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Buell Dissertation Colloquium

The biennial Dissertation Colloquium brings together a select group of doctoral students from diverse institutional and disciplinary backgrounds working on dissertation topics related to the history, theory, and criticism of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. 

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Buell Dissertation Colloquium

The biennial Dissertation Colloquium brings together a select group of doctoral students from diverse institutional and disciplinary backgrounds working on dissertation topics related to the history, theory, and criticism of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. 

May 31, 2017, at 6:00

East Gallery, Buell Hall

Joseph Heathcott is a writer, photographer, and curator based in New York, where he teaches at The New School. In 2016 he was the Mellon Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University School of Architecture. From 2010-2011 he held the U.S. Fulbright Distinguished Chair for the United Kingdom, and served as Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics. His work as an urbanist has appeared in a wide variety of venues, including books, journals, edited collections, exhibits, radio programs, and juried art shows. 

Heathcott delivered the keynote address, titled "Angels of Memory Guard the City in Freefall," to open the 2017 Buell Dissertation Colloquium on March 31, 2017. 

The Colloquium continued on Saturday, April 1st, with a full day of presentations and panel discussions. For more information, see the 2017 Buell Dissertation Colloquium page here. 

Image: Urban Renewal in Evansville, Indiana, 1970s. Photographs courtesy of the Evansville Planning Department.