All sessions meet 12:10 to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Henry Cohen Conference Room, 72 Fifth Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets), 3rd floor, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED. All university community members are welcome, including students, alumni and the general public. This is a free series and reservations are not required. Papers, if available, will be circulated in advance only at the request of the speaker. All the Seminars are brown bag.  For questions, or to be added to the seminar email list, contact Prof. Alec Gershberg gersh@newschool.edu, 212.229.5311 x1412.

Feb 6 Genie Birch, University of Pennsylvania (Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning; and Co-director, Penn Institute for Urban Research) will talk about  “Urban Planning in the 21st Century: What Do We Teach Our Students?” This talk reviews a project Prof. Birch has been leading: the Routledge Urban and Regional Planning Reader

Feb 13 Paul Verkuil, Cardozo Law School (Professor and former Dean); Of Counsel Boies, Shiller and Flexner; will discuss his new book Outsourcing Sovereignty: Why Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy and What We Can Do about It (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Feb 20 Howard Berliner, Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy, "The globalization of medical care"

Feb 27 Alec Gershberg, Milano: The New School for Management and Urban Policy, “Moving From Access Towards Equity: Educational Strategic Planning Processes and Politics in Egypt”

March 5 Chijoke Evoh, doctoral candidate, Milano: The New School for Management and Urban Policy, "Fostering Collaborative Partnerships in Information and Computer Technology (ICT) in Secondary Education in South Africa” THIS SESSION WILL MEET IN THE 7TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE LAB.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m NOTE TIME AND LOCATION.
Janet Gornick, CUNY, "Older Women’s Income and Wealth Packages: The Five-Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective" THIS SEMINAR IS CO-HOSTED BY MILANO AND THE SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS (SCEPA). 12:30 TO 2PM, 79 5th avenue, 10th fl, room 1009 (Entrance at 6 E. 16th St).

March 19,No Seminar, Spring Break. Note: The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) meetings will be held at Teachers College (Columbia University) in New York City March 17-21. See www.tc.edu/its/cies This is a great opportunity and those with relevant interest should consider attending.

March 26 Milano Book Reading Group. Book TBD. Tatiana Wah coordinates book selection. Check with her to see if reading group will meet at the noon time slot. waht@newschool.edu All who read the book are welcome.

April 2: Darrick Hamilton and Dennis Derryck, Milano: The New School for Management and Urban Policy, "Low Pay and Crowded out: Ethnic/Racial Occupational Segregation and Affirmative Action in the NYC Construction Industry"

April 9, Teresa Ghilarducci , the new director of The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) at The New School, “The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them" JOINT WITH SCEPA AT MILANO, 3rd floor Cohen conference room. 12:10 TO 1:30, USUAL TIME.

April 16 Alys Willman, doctoral candidate, Milano: The New School for Management and Urban Policy, “What’s Money Got to Do With It? The Economics of Risk in Commercial Sex Work, in Managua, Nicaragua”

April 23 Rachel Sherman, Sociology, The New School for Social Research and Lang College, “The Value of Free Time: Commodification and Marketing in the Personal Concierge and Errand Industry”

April 30 Nevin Cohen, Lang College, The New School, “Farming Suburbia: Towards a new civic agriculture”

May 7 Alan Aja, , doctoral candidate, Milano: The New School for Management and Urban Policy,  “Re-visiting the Limits of Ethnic Solidarity in Miami-Dade County: The Role of the Ethnic Enclave in the Assimilation Patterns of Mariel and Afro-Cuban Immigrants.”

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