Editor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our fourth post; you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…

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28.05.2025

Engineering Nature, Igniting Risk: LA’s Fires and a Century of Landscape Manipulation – The Metropole

Editor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our fifth post; you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…

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29.05.2025

MacArthur Park’s History of Surveillance, Refusal, and Radical Care – The Metropole

Editor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our sixth and final post; you can see others from this month as well as past pieces on the city here. In…

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03.06.2025

The Grad Student Blogging Contest 2025! – The Metropole

Light The Metropole/Urban History Association Graduate Student Blogging Contest, now in its ninth year, exists to support graduate students in exploring short form, publicly-oriented writing in history as a way to teach beyond the classroom, develop marketable skills, and promote the enduring value of the humanities. This year’s theme is LightWe are looking for blog…

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Survival of the Fittest: The Endurance of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles – The Metropole

Engineering Nature, Igniting Risk: LA’s Fires and a Century of Landscape Manipulation – The Metropole

MacArthur Park’s History of Surveillance, Refusal, and Radical Care – The Metropole

The Grad Student Blogging Contest 2025! – The Metropole

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