Virtual Book Talks

As part of the lead-up to the 2026 Cincinnati Conference, we’re excited to revive our online conversation series featuring authors of recent and forthcoming books.

Panel 1: August 5th at 1:00pm EST (10:00am PST), via Zoom

Urbanization and Immigration in North America

Our first panel in the series is Urbanization and Immigration in North America. It will take place on Tuesday, August 5th at 1:00pm EST (10:00am PST), and will feature:

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, editor of Metropolitan Latinidad: Transforming American Urban History (University of Chicago Press)

Catherine Boland Erkkila, author of Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements (University of Pittsburgh Press)

Richard Harris, author of The Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada, 1880s–2020s (University of Toronto Press)

Register for the panel through this link.

Stay tuned for information about SACRPH’s upcoming virtual book talks in the fall.

If you have a book published or scheduled to be published in 2025 or 2026, and would like to be part of these conversations, we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to Aaron Shkuda (ashkuda@princeton.edu) to express your interest.

Highlight from the Journal of Planning History:

Jean-Paul Kaiser-Salas, Pedro Hurtado-Valdez, and Nathalie Di Florio-Tataje examine city construction in
 
“Modular Urban Design in Villa El Salvador (Lima, Peru) as a Contemporary Blend of Western and Andean Urban Heritages.”

In the context of a military dictatorship based on socialist ideology, Villa El Salvador emerged in 1971 in the south of Lima due to an internal migration process that began thirty years earlier and a collective effort by the community to achieve self-governance, which was facilitated by a modular urban structure. This urban phenomenon has not yet received the necessary reflection to understand the processes shaping its layout. Herein, the degree to which Villa El Salvador represents a contemporary blend of two urban traditions is critically explored, integrating perspectives from Western and Andean urbanism.

Head to the journal to read more.

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