Dr Astrid Swenson

Senior Lecturer

Brunel University London

Participe à 5 sessions

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 auxquelles Dr Astrid Swenson participe

Samedi 4 Juin, 2016

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

11:00

Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine

4 heures, 11:00 - 15:00

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

Regular session

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Modérateur.rice)

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

14.00 From Border Bastions to Heritage and Back Again: Crusader Castles in the Mediterranean

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Partie de: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine

Paper

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant.e)

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

11.00 Borders in Heritage: An Introduction

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Partie de: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine

Paper

Laurier Turgeon, Université Laval (Participant.e)

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

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant.e)

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

Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine : Roundtable | Table ronde

1 heure 30 minutes, 15:30 - 17:00

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

Roundtable

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Participant.e)

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Modérateur.rice)

Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow (Participant.e)

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

Dr Elizabeth Vlossak, Brock University (Participant.e)

Laurier Turgeon, Université Laval (Participant.e)

Mardi 7 Juin, 2016

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

9:00

12.00 Researching, curating and representing sensory urban experiences: developing cross-disciplinary methodologies

15 minutes, 9:00 - 9:15

Partie de: Posters

Poster

Dr Astrid Swenson, Brunel University London (Participant.e)

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

Sessions auxquelles Dr Astrid Swenson assiste

Vendredi 3 Juin, 2016

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

13:00

What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum

2 heures, 13:00 - 15:00

Inscription req.

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

Workshop

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

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Modérateur.rice)

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

Zeynep Gunay, Istanbul Technical University (Participant.e)

Rodney Harrison, University College London (Participant.e)

Pedro Paulo Funari, Unicamp (Participant.e)

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

This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Cocktail

2 heures 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30

Inscription req.

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potentiel.le)

Lucie Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Potentiel.le)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Modérateur.rice)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant.e)

Luc Noppen, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Participant.e)

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

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

19:30

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

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

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - GN 1210

Research-Creation

Prof. Cynthia Hammond, Concordia University (Modérateur.rice)

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

Samedi 4 Juin, 2016

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

9:00

Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)

1 heure, 9:00 - 10:00

Inscription req.

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

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Lucie Morisset, Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain (Modérateur.rice)

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

11:00

Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?

6 heures, 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 (Modérateur.rice)

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

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

Dimanche 5 Juin, 2016

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

17:00

ACHS 2016 General Assembly

1 heure 30 minutes, 17:00 - 18:30

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

Talk

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Modérateur.rice)

Lundi 6 Juin, 2016

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

9:00

11.00 "You Can’t Move History: You Can Secure the Future”: Young People, Activism and the Indivisible Nature of Intangible and Tangible Heritage

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Partie de: Activism, Civil Society and Heritage

Paper

Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow (Participant.e)

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

Contested Pasts: Urban Heritage in Divided Cities

6 heures, 9:00 - 15:00

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

Regular session

Dr Mirjana Ristic, Technical University Berlin (Modérateur.rice)

Prof. Sybille Frank, Technische Universität Berlin (Modérateur.rice)

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

Critical Creation Series: “Le Petit coin intact:” A Bilingual Performed Autoethnography

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

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

Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event

1 heure, 18:00 - 19:00

Inscription req.

Concordia, LB Building - LB 123

Cocktail

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Modérateur.rice)

Gwenaelle Reyt (Participant.e)

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

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

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

Mardi 7 Juin, 2016

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

9:00

L’expertise au temps de la dérégulation patrimoniale | Expertise in a time of deregulation

6 heures, 9:00 - 15:00

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

Regular session

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

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

Critical Creation Series : LWÀZA (The Noise)

1 heure 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

The Lost Stories Project

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

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

Research-Creation

Prof. Ronald Rudin (Modérateur.rice)

Lalie Douglas (Modérateur.rice)

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