Seminar Series 2005-2006

Venues:

TUESDAY (Every week) at 6.00pm, refreshments at 5.30
LECTURE ROOM 2 . THE MALTINGS
20 CHAMBERS STREET. EDINBURGH EH1 1JZ
The University of Edinburgh, School of Arts, Culture, and Environment

Cornucopia Limited: Design and Dissent on the Internet PROF. RICHARD COYNE
Architecture. University of Edinburgh
04.10.2005

Le Corbusier and The Idea of The Frame EMMA DUMMET
Architecture. University of Edinburgh
11.10.2005

Passages: Explorations of the Contemporary City GRAHAM LIVESEY
Architecture. University of Calgary
17.10.2005

Building Integrity: Imitation, Identity, and Politics of Justice in the Architecture of the Hong Kong Supreme Court, 1898-1912ALEX BREMNER
Architecture. University of Edinburgh
01.11.2005

Tafuri, Adorno and Architecture as Critical Knowledge DAVID CUNNINGHAM
English Literature. University of Westminster
09.11.2005

Dominique-Vivant Denon: The eyes of Napoleon Bonaparte PROF. TERRY RUSSEL
Architecture. University of Edinburgh
14.11.2005 .

The Decision to Demolish CHANEN MUNKONG
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
22.11.2005

"Bruty" is in the eye of the beholder:  Ove Arup and opposing perceptions of Modernity and Brutalism GRAHAM HARRIS
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
29.11.2005

Scottish Roof Carpentry in the Time of William Wallace, William Bruce and William AdamTHORSTEN HANKE
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
06.12.2005

THRESHOLDING: Enclosure, 'Forclosure' and Disclosure of the Homeless BRUCE CURREY
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
13.12.2005

Truth in Architecture PROF. JEFF MALPAS
Philosophy. University of Tasmania.
17.01.2006

The End of the Occasion DR. ERIC LAURIER
Geography and Topographic Science. University of Glasgow
26.01.2006

Montage and Architecture RAYMOND LUCAS
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
30.01.2006

THX 1138 DIRECTOR: GEORGE LUCAS
1971
07.02.2006

SURFACING: Significance and Surface-play in Contemporary Architecture S. YAHYA ISLAMI
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
21.02.2006

Building a Tomb for the Buddha? Buddhist Relic Deposits of the Tang and Northern Song Dynasties of China DR. HSUEH-MAN SHEN
History of Art. The University of Edinburgh
28.02.2006

CULTURAL VALUES: Significance in the Urban Landscape RUXANDRA-IULIA STOICA
Architecure. The University of Edinburgh
07.03.2006

Authenticity and Integrity in the World Heritage Context DR. JUKKA JOKILEHTO
International Training Committee of ICOMOS
14.03.2006

Construction of National Identity in Czech Art History MARTA FILIPOVA
Centre for Visual and Cultural Studies, Edinburgh College of Art
21.03.2006

The Image of the Past: The Case of Athens GIORGOS KARATZAS
28.03.2006

Rethinking Technology in Architectural Theory JONATHAN HALE.
Faculty of Architecture . University of Nottingham
04.04.2006

deFiling Communication on Construction Projects DERMOTT MCMEEL
Architecture . The University of Edinburgh
02.05.2006

Architecture, Power and Ethics: Some thoughts before bird flu FENG QUING
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
09.05.2006

About Face PROF. VICKY BRUCE
Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science. The University of Edinburgh
16.05.2006

Provoking the Slumbering Giant: Waking up the soul of the disciplines DR. VICKY GUNN
Faculty of Education. University of Glasgow
23.05.06

There is NO architectural profession in Australia GRAHAM BELL
Faculty of Built environment. The University of New South Wales, Sydney
30.05.06

Not just a game? The experience of realism in videogames HANNA SOMMERSETH
Cultural Studies. The University of Edinburgh
06.06.2006

My Monster, My Home: The Uncanny in Reverse DAVID T. FORTIN
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
13.06.2006

TBA YUKA KADOI
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
20.06.2006

TBA GIOVANNA GUIDICINI
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
27.06.2006

TBA LEONIDAS KOUTSOUMPOS
Architecture. The University of Edinburgh
04.07.2006

Note: Among the people who took this year the challenge to help with Prokalo are (in no special order):

Nanwei Wu
Liangping Yen
Giovanna Guidicini
Rosa Maria Mendoza Robles
Leonidas Koutsoumpos (team leader 2005)
David Fortin
Jonathan Blower
Anathasia Karandinou

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Edited: 09.Jun.2006, RMMR

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