# Event Details - **Event Name**: The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 03 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Mon, 03 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Get ready to dive deep into the complexities of modern urban life with Des Fitzgerald - it's going to be thought-provoking and eye-opening!About this EventEvent Details:Title: The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des FitzgeraldVenue: ATB/056, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Alcuin CollegeDate: November 3, 2025 at 17:00 PM (GMT)Description:Join us for a talk with Des Fitzgerald titled The City of Today is a Dying Thing. Get ready to dive into fascinating discussions about urban landscapes and the future. See you there!Des Fitzgerald, a professor of medical humanities and social sciences (University College Cork), will discuss his acclaimed book The City of Today is a Dying Thing—a provocative and thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between urban life, health, and the environment.We have had the idea for a long time that cities are bad for us - that there is something about the noise, the stress, the clamour, the sense of competition, that is just not good for people who live in cities, and that is especially not good for their psychological well-being. This notion has more recently been joined by a second idea, which is that one important way to alleviate this problem is through the provision of green space. Today, there is general agreement that increasing people's nature-contact has a psychologically beneficial effect, and that this effect repairs at least some of the ravages of urban living.The City of Today is a Dying Thing - the title is a quote from modernist architect and unexpected vegetation-enthusiast Le Corbusier - is an attempt to think critically about this 'green is good' rhetoric. Drawing on conversations with leading figures, and visits to experimental urban spaces, in the book and talk I'll suggest that we actually need to situate the recent fetish for green urbanism within a much longer history of reactionary counter-urban tendencies, and thus to think more critically about the nature-politics that underpins it. Abandoning ruritanian nostalgia, might we even learn to love - and learn to live well in - the noisy, diverse, hybrid spaces we call cities? - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/heslington/the-city-of-today-is-a-dying-thing-des-fitzgerald/100001785099924929 - **Event Categories**: contests, health-wellness, art, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Heslington - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: ATB/056, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Alcuin College - **lat**: 53.9461089 - **long**: -1.0517718 - **full address**: ATB/056, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Alcuin College, University Road, Heslington, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/ccb4ec6e311cc90267839c7f7b661293668ac1568a72bcc2ecaafab8a989d6d9-rimg-w602-h440-dcf3641f-gmir.jpg?v=1761905316 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald being held? - **A:** The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald takes place on Mon, 03 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 03 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm at ATB/056, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Alcuin College, University Road, Heslington, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald? - **A:** The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald is organized by YESI. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Heslington, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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