
Mellon Forum begins February 5 at 12pm
Spring 2025 Mellon Forum on the Urban Environment // (Un)settlements
Histories of settlement are invariably linked to narratives of resource extraction, circulation of capital and materials, (de)territorialization, and spatial control, often as outcomes of modernization projects, colonial and neo-colonial interventions, and nation building. This Spring’s Mellon Forum highlights counter hegemonic practices to processes of settlement, including epistemologies, material practices, and social formations that disassemble and stand in defiance against state and colonial oppression. Methodologically, we are also interested in (un)settling of dominant historical narratives around modernization, nationalism, and colonial settlement, which can be read through built environment histories.
All sessions are held at the School of Architecture and begin at 12pm. Lunch is available while supplies last. For more information, please visit our Events listing page.
February 5
Souvanik Mullick, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
Shivani Shedde, PhD candidate Architecture, Princeton
February 19
Allison Madia, Postdoctoral Research Associate Effron Center for the Study of America, Princeton
Caitlin Blanchfield, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
February 26
Isadora Moura Mota, Assistant Professor History, Princeton
Victor Próspero, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
March 19
Mark Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, Princeton
Da Hyung Jeong, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
March 26
Jesús Escobar, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern
Jennifer Strtak, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
April 2
Ben Jamieson Stanley, Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities, Delaware
Blessings Masuku, Princeton-Mellon Fellow
The Spring 2025 Mellon Forum on the Urban Environment is kindly sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and the following Princeton University departments and programs: African Studies, Anthropology, Art & Archaeology, Brazil LAB, Center for Collaborative History, Chadha Global India Center, Effron Center for American Studies, English, French & Italian, High Meadows Environmental Institute, Humanities Council, PIIRS, Politics, Program in Latin American Studies, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the School of Architecture.
Mellon Forum events are free and open to the public. Lunch is provided while supplies last.