CfP, PANELSEARCH: New Deal Metropolis, Urban History Association conference, New York, 26.-28.10.2012

I am seeking papers for a proposed panel on the New Deal Metropolis at the Urban History Association conference in New York City from October 26-28, 2012. Although the New Deal period is most often framed in the popular imagination by images of rural life and landscapes produced by FSA photographers and WPA muralists, a …

CONFERENCE: Sustaining Greenbelt’s Legacy, Greenbelt USA, 27.-28.04.12

“Sustaining Greenbelt’s Legacy” April 27-28, 2012 Greenbelt Community Center Greenbelt, MD www.greenbeltmd.gov/75 In 1937, the city of Greenbelt, Maryland, was settled as a public cooperative community under the auspices of the New Deal. 75 years later, a two-day symposium will celebrate and evaluate the developments since 1937. The conference, entitled “Sustaining Greenbelt’s Legacy”, is scheduled …