Dr Eva Löfgren

Senior lecturer

Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Participates in 2 items

Phd and senior lecturer/associate professor at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Eva Löfgren’s research mainly concerns rural public space and the use and meaning of built environment. Lofgren is currently working on two research projects that regard religious heritage and in particular Swedish church buildings; ”How was the Church of Sweden transformed into a national heritage?” (Swedish Research Council 2014-2018) and ”Old Churches, New Values? Use and Management of Church buildings in a Changing society” (National Heritage Board/Church of Sweden 2012-2015). She teaches witihin the fields of history of architecture, history of heritage conservation, spatial theory and research methodologies. Löfgren has previously worked as an editor and is now a member of the editorial board of Bebyggelsehistorisk Tidskrift (Journal of Building History)

Recent publications (selection): Svenska kyrkans kulturarv. En forskningsöversikt 2009-2014. co-authors Erika Persson and Ola Wetterberg, Göteborg, 2014, När Gud blir sambo med kulturen, co-author Henrik Lindblad Svenska Dagbladet 2014, Close, yet far away. On spatial integration and segregation in Swedish district courts, Gardens of Justice, Stockholm 2012, This is not a courthouse, in Legal stagings The vizualisation, medialization and ritualization of law in language, literature, media, art and architecture Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2012.

Sessions in which Dr Eva Löfgren participates

Saturday 4 June, 2016

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

11:00

Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?

6 hours, 11:00 - 17:00

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. ...

11.00 On the Divide between Secular Values and Use Values in Heritage Conceptions of Churches

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Part of: Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?

Paper

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

This paper will address the different meanings of the concept of “use” within heritage conservation discourse and practice, and in particular as...

Sessions in which Dr Eva Löfgren attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

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

19:30

The Garden of the Grey Nuns / Le jardin des sœurs grises

1 hour 30 minutes, 19:30 - 21:00

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

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...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

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

9:00

Re-Writing History in the Time of Late Capitalism : Uses and Abuses of Built Heritage

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Dr Claudine Houbart, Université de Liège (Moderator)

Stéphane Dawans, University of Liege ULg (Moderator)

With his expression "ceci tuera cela," Hugo established almost two centuries ago a strong link between words and stones as transmission vehicles of...

Monday 6 June, 2016

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

7:30

Beyond Re-uses: The Future of Church Monuments in a Secular Society | Au-delà de la conversion: l'avenir des églises monumentales dans une société sécularisée

8 hours, 7:30 - 15:30

Signup required

Église Saint-Michel - Église Saint-Michel

Regular session

Mrs Lilian Grootswagers-Theuns, Erfgoed.nu / council member of FRH (Future for Religious Heritage, European network for places of worship / Vice chair of Task Force Toekomst Kerkgebouwen / member of ICOMOS (Moderator)

Édith Prégent, Université du Québec à Montréal, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain, Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (Moderator)

__ Please note that this session is scheduled in a distant location from the main conference; transportation will be provided to regi...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

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

9:00

Héritage religieux et patrimoine culturel religieux. Différences et affordances

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.210

Regular session

Dr Cyril Isnart, CNRS (Moderator)

Nathalie Cerezales, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Moderator)

Dans la tradition occidentale, le patrimoine culturel trouverait ses fondements «dans le concept chrétien de l’héritage sacré de la foi» (Babelon e...

13:30

(in)significance: Values and Valuing in Heritage

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.430

Roundtable

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Participant)

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Moderator)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Participant)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Moderator)

Prof. Christina Cameron, University of Montreal (Participant)

The roundtable will explore ideas around the concept of insignificance. That is, how things are judged to be unimportant, not worthy of conserva...

19:00

Pawâ

4 hours, 19:00 - 23:00

La Scena - La Scena (intérieur)

Repas

The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an ...