Prompted by President Trump51²è¹Ý¶ù threat to bomb heritage sites in Iran, architectural historians at The Courtauld offer a ‘long view’ on the destruction of architecture and heritage in a series of lightning talks. Exploring ideas of iconoclasm, ‘warchitecture’, memory, violence and renewal, papers will consider architectural destruction from the sixteenth century to the present.
Part of the Architecture Cluster51²è¹Ý¶ù Series of events.
Speakers:
Dr Sussan Babaie – Courtauld Institute of Art
Dr Emily MannÌý– Courtauld Institute of Art
Dr Stephen Whiteman – Courtauld Institute of Art
Dr Guido Rebecchini – Courtauld Institute of Art
Dr Christine StevensonÌý– Courtauld Institute of Art