Prof. Dr. Martina Löw

On Friday, September 23rd, Prof. Dr. Martina Löw from the Technische Universtität Darmstadt, Germany, will present a lecture entitled “The Intrinsic Logic of Cities – Towards a New Theory on Urbanism”. This talk is presented in the context of The City Seminar, an interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present organized by York’s CITY Institute.

Prof. Dr. Löw is a Professor of Sociology and works with the LOEWE Research Centre at the TU Darmstadt.  Her work focuses on space-related social analysis, urban and regional sociology. Prior to joining the TU Darmstadt,  she previously held positions at the Institute of Social  Research in Frankfurt. In 2000 she was awarded the Christian-Wolff- Prize for her work to date, in particular her habilitation thesis on the  concept of space.

Prof. Dr. Löw is at York as a Visiting Research Scholar at CCGES, a visit which has been made possible through the generous support of the DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service.

Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Location: 305 York Lanes (building #24 on the map found here)