I am thrilled to be going to Cairo for the 12th World Urban Forum -to speak on a panel honoring the legacy of my beloved mentor at MIT, John Turner.

I am honored to speak at the Smart City Expo Miami 2024 on “Accelerating Urban Innovations from Idea to Implementation on September 23rd. Click here more information.

I am thrilled to tell you that the launch and autographing event for the paperback of my book FAVELA, in Portuguese, took place on March 14 in the famous Livraria Travessa, in Rio de Janeiro.

 My Inaugural Lecture for 2024 at IPPUR—the Institute for Research and Urban and Regional Planning  at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro will be on Monday, March 18.  Click here more information.

Reserve your copy as it will be a limited run;  the book signing will be on MARCH 14 AT THE TRAVESSA BOOK STORE IN BOTOFAGO, RJ.

Click here to download it in English Click here to download in Portuguese

BOOK SIGNING in Rio de Janeiro, March 14, 2024 —for  Perlman’s book, FAVELA in Portuguese translation, in paperback with full-color photos.

The volume has only been available in digital format until now. The launch will be in mid- March in Rio!

In 1965, I spent two months in Pontezinha and Ponte dos Carvalhos, two small towns on the periphery of the Recife. Nearly six decades later I returned as a Fulbright Distinguished Professor, hosted by the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (FUNDAJ) to learn what had transpired and search for people who were there at that time.