History, University of California, Riverside

Who Will Build the Ark? The Architectural Imagination in an Age of Catastrophic Convergence

From history and geography to environmental studies and urban planning, Mike Davis’ work combines archival knowledge with analytical rigor to comprise a genuinely distinctive critical voice. A writer, academic, activist, and public intellectual, Davis is the author of numerous books, including Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb (2008), In Praise of Barbarians: Essays Against Empire (2007), Planet of Slums (2006), and City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (1990).