Published: Oct. 25, 2001

A talk on "Geographies of Terror: Manufacturing Nationalism and the Politics of Urban Reconstruction in New York City" will be held at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder on Monday, Oct. 29.

Distinguished Professor Neil Smith of the City University of New York will speak at 4 p.m. in the Hale Science Building, room 270.

The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at the Heritage Center in Old Main.

Smith lives in lower Manhattan and is a premier urban scholar who also is an expert on globalization and development issues. He is the director of the Center of Place, Culture and Politics and is co-editor of the journal Society and Space. His books include "The New Urban Frontier," "Uneven Development" and "The Geographical Pivot of History."

The talk is sponsored by the Developing Areas Research and Teaching Program, the Center for the Advancement of Research and Teaching the Social Sciences, the Center for the Humanities and the Arts and the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder geography department.

For information call (303) 492-8312.