CITY: THE CHALLENGE OF TOURISM

David Harvey (Gillingham, England, 1935) is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York (CUNY) and a Miliband Fellow of the London School of Economics. His academic work has had a great influence on modern geography and he is a highly referenced author in contemporary social and political debates. According to the Thomson Reuters ISI database, he is among the twenty most cited authors in the humanities. His highly celebrated publications include The Condition of Postmodernity (Blackwell 1990), Spaces of Hope (University of California Press, 2000), A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Oxford University Press, 2007), Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution (Verso, 2013), Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism (Profile 2014) and The Ways of the World (Profile, 2016).

This activity forms part of the section (H)all about Tourism.

You can now watch the video of the talk.

INFORMATION

  • Monday 14 November, 6.30 pm
  • Hall CCCB
  • No need to sign up
  • Free admission but places are limited
  • Doors open at 6 pm

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