Event details
- Sunday | September 15, 2024
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- 263 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Spotlight on Local History
Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 2:00pm
In-Person and Live-Streamed. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Location: The Society House, 263 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
In this talk, Dr. Domenic Vitiello (University of Pennsylvania) will explore the meanings of sanctuary and the history of sanctuary cities and sanctuary movements in Greater Philadelphia and North America since the 1980s, including Catholic contributions to the movement. The talk is based on Dr. Vitiello’s recent book, The Sanctuary City: Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia (Cornell University Press, 2022).
About the Speaker
About the Speaker: Dr. Domenic Vitiello is an associate professor in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses on city and regional planning, migrant communities, and the immigrant city. In addition to his work on sanctuary cities, he has also been conducting ongoing research on the destruction, preservation, neighborhood changes in Chinatowns in the United States and Canada. His many publications have appeared in Urban Studies, Planning Perspectives, and PlanPhilly