
Dr. Nigel Westbrook is Associate Professor in Architecture, Associate Dean (Research), and immediate past Discipline Chair of Architecture. He has been a member of staff since July 1993, teaching in the fields of design, architectural history and urban studies. His research interests include historic urban topography, Late Antique and Early Byzantine high-status and palatine architecture, the urban topography of Constantinople/ Istanbul as it is revealed through the construction of perspectival Renaissance urban prospects, notably the 1559 view by Melchior Lorichs, the use of digital methodologies in architectural history research, and postwar Iranian modern architecture. He completed his PhD on the architecture and topography of the early Great Palace of the Byzantine emperors, from Constantine I to Heraclius. The thesis was passed in 2013, and has been accepted for publication by Brepols for their series Architectural Crossroads. He is currently collaborating with the German
Sessions in which Prof. Nigel Westbrook participates
Tuesday 7 June, 2016
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Sessions in which Prof. Nigel Westbrook attends
Friday 3 June, 2016
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Public Debate: Heritage and Tourism | Débat public: Patrimoine et tourisme
11:30 -
13:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
1 available space(s)
What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
13:00 -
15:00 |
2 hours
9 waitlist space
Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
17:00 -
19:30 |
2 hours 30 minutes
3 waitlist space
Saturday 4 June, 2016
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Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
9:00 -
10:00 |
1 hour
70 available space(s)
11.00 Mixing Memory and Desire: Utopian Currents in Heritage
11:00 -
11:30 |
30 minutes
Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine : Roundtable | Table ronde
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
18:30 -
20:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
168 available space(s)
Sunday 5 June, 2016
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10.00 The Role of World Heritage Sites in Urban Revitalization
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
11.00 The Future of the Past: Politics of Urban Heritage in Xi’an
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)
14:00 -
15:30 |
1 hour 30 minutes
2 waitlist space
Monday 6 June, 2016
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09.00 Heritage Activism and Mass Media in Iran
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
14.30 The Role of the Critical Heritage Theorist
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
09.30 Amphipolis 2.0: Authority, Archaeology and Social Media Activism
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
09.30 Conceiving the “Deep City”: The Teaching of Aldo Rossi
9:00 -
9:30 |
30 minutes
Keynote: Il n'est de patrimoine qu'au futur...| Only in the future will it be heritage... (Xavier Greffe)
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
44 available space(s)