We’re going to assemble a list of urban theory events and discussions.  First up, two active series, one based at London universities and the other at Berkeley and Stanford, and an online, global research network, of “world cities” based at Loughborough University, UK:

Urban Salon, London.  Recent talk of note: Illegal’ Geographies of the City: Everyday Places of Water and Sanitation in a New Delhi Squatter Settlement, Ayona Datta (Sociology and Cities Programme, LSE)

City Group,  Berkeley-Stanford.  Recently of note: roundtable discussion of Lefebvre’s Writings on Cities

Globalization and World Cities Network, Loughborough UK.  Recently of note: several new reports on cities, knowledge and education.

-Rob