William Kornblum

William Kornblum

Title and home institution: Professor of Sociology, Chair Center for Urban Research, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Category of Fellowship: Research fellowship

Residency length: September 15, 2014 – February 13, 2015 / Hosted in partnership with Conseil général des Bouches du Rhône (CG13)

Research project

The social fabric of the seacoast: cities and their changing ports

Project summary

Marseilles has witnessed many of the transformations that are shaping the coast of the United States, but Marseilles is thriving where many of the older industrial seaports on the U.S. East Coast, have yet to find their new relationships to the shoreline. This is especially true since the great storm of 2012 inundated many of the coastal communities of metropolitan New York City. I wish to spend a 5 month research sejour in Marseilles looking at the ports of my own coast, but through a lens of experience gained in Marseilles, an ancient yet modern port on another sea.

Appels à candidature

Les résidences de recherche que propose l’Iméra, Institut d’études avancées (IEA) d’Aix Marseille Université, s’adressent aux chercheurs confirmés – académiques, scientifiques et/ou artistes. Ces résidences de recherche sont distribuées sur quatre programmes (« Arts & sciences : savoirs indisciplinés », « Explorations interdisciplinaires », « Méditerranée » et « Utopies nécessaires »).

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William Kornblum