Remembering Michael Sorkin: Memorial

May 15, 2020.

Sustaining Peace in an Urban World

On December 14, 2016, Terreform co-sponsored the event Sustaining Peace in an Urban World with the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at NYU, UN-Habitat, PBSO, the Dutch and Australian missions to the UN, the Global Alliance for Urban Crises and FAST. Michael Sorkin and Deen Sharp from Terreform spoke alongside the UN Assistant Secretary-Generals Izumi Nakamitsu of UNDP and Oscar Fernandez Taranco of Peacebuilding Support and leading experts, such as Sarah Cliffe and Gizem Sucuoglu from the CIC at NYU.  

UR (Urban Research) launches Beyond the Square

On September 26, Terreform's imprint UR (Urban Research) hosed a panel discussion at the Hagop Kevorkian Center at New York University to celebrate the launch of Beyond the Square: Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings (UR, 2016), edited by Deen Sharp and Claire Panetta. 

The panel featured both the editors, as well as Ahmed Kanna (Anthropology, University of the Pacific) and Julie Mehretu (Artist).

Watch the discussion below: