Umbra Professor Keynote Speaker at Italian-American Conference
Urban Spaces Professor Raymond Lorenzo will be representing the Umbra Institute as the keynote speaker at the Calandra Italian American Institute’s annual conference at Queens College in New York City.
This year’s conference topic is, “Bambini, Ragazzi, Giovani: Children and Youth in Italy and the Italian Diaspora,” and Professor Lorenzo’s keynote will be, “Imagining and Designing the Future in Italy, 1977-2014: Children’s Participation in Urban Planning.” It is, the professor’s own words, “a 35 year excursus through the ‘ups and downs’ of children and youth participation in ‘urban decision making’ in Italy. “
The conference will be held over April 24th and 25th and is open to the public – just RSVP by calling +001 (212) 642-2094.
For more information, visit the Calandra Italian American Institute’s website here, and to learn more about Urban Spaces at Umbra, visit the course page here.