Registration Information 

Join the Urban History Association for a vibrant and generative conference that will showcase new research, consider the state of the field, engage with a broad public, and introduce new audiences and new communities to our area of study. We especially hope to engage K-12 teachers, writers, activists, artists, and community leaders invested in Los Angeles and its region.

The conference theme, “Metropolitan Majorities,” reflects trends across the world: the ongoing population growth of cities and their metropolitan areas; the rising ethnoracial and cultural diversity of urban and suburban places; the increasing concentration of economic activities; and the contentious politics that have accompanied these changes.

This is our first meeting not just in Los Angeles, but also in California and on the West Coast. Holding our conference in a metropolitan region approaching twenty million people, one that is highly diverse, extremely wealthy and unequal, globally connected, and a preeminent center of cultural production—offers an ideal venue to think about these trends, their historical antecedents, and their present implications.

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Program Committee Co-Chairs

Jerry González, University of Texas-San Antonio                  James Zarsadiaz, University of San Francisco

Program Committee

Elsa Devienne, Northumbria University                                   Menika Dirkson, Morgan State University

Brian Goldstein, Swarthmore College                                       Lily Geismer, Claremont McKenna College

David-James Gonzales, Brigham Young University              Alison Rose Jefferson, Independent Historian

Nancy Kwak, University of California-San Diego                   Shelley Lee, Brown University

Meredith Oda, University of Nevada, Reno                             Herb Ruffin II, Syracuse University

Natalie Santizo, San Diego State University                            Alejandro Velasco, New York University

Banquet and Awards Ceremony 

The UHA will host a banquet and awards ceremony on Friday, October 10. Admission includes dinner and wine. 

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