Discussions Series Panel Discussion: Architectural History as a Global Discipline

Join us for Architectural History as a Global Discipline, a panel discussion presented as part of the tenth year of DISCUSSIONS in Architectural History and Theory.

The event will be held online via Zoom, and is free and open to the public. Register here>>

The featured panelists will explore several questions: What does it mean for a historian to be global? What are the blind spots in achieving a truly global architectural history? What are the main lessons of global architectural histories that have been written in the last twenty years? What will be the impact of the current pandemic and social unrest on the notion of "global"?

Panelists: Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College Dublin Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Columbia University Tao Zhu, University of Hong Kong

About the Discussions Series:

Coordinated by Eric Mumford, the Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture, and Igor Marjanović, the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor of Architecture and Chair of Undergraduate Architecture, this series is aimed at provoking advanced conversations on research in architectural history and theory.