Jerzy Elżanowski

MArch Professional (McGill),

PhD (Bauhaus Weimar / UBC)

 

Assistant Professor

Carleton University

School of Canadian Studies

 

jerzy.elzanowski@carleton.ca

(613) 520 2600 ext. 4036

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

My research focuses on the depiction of ruins in Warsaw, Poland.  I explore photographic, cartographic and textual representations of destruction and show how they have impacted geographies of commemoration in the city.

 

My research interests include:

- the post-catastrophic city in Central and Eastern Europe

- artificial ruins / ruin aesthetics

- visual (especially cartographic) representations of destruction

- Holocaust commemoration / Holocaust tourism

- politics of heritage

- curatorial practices at museums of war and conflict

- media expressions of destruction

- urban decline / negation of the urban in the North American city (Detroit and Vancouver)

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS

 

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship (2010 – 2013)

Four Year Fellowships (FYF) For PhD Students, University of British Columbia (2010 – 2014)

Graduate Scholarship of the Free State of Thuringia (2009 – 2011)

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal for thesis project entitled “Building in a Post-traumatic City - An Archive for the City of Warsaw” (2004)

Stuart A. Wilson Memorial Prize, McGill University (2004

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