2007-02-25
From the Media - Part 66
posted by mh 18 years ago
In Belgrade, cinemas are "becoming a thing of the past", SETimes.com maintains. The reason: illegal DVDs.
Events - Part 31
posted by mh 18 years ago
Upcoming public lectures at the German Oriental Institute, Istanbul: Christoph K. Neumann, Das photographische Gedächtnis: Öffentlicher Raum und Photographie in Beyoğlu (February 28, 18h). Derya Ozkan, Changing Images of the City: From Crude Urbanization to Istanbul the Cool (April 25, 18h). Astrid Debold-Kritter, Istanbul: Gefahr für die historische Stadtlandschaft der Metropole? Romantische Weitblicke Mellings von öffentlichen Aussichtspunkten dokumentiert und mit Simulationen futuristischer Großplanungen ins Bild gesetzt. (May 23, 18h)
Grants - Part 14
posted by mh 18 years ago
The Deborah J. Norden Fund awards a total of up to $5,000 annually in travel/study grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies. Deadline: March 16, 2007. website.
Events - Part 30
posted by mh 18 years ago
This monday (Feb 26), lectures: Public Works and the Public Good: Modernizing Urban Space in Ottoman Izmir by
Sibel Zandi-Sayek (17:30 at MIT, room 3-133, web). Architectural Heritage of the Muslims in Romania and its Significance for Minority Identity by Evangelos Karagiannis (15:00 in Münster, Institut für Geographie, part of the conference Interethnische Beziehungen zwischen Christen und Muslimen in
Südosteuropa)
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