ACADEMIC WORKSHOP “Blueprints of Belonging: Jewish Architects in Interwar East Central Europe”

Join us for a thought-provoking international academic workshop hosted by the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław! 🏛️ This event will delve into the significant contributions of Jewish architects in shaping the urban landscapes of East Central Europe during the interwar period.

Event Highlights:

• Featuring presentations from esteemed scholars and researchers from various prominent institutions including ISS PAN Warsaw, Brno University of Technology, KU Leuven, University of Gothenburg, Technical University Prague, and others.
• Explore how Jewish architects became key players in architectural design amidst political transformations, professional mobility, rising nationalism, and antisemitism.
• Investigate the role of architecture in responding to societal needs, including civic representation, hygienic modernization, and social reform. 📐🕌🏘️

This workshop seeks to understand how Jewish architects acted as agents and “brokers of modernity,” contributing to the architectural narrative and practices during a tumultuous time in history.

📍 Location:

ulica św. Jadwigi 3/4, 50-266 Wrocław, Polska

🆓 Participation:

• Free of charge! However, the number of places is limited, so please register here: Registration Link

Sponsored by:

• The Urban Memory Foundation, the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław, and the Bente Kahan Foundation.

This two-day workshop is part of the ReActMem: Rescue Memory – Activism, Arts and Public Remembrance project, generously funded by the EU (CERV program). Explore more about the project here: ReActMem Project

Photo credit: Karl & Otto Kohn, Molochov, Praga, 1936-1938, Wikimedia Commons. | Graphic by Arek Fochtman.