Fall/Winter Timetable
SII199H1F L0352
First-Year Seminar
Capitalism and the City
Themes
“What is the city but the people?” (Shakespeare, Coriolanus III). To explore this widely quoted view, our interdisciplinary seminar focuses on ideas and practices of capitalism as a “way of life” and the contemporary city. We examine a range of viewpoints on topics including localism and globalism, neighborhoods and community, social diversity, equality and inequality, consumption and life styles, democracy, urban planning and governance. The seminar includes a collaborative research project on some aspect of the city of Toronto.
Texts
A package of customized readings and possibly 1 or 2 texts.
Format and Requirements
One two-hour seminar per week. Course requirements TBA.
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...