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Alumni Travel Program Webcast: Krakow, Warsaw & Gdansk: Urban Evolution

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Mixing present and past, contemporary and ancient, Poland’s cities are uniquely scenic and thought provoking. Focusing on Krakow, Gdansk, and Warsaw, MIT associate professor of urban planning and public policy, Brent D. Ryan explains how these impressive cities communicate the country’s historic role at the edges of Central and Eastern Europe. Explore the medieval-era structures of Krakow, the cosmopolitan trading city of Gdansk, and Warsaw’s blend of restored fourteenth-to-eighteenth-century buildings intermingled with grandiose Communist-era boulevards and towers. In this live webcast from September 29, 2020, Professor Ryan examines Poland’s urban design and evolution, human history, and the occupation of the twentieth century against the backdrop of the cities’ contemporary and ancient structures.

Brent D. Ryan PhD ’02 is head of the City Design and Development Group and associate professor of Urban Design and Public Policy in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. His research focuses on the aesthetics and policies of contemporary urban design, particularly with respect to current and pressing issues like deindustrialization and climate change. Professor Ryan traveled with alumni and friends last summer on an MIT tour of Poland; in 2016, he led an MIT group on an urban exploration of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha.
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