M. (Maja) Babic, PhD
Assistant Professor History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
Telephone:
E-mail:
m.babic rug.nl
Field/Discipline
Expertise
State-socialist and post-socialist architecture and urbanism; Architecture and urban planning in East-Central and Southeastern Europe; Post-disaster and post-war urban reconstruction; Architectural history education
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Babic's scholarship explores the intersection of architecture and ideology during the state-socialist and post-socialist periods in East-Central and Southeastern Europe, with a particular focus on former Yugoslavia. She examines the intertwined nature of architectural production, urban planning, and socio-political events in twentieth-century state-socialist countries, as well as socio-political and architectural developments in contemporary post-communist Europe. Her current work investigates the links between material heritage and the production of urban identities in post-socialist spaces.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Babic's scholarship explores the intersection of architecture and ideology during the state-socialist and post-socialist periods in East-Central and Southeastern Europe, with a particular focus on former Yugoslavia. She examines the intertwined nature of architectural production, urban planning, and socio-political events in twentieth-century state-socialist countries, as well as socio-political and architectural developments in contemporary post-communist Europe. Her current work investigates the links between material heritage and the production of urban identities in post-socialist spaces.
Other positions
- Decolonial Workshop Series
- ICOG AiS / Spatial Heritage Research Group
- ICOG DepmCP / Eastern European Cultures and Heritage in a Global Perspective Group
- Program Coordinator BA Art History
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