CONFERENCE: Amsterdam Center for Urban History
20 April, 2023
Please join us on for an online Seminar at the 'Amsterdam Center for Urban History' University of Amsterdam on socialist and capitalist influences on urbanization in the Middle East.
Date: 20 April 2023
Time: 15:30 -16:30 CET
During this seminar, Dr Asma Mehan will discuss the dissemination, adoption, and adaptation of urban development and modernization paradigms in Third World countries. Using case studies from the Middle East, she will examine the transcultural architecture that emerged due to global and local influences. This comparison will help reveal how different political ideologies and economic systems influenced the built environment and shaped the architectural landscape of the Middle East during this critical period.
