(Image via The New School)

In the Urban Crisis, a lecture series organized by Parsons, The New School for Design is free and open to the public.  The series focuses on alternative practices in urban and city development.  Lecturers include many leading voices from the field on select Thursday evenings throughout the spring.

The talks will take place in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue (Fifth Avenue at 13th Street).

Schedule:

February 23rd: Paula Z. Segal, lawyer and activist

March 1st: Tom Angotti, urban planner

March 8th: Don Mitchell, geographer

March 29th: Ana Méndez de Andés, urban activist

April 5th: Andrew Ross, writer and urban advocate

April 19th: Erik Swyngedouw, geographer

April 26th: Jeanne van Heeswijk, artist

May 3rd: Pelin Tan, sociologist and art historian