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Dr Astrid Swenson

Senior Lecturer
Brunel University London
Participates in 5 items
Astrid Swenson is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in European History at Brunel University London and director of the Isambard Centre for Historical Research and the Brunel Heritage Research Network. Her publications include The Rise of Heritage: Preserving the Past in France, Germany and England (Cambridge University Press 2013) and with Peter Mandler (eds.) From Plunder to Preservation: Britain and the Heritage of Empire (Oxford University Press 2013).

Sessions in which Dr Astrid Swenson participates

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280

Regular session

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Moderator)

How do borders shape heritage and its potential for change? Despite the growth of international connections in heritage studies, national, linguist...

Paper

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant)

This paper will analyze the effect of shifting borders on European heritage concepts by looking at the physical and imaginary transformations of...

Paper

Laurier Turgeon, Université Laval (Participant)

Prof. Dominique Poulot, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France (Participant)

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant)

This paper will provide the conceptual introduction to the panel, drawing on results and reflections stemming from a six-year project on “Fronti...
15:30
15:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280

Roundtable

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Participant)

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Moderator)

Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow (Participant)

Prof. Dominique Poulot, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France (Moderator)

Dr Elizabeth Vlossak, Brock University (Participant)

Laurier Turgeon, Université Laval (Participant)

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Poster

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant)

This poster will share preliminary findings from an AHRC research network series Sensory Cities. The network brings together academics, ur...

Sessions in which Dr Astrid Swenson attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00
What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
2 hours, 13:00 - 15:00
Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Workshop

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Moderator)

Dr Adèle Esposito, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, UMR AUSser Architecture, Urbanistique, Société, France (Participant)

Zeynep Gunay, Istanbul Technical University (Participant)

Rodney Harrison, University College London (Participant)

Pedro Paulo Funari, Unicamp (Participant)

Prof. Ullrich Kockel, Intercultural Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University (Participant)

This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...
17:00
17:00
Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
2 hours 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30
Signup required

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)

Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)

Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
19:30
19:30

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - GN 1210

Research-Creation

Prof. Cynthia Hammond, Concordia University (Moderator)

Working with archival documents and the current-day morphology of the Grey Nuns' site, Dr Cynthia Hammond, Dr Shauna Janssen, in collaboration w...

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00
Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00
Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
11:00
11:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320

Regular session

Dr Eva Löfgren, Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Moderator)

Prof. Ola Wetterberg, University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation (Moderator)

Since the beginning of the 19th century religious buildings and artefacts of the West have been involved in a continuous process of musealization. ...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
17:00
17:00
ACHS 2016 General Assembly
1 hour 30 minutes, 17:00 - 18:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210

Talk

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Moderator)

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Paper

Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow (Participant)

Debates spanning the value of urban heritage have recently intensified with the increasing belief that tangible and intangible heritage are “ind...

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.285

Regular session

Dr Mirjana Ristic, Technical University Berlin (Moderator)

Prof. Sybille Frank, Technische Universität Berlin (Moderator)

This session seeks to explore the role of urban heritage in mediating and contesting political conflict in the context of divided cities. We take u...
13:30
13:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Event

Creator/performer: Lisa Ndejuru, Concordia University. Soundscape and projections: David Ward, Concordi...
18:00
18:00
Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event
1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00
Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 123

Cocktail

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Moderator)

Gwenaelle Reyt (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Participant)

Dr Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal et UQAM (Moderator)

To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235

Regular session

Prof. Dominique Poulot, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France (Moderator)

The second half of the 20th century saw the affirmation of national and international heritage administrations run by teams of experts that mutu...
11:00
11:00
Critical Creation Series : LWÀZA (The Noise)
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 - 12:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Event

Nyata Nyata (Karla Etienne and Zab Mabongou) This hybrid demonstration project explores the links between heritage...
13:30
13:30
The Lost Stories Project
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.130

Research-Creation

Prof. Ronald Rudin (Moderator)

Lalie Douglas (Moderator)

What is involved in presenting the past as a physical object in public space? There is a significant literature by scholars in various disciplin...