Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Event in Honour of Jean-Louis Cohen

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A book talk featuring  Christina E. Crawford and Claire Zimmerman, dedicated to the memory of co-editor and contributor Jean-Louis Cohen.

John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

The Daniels Faculty's Fall 2023 Public Program

Topics addressed in our Program this semester include design and social justice, urbanization and housing, art and media, and ecology and landscape resilience.   All events are free and open to the public.

Co-edited by Christina E. Crawford, the Daniels Faculty’s Claire Zimmerman and the late Jean-Louis Cohen, the recently published book Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917-1945 examines spatial development, manufacturing, mass production and organizational planning across geopolitical lines in the 20th Century, exploring how capitalist and communist built environments were co-produced in a period of intense technical exchange. Also among its contributors, Crawford and Zimmerman will be in attendance to discuss their participation in the book as well as selected themes. The event is dedicated to the memory of fellow contributor Jean-Louis Cohen.An associate professor at the Daniels Faculty since July 2023, Claire Zimmerman focuses in her work on "protocols of modernization and modernity" in architecture and the built environment. A trained architect, Christina E. Crawford is the Masse-Martin NEH Professor of Art History and an associate professor of architectural history at<a href="https://arthistory.emory.edu/people/bios/crawford-christina-e..html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Emory University</a>. They co-edited Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917-1945, published in 2023 by MIT Press, with the late Jean-Louis Cohen.C﻿opies of Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917-1945 will be available for purchase at the event.T﻿his event is part of the <a href="https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/tue-aug-29-2023-all-day/daniels-facultys-fall-2023-public-program" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daniels Faculty's Fall 2023 Public Program</a>.

Agenda

Lecture and Q&A

Reception in Daniels Commons

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