When:
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Where: Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: FREE
Contact:
Julie Deardorff
(847) 467-3147
Group: School of Education and Social Policy
Category: Lectures & Meetings
In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig, moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two big questions: Why does gun violence happen, and is there anything we can do about it? Almost two decades later, the answers aren’t what he expected. Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence is Ludwig’s revelatory portrait of gun violence in America’s most famously maligned city.
Ludwig will be in conversation with Christian Mitchell, Vice President for Civic Engagement for the University of Chicago, overseeing the Office of Civic Engagement, including state and local government relations, as well as the Office of Business Diversity and Commercial Real Estate Operations.