PICTURESQUE MODERNITIES.
Architectural Regionalism as a Global Process (1890–1950)
Date: 30 November – 2 December 2016
Location: German Center for Art History, Hôtel Lully, 45, rue des Petits-Champs, 75001 Paris/France
International conference of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University (Global Art History), the German Centre of Art History in Paris, University of Poitiers (CRIHAM/Department of Art History and Archaeology), the Centre André Chastel (CNRS/University Paris-Sorbonne) and the Association d’Histoire de l’Architecture (A.H.A).
Applicants are asked to send a proposal (max. 300 words, one to two illustrations) to falser@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de, by the deadline of 15 August 2016. Please include the title of the contribution, an abstract and a short bio-sketch of the speaker with affiliation and contact details. The decision about the selection of contributions will be announced in September 2016.
The call for paper can be downloaded here.
Conference Website: http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/global_regionalism
Lecturer, Ph.D. Position/Assistantship, and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Studies
Urban Studies at the University of Basel is rooted in disciplinary approaches of architecture, geography, anthropology, social and political theory, and history, and oriented towards global Southern and postcolonial questions. With a regional focus on Africa, Europe,...