Pilsen: An Historical Geography of Political Activism
Dr. Euan Hague
Professor of Geography, Director of School of Public Service,
DePaul University
Tuesday, Feb. 9 | 7 p.m.
In this talk, DePaul University Professor of Geography, Euan Hague, takes a tour through the historical geography of political activism in Chicago’s Lower West Side Pilsen neighborhood. From the role of anarchists and labor unions in the late-19th Century, to the immigrant rights and anti-gentrification protests of the early-21st Century, Pilsen has been at the center of many struggles over life, work, housing, and education in Chicago.
Dr. Euan Hague
Professor of Geography, Director of School of Public Service,
DePaul University
About the speaker
Professor Hague is a cultural and urban geographer with interests in examining how Chicago’s landscapes have developed historically and are continuing to change. His published work has centered on community-engaged scholarship, gentrification, Confederate commemoration, cultural relationships between Scotland and America, and includes Neo-Confederacy: A critical introduction (University of Texas, 2008), Regional and Local Economic Development (Palgrave, 2011) and Neoliberal Chicago (University of Illinois, 2017). Dr. Hague regularly engages in community-based research with students and in collaboration with local organizations, most recently with the Pilsen Alliance and the Chicago Furniture Bank.
