Upcoming and recent talks - select list
Upcoming:
Jan 22, 2023 “Segregating the Foothills: The Roots of Racial Exclusion in La Canada, La Crescenta, and LA Suburbia,” Canada Crescenta
Democratic Club, via zoom.
Mar 14/15, 2023 "The Historic Suburban Landscapes of Los Angeles.” EU Erasmus + program “Urbanism and Suburbanization
in the EU Countries and Abroad,” Université Clermont Auvergne, France.
Apr 1, 2023 “Latino homeownership and suburban political culture in Los Angeles, 1970-2010.” Organization of American Historians
conference, Los Angeles, Ca.
May 5, 2023 “The New Suburbia: Everyday Life and Landscapes in Diversifying LA.” Clark Davis Memorial Lecture,
LA History & Metro Studies Group, Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.
Recent:
Oct 2, 2022 “Segregating the Foothills: A History of Racial Exclusion in La Canada, La Crescenta, and LA Suburbia,” Lanterman House
Museum, La Canada, Ca.
Sept 2022 With Andrew Wiese, “American Suburban History: Past Themes and Current Projects.” EU Erasmus + program,
“Urbanism and Suburbanization in the EU Countries and Abroad,” Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
April 2022 Convener, “A Transnational Student conversation about Suburbanization,” zoom teleconference, including students and faculty
from Pitzer College (U.S.), Palacky University (Czech Republic), and Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany). EU Erasmus +
program, “Urbanism and Suburbanization in the EU Countries and Abroad.”
Dec 2021 “Are Latinx suburbs ethnoburbs? And why it matters.” MetropoLatinx History conference, Penn State University (virtual).
Oct 2021 “Informality in Cities and Suburbs,” roundtable discussion, Urban History Association Conference, (virtual).
Jan 2020 "Building a history + public policy framework in L.A." AHA conference, New York City
Nov 2019 "Suburbia: Past & Future." Urban World Conference, Columbia University, New York City
Mar 2019 “Learning Suburban Affluence in Multicultural Suburbia: Case Study San Marino.” LA History & Metro Studies Group,
Huntington Library, San Marino.
Jan 2019 “From Warm to Cold in LA: Exploring the Range of Reactions to Ethnic Diversification in Los Angeles Suburbs After 1970.”
AHA Conference, Chicago.
Apr 2018 “The Uneven History of Working-Class Housing in South Los Angeles." ISLA speaker series, Occidental College, LA
Mar 2018 “Suburbs in Transition: Diversity and the American Dream." Urban Studies Annual Lecture, Manhattan College, NYC
Feb 2018 “Rethinking the Dream: Old and new frameworks for understanding suburban life in Southern California after 1950.”
Dunning Keynote Lecture, Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles
April 2016 “Metropolitan America in a Globalization Age: Inequalities and Opportunities." Metro Symposium, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
Nov 2015 moderator of the discussion on “Suburban Crisis, Suburban Regeneration." SACRPH conference, Los Angeles
Nov 2015 “Exploring Lifeways and Values across L.A. Asian American Suburbs, 1960-2000.” SACRPH conference, Los Angeles
Mar 2015 “California: Paradise Lost,” BBC Radio 4, host Adam Smith. Listen here.
Feb 2015 “The Day of the Locust,” BBC Radio 3, host Adam Smith. Listen here.
Sept 2014 “Suburban Poverty: Looking to the Past and Planning for the Future." LA History & Metro Studies Group, Los Angeles
June 2013 "From Green Acres to Suburban Poverty." Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
April 2013 “Stills from L.A.: Reflections on diversity and the remaking of suburban life.” Conference keynote lecture, British Association of
American Studies, Exeter, UK
Jan 22, 2023 “Segregating the Foothills: The Roots of Racial Exclusion in La Canada, La Crescenta, and LA Suburbia,” Canada Crescenta
Democratic Club, via zoom.
Mar 14/15, 2023 "The Historic Suburban Landscapes of Los Angeles.” EU Erasmus + program “Urbanism and Suburbanization
in the EU Countries and Abroad,” Université Clermont Auvergne, France.
Apr 1, 2023 “Latino homeownership and suburban political culture in Los Angeles, 1970-2010.” Organization of American Historians
conference, Los Angeles, Ca.
May 5, 2023 “The New Suburbia: Everyday Life and Landscapes in Diversifying LA.” Clark Davis Memorial Lecture,
LA History & Metro Studies Group, Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.
Recent:
Oct 2, 2022 “Segregating the Foothills: A History of Racial Exclusion in La Canada, La Crescenta, and LA Suburbia,” Lanterman House
Museum, La Canada, Ca.
Sept 2022 With Andrew Wiese, “American Suburban History: Past Themes and Current Projects.” EU Erasmus + program,
“Urbanism and Suburbanization in the EU Countries and Abroad,” Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
April 2022 Convener, “A Transnational Student conversation about Suburbanization,” zoom teleconference, including students and faculty
from Pitzer College (U.S.), Palacky University (Czech Republic), and Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany). EU Erasmus +
program, “Urbanism and Suburbanization in the EU Countries and Abroad.”
Dec 2021 “Are Latinx suburbs ethnoburbs? And why it matters.” MetropoLatinx History conference, Penn State University (virtual).
Oct 2021 “Informality in Cities and Suburbs,” roundtable discussion, Urban History Association Conference, (virtual).
Jan 2020 "Building a history + public policy framework in L.A." AHA conference, New York City
Nov 2019 "Suburbia: Past & Future." Urban World Conference, Columbia University, New York City
Mar 2019 “Learning Suburban Affluence in Multicultural Suburbia: Case Study San Marino.” LA History & Metro Studies Group,
Huntington Library, San Marino.
Jan 2019 “From Warm to Cold in LA: Exploring the Range of Reactions to Ethnic Diversification in Los Angeles Suburbs After 1970.”
AHA Conference, Chicago.
Apr 2018 “The Uneven History of Working-Class Housing in South Los Angeles." ISLA speaker series, Occidental College, LA
Mar 2018 “Suburbs in Transition: Diversity and the American Dream." Urban Studies Annual Lecture, Manhattan College, NYC
Feb 2018 “Rethinking the Dream: Old and new frameworks for understanding suburban life in Southern California after 1950.”
Dunning Keynote Lecture, Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles
April 2016 “Metropolitan America in a Globalization Age: Inequalities and Opportunities." Metro Symposium, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
Nov 2015 moderator of the discussion on “Suburban Crisis, Suburban Regeneration." SACRPH conference, Los Angeles
Nov 2015 “Exploring Lifeways and Values across L.A. Asian American Suburbs, 1960-2000.” SACRPH conference, Los Angeles
Mar 2015 “California: Paradise Lost,” BBC Radio 4, host Adam Smith. Listen here.
Feb 2015 “The Day of the Locust,” BBC Radio 3, host Adam Smith. Listen here.
Sept 2014 “Suburban Poverty: Looking to the Past and Planning for the Future." LA History & Metro Studies Group, Los Angeles
June 2013 "From Green Acres to Suburban Poverty." Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
April 2013 “Stills from L.A.: Reflections on diversity and the remaking of suburban life.” Conference keynote lecture, British Association of
American Studies, Exeter, UK