“Urbicide” the intentional killing of a city is a brutal tactic of war, designed to destroy people’s sense of home and belonging to a larger collective. But even in peacetime, architecture and urban planning can become part of a more subtle kind of war over who gets to call a city home. The fourth episode in our series The Idea of Home.
Who is Afraid of Democracy?
New Wave of Transformations
in the Middle East and North Africa
March 25-26, 2022
At the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI
Free and Open to the Public
Two MIT doctoral students in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning have received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation Research Award. Courtney Lesoon and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Yarina are the first awardees from MIT in more than a decade. The fellowship.
MIT students Courtney Lesoon and Elizabeth Yarina have won Fulbright-Hays scholarships the first from MIT in more than 10 years. The School of Architecture and Planning SA+P doctoral students will have their travel funded for dissertation research.
An event featuring calligrapher Hajj Wafaa put into focus the ways in which MIT is celebrating and supporting the education of Arabic language, art, and history. Wafaa shared insights about his craft while MIT Global Languages announces the arrival of Arabic classes.