Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
"Sacred Frontiers: The Reinvention of Everyday Life in Jerusalem’s Old City"
Institute Colloquium Winter 2010/11
Date:
Oct 27, 2010
Time:
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker:
Wendy Pullan (University of Cambridge)
Wendy Pullan teaches architecture and urbanism at the University of Cambridge. She is Principal Investigator for ‚Conflict in Cities and the Contested State, an international and multidisciplinary research project funded by the ESRC‘s Large Grants Programme. In 2006, she received the Royal Institute of British Architects‘ inaugural President‘s Award for University Led Research for work on Conflict in Cities. Dr Pullan has published widely on Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture and cities, especially Jerusalem, and has advised on issues to do with urban uncertainty, change and security. She is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.