The Modern Languages Department will host its XX Colloquium entitled “World Cities: The Foreign & The Familiar” Architects, urban planners, artists and scholars will discuss topics related to the cities of Rome, Rabat, Paris, Havana and Beijing with the BMCC community. Professor Yiu-Hsuan Liao, from the Art and Music Department will close the Colloquium with a piano recital.
Schedule
| 9: 15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Rome: Eternal City, Open City, Modern City Patrizia Comello Perry and Kristina Varade, co-Chairs |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Rabat: The City as a Crossroad of Cultures Mohamed Sofaini, Chair |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Paris: The City for all Seasons Peter Consenstein and Rachel Corkle, co-Chairs |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Brownbag Lunch and Film Vertical Slum (2015). Introduced by its director Irene Sosa, Brooklyn College, CUNY. |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Havana: The City Frozen in Time? Margaret Carson and Evelin Gamarra Martínez, co-Chairs |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Beijing: The Imperial City Today Ling Luo and Chun Yi-Peng, co-Chairs |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Performance |
– See a more detailed Colloquium Program.
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