Join us for an interactive discussion on the importance of social mobility and class - along with its interactions with gender, religion, ethnicity, and migrant status - in understanding inequality across a number of contemporary African urban environments. The event will begin with brief presentations by Ryan Calder (Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University) and Ifetayo Flannery (Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University) which will be directly followed by reactions and comments/questions from discussants Elmond Bandauko (Assistant Professor of human Geography, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta) and Hassan Yakubu (PhD Student in City and Regional Planning, AAP) to spur dialogue between presenters and audience members. Additional questions and comments from the audience are appreciated and most welcomed.

Speakers: 

Ryan Calder, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Program in Islamic Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Ifetayo Flannery, Assistant Professor, Africology and African American Studies, Temple University

Tristan Ivory, Assistant Professor, Global Labor and Work, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell

Discussants:

Elmond Bandauko, Assistant Professor of Human Geography, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta.

Hassan Yakubu  architect, spatial planner, and Ph.D. student, Sage Fellow, and Graduate School Dean Scholar in the College of Architecture, Art & Planning, Cornell

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