Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 30 mars 2025;
Urban Images and Their Unpredictable Narratives, 1450–1950: Stakeholders, Authorities, and ‘the Others’.
Cities have long been complex sites of intersection, conflict, and negotiation. Their visual representations—whether in maps, vedute, paintings, engravings, or other media—have carefully articulated the diverse contexts, interests, and power structures that operated in the city. Far from being neutral, these representations were directly shaped by their creators’ perspectives and the environments they were part of. Within this tension, further narratives were at play.
Starting from the image, this session aims to understand how representing cities has functioned both as political instrument capable of normalizing power structures and as means of capturing the intrinsic unruly nature of urban space for a broader audience. How was power articulated in images in response to the unpredictability of (daily) urban life? . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 31 octobre 2022;
- Date limite : 7 nov. 2022, 7 nov. 2022
 Assistant Professor, Modern and Contemporary Architectural Historian, Chicago The University of Chicago, Jul 01, 2023 Application deadline: Nov 7, 2022
Position Description
The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites applications for an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Department seeks applicants with innovative approaches to scholarship in the modern and contemporary history of architecture, urbanism, and/or the built environment, who also exhibit an ambitious research agenda and a commitment to developing pedagogical techniques for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Scholars working in any geographic area, with any theoretical or methodological focus, are invited to . . . → En lire plus
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Équipe Rédacteur en chef : Olivier Bonfait.
Rédacteurs : Elliot Adam (Moyen Age) ; Nicolas Ballet (XX-XXIe siècles) ; Matthieu Fantoni (musées) ; Antonella Fenech Kroke (bourses) ; Vladimir Nestorov (Lettre mensuelle)
Administrateur web : Matthieu Lett.
ancien éditeur : Pascale Dubus
anciens rédacteurs : Gautier Anceau, Sébastien Bontemps, Damien Bril ; Sébastien Chauffour ; Ludovic Jouvet ; Aude Prigot
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