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URBANST 7: Global Imperial Cities of the Pacific World: 1900-2000 (HISTORY 7S)

The history of the twentieth-century Pacific World is the history of imperialism on a global scale. And cities were both the stages and actors of this global dynamic of domination and resistance. We will examine ten cities around the Pacific Rim (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seoul, Panama, Auckland, Shanghai, Lima, Singapore, Kyoto, and Ho Chi Minh City) and explore how we can use local historical sources to study the transnational processes of empire-building and capitalism. In this class, we learn to read city plans, maps, business documents, policy documents, newspapers, photos, diaries, interviews, and landscapes to do environmental, colonial, international, social, gender, and cultural history.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Hoshino, Y. (PI)

URBANST 15SI: Athenian Urbanisms: Examining A Storied City Through Time

This seminar course investigates Athens through the lenses of policy, history, culture, and architecture, picking apart the layers of history that form Athens in its present form. We will explore the city?s complicated past and the immense urban changes that took place in recent centuries, to arrive at the modern challenges that the city faces today. Furthermore, we will examine the ways in which daily life has been affected by planning decisions, describe unique urban phenomena and their impacts, and reflect on how Athens can be a bellwether for urban change in cities across the world. The course will be taught in three parts, starting with the early development of Athens, then moving to contemporary urban challenges, and concluding with visions for the future. Each of the three parts concludes with a Q&A session with experts, bringing insight and depth to the conversation.
Terms: Win | Units: 1
Instructors: Beischer, T. (PI)

URBANST 27D: The Detective and the City

This seminar will analyze the social reality of three historic cities (London in the 1890s, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, and Shanghai in the 1990s) through the prism of popular crime fiction featuring four great literary detectives (Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Roman Polanski's Jake Gittes, and Qiu Xiaolong's Chief Inspector Chen). As a student in this course, you will explore why crime fiction is so popular, why the fear of crime - or perhaps just a fascination with crime -- is so much a part of modern urban culture, and why the police detective and the private investigator have become iconic code heroes of pulp fiction, movies, TV shows, and even video games. If you take this class, you will have the opportunity to write a paper and present your research on one of the classic literary detectives, another literary detective of your own choosing, or on one of today's related manifestations of the same impulse in popular visual culture featuring superheroes, vampires, and the zombie apocalypse.
Last offered: Summer 2023 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

URBANST 27Q: The Detective and the City

This seminar is based on the idea that there are many urban literatures and that Urban Studies, as a broadly interdisciplinary field, needs to look at fiction, music, visual art, cinema, and other forms of expression beyond just the standard social sciences for evidence of the human experience of living in cities. We will analyze the social reality of several historic cities (London in the 1890s, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, and Shanghai in the 1990s) through the prism of popular crime fiction featuring four great literary detectives (Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Roman Polanski's Jake Gittes, and Qiu Xiaolong's Chief Inspector Chen). As a student in this course, you will explore why crime fiction is so popular, why the fear of crime - or perhaps just a fascination with crime -- is so much a part of modern urban culture, and why the police detective and the private investigator have become iconic code heroes of popular cultur more »
This seminar is based on the idea that there are many urban literatures and that Urban Studies, as a broadly interdisciplinary field, needs to look at fiction, music, visual art, cinema, and other forms of expression beyond just the standard social sciences for evidence of the human experience of living in cities. We will analyze the social reality of several historic cities (London in the 1890s, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s, and Shanghai in the 1990s) through the prism of popular crime fiction featuring four great literary detectives (Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Roman Polanski's Jake Gittes, and Qiu Xiaolong's Chief Inspector Chen). As a student in this course, you will explore why crime fiction is so popular, why the fear of crime - or perhaps just a fascination with crime -- is so much a part of modern urban culture, and why the police detective and the private investigator have become iconic code heroes of popular culture You will participate in classroom discussions, write a final paper, and present your research on a subject of your own choice ¿ maybe one of the literary or cinematic detectives already mentioned, or perhaps another literary/cinematic detective of your own choosing, or even on one of today's related manifestations of the same impulse in popular literature or visual culture featuring superheroes, vampires, and the zombie apocalypse.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Stout, F. (PI)

URBANST 65SI: Transportation and the Future City (CEE 65SI)

What should a 'city of the future' look like? This weekly speaker series will provide a broad overview to the fields of transportation engineering and city planning and how they intersect with the overarching issues of sustainability, energy, technology, equity, and climate change. Guest speakers from the transportation industry will introduce the week's topic, dive into relevant applications and case studies, and discuss their professional backgrounds and/or organizations.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1
Instructors: Glanz, D. (PI)

URBANST 66Q: Local Government in Action

The purpose of this course is to give First Years and Sophomores a better understanding of the importance and relevance of local government, as well as the knowledge, resources, confidence, and experience to explore careers in public service. It is based on last year¿s PubPol 21/22SI. It will include a broad-based introduction to local government with guest speakers and case studies. Students will also work with local community partners to provide policy recommendations for real world projects (last year they included civic infrastructure in Stockton, electric vehicle infrastructure in Pacifica, and environmental justice and sustainability in Mountain View). An example of a project deliverable from last year¿s course, the white paper developed for the City of Pacifica, can be found here. Dan Rich, Lecturer and former city manager, will be the Principal Instructor for the course, supported by three students involved in last year¿s class.
Last offered: Spring 2023 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

URBANST 83N: City, Space, Literature (ENGLISH 83N)

This course presents a literary tour of various cities as a way of thinking about space, representation, and the urban. Using literature and film, the course will explore these from a variety of perspectives. The focus will be thematic rather than chronological, but an attempt will also be made to trace the different ways in which cities have been represented from the late nineteenth century to recent times. Ideas of space, cosmopolitanism, and the urban will be explored through films such as The Bourne Identity and The Lunchbox, as well as in the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, Walter Mosley, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Karen Tei Yamashita, and Mohsin Hamid, among others.
Last offered: Autumn 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II

URBANST 84: Designing a Community-Engaged Capstone or Thesis Project (UAR 83)

This spring quarter course is designed to support undergraduate (particularly junior-level) students from across the disciplines who are wishing or planning to design a community-engaged capstone or thesis (i.e., Cardinal Capstone) project. The course will introduce students to scholarly resources and practical strategies for designing and implementing scholarly projects aimed at meeting community-identified interests. Through reflection on critical readings, case studies, and community learning and outreach strategies, students will imagine and begin to design action-oriented activities related to their capstone projects, such as policy briefs, service projects, partnership programming, and awareness campaigns. Students will be expected to leave the course with a tangible plan for ethical and effective community partnership as a central part of their capstone or thesis project, including a working relationship with a community organization.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-2
Instructors: Hurd, C. (PI)

URBANST 100UR: Doing (Sub)Urban History (AMSTUD 200UR, HISTORY 200UR)

This course explores the attempts by scholars to understand the political, economic, and social development of cities, suburbs, and metropolitan regions from the nineteenth century onward. How have historians examined the evolution of metropolitan spatial forms over time? How have they approached the analytical challenge of handling the diversity in popular experiences and aspirations of urbanites? What of the relationship between industrialization and class formation, state building and culture, surveillance and resistance, banking and racism? Readings consist of some primary sources, classic works, and recent interpretations in the field of (sub)urban history. Although we will largely focus on urban processes within the United States, we will also draw on select examples from urban centers from around the globe. This course forms part of the "Doing History" series: rigorous undergraduate colloquia that introduce the practice of history within a particular field or thematic area.
Terms: Win | Units: 5

URBANST 101A: The New York City Seminar (Remote)

*This class is being offered in collaboration with Stanford in New York, Bing Overseas Studies Program, and must be taken in conjunction with an internship. Registration code required.n nThe (Remote) NYC Seminar will employ a structured, experiential education model to enrich the value of a remote internship experience arranged in advance through Stanford in New York. Through goal setting, deep reflection on experiences, and expression and documentation of learning outcomes, students will gain greater awareness of work-related interests, skills, and abilities and how they integrate with intellectual and personal interests and pursuits. Through readings, virtual experiences, and class discussions, the seminar will also consider the critical qualities and tensions that make New York City special and how the fields and organizations represented by student internships contribute to making New York what it is and vice versa. For more information, please contact stanfordNY@stanford.edu.
Last offered: Winter 2021 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 15 units total)
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