{"id":12,"date":"2021-03-15T12:50:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T11:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:19:17","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers and&nbsp;Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"> <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Ala Younis (Amman)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/03\/ALA-BW-2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-93 size-full\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alayounis.art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ala You\u00adnis<\/a><\/strong> is a research-based artist. Col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion forms a big part of her prac\u00adtice, as do curat\u00ading and joint book projects. Using objects, film and print\u00aded mat\u00adter, You\u00adnis often seeks instances where his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal events col\u00adlapse into per\u00adson\u00adal ones. She holds a BSc. in Archi\u00adtec\u00adture from Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Jor\u00addan and MRes in Visu\u00adal Cul\u00adtures from Gold\u00adsmiths, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Lon\u00addon. She is a recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Bel\u00adla\u00adgio Cre\u00adative Arts Fel\u00adlow\u00adship, as well as two art prizes from Cairo Youth Salon (2005) and Jor\u00addan\u00adian Artists Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion (2005). She is co-founder of the pub\u00adlish\u00ading ini\u00adtia\u00adtive <em>Kay\u00adfa ta<\/em>, on the advi\u00adso\u00adry board of Berlinale\u2019s Forum Expand\u00aded, and mem\u00adber of&nbsp; the Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Arts of the World (Cologne).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Alexander Brust (Basel)<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/03\/Alexander.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-70 size-full\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkb.ch\/de\/services\/blog\/2019\/q3\/indigene-sprachen-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexan\u00adder Brust<\/a> <\/strong>is cura\u00adtor for The Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas at the Muse\u00adum der Kul\u00adturen Basel. His work focus\u00ades on Muse\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and Mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal and Visu\u00adal Cul\u00adture in South\u00adern Mex\u00adi\u00adco and <a href=\"https:\/\/tageswoche.ch\/kultur\/im-austausch-mit-amazonien\/\">Cen\u00adtral Brazil<\/a>. Since 1991 he has assist\u00aded indige\u00adnous com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca in the preser\u00adva\u00adtion of cul\u00adtur\u00adal her\u00aditage and expres\u00adsions of local memories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">B\u00e4rbel K\u00fcster (Zurich)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Portrait-Kuester-Website.jpg-833x1024.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-137 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Portrait-Kuester-Website.jpg-833x1024.png 833w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Portrait-Kuester-Website.jpg-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Portrait-Kuester-Website.jpg-768x944.png 768w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Portrait-Kuester-Website.jpg.png 953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khist.uzh.ch\/de\/chairs\/moderne\/lehrstuhl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B\u00e4r\u00adbel K\u00fcster<\/a><\/strong> stud\u00adied art his\u00adto\u00adry, phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, and edu\u00adca\u00adtion in Kiel, Ham\u00adburg, Berlin, and Frank\u00adfurt am Main. After receiv\u00ading her doc\u00adtor\u00adate in 2000, she was a research assis\u00adtant at the Insti\u00adtute for Art His\u00adto\u00adry at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Stuttgart from 2001 to 2009. From 2007 to 2009 she held a post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal fel\u00adlow\u00adship at the Cen\u00adtre alle\u00admand d\u2019his\u00adtoire de l\u2019art Paris. In 2009 she rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded the pro\u00adfes\u00adsor\u00adship of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary art his\u00adto\u00adry, aes\u00adthet\u00adics, and art the\u00ado\u00adry at the Kun\u00adstakademie Stuttgart. From 2010 to 2011 she rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor\u00adship at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Gestal\u00adtung Karl\u00adsruhe. From 2012 to 2014, she was a fel\u00adlow in the Wrangell Excel\u00adlence Pro\u00adgram Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg. From 2014 to July 2017, she rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor\u00adship of Mod\u00adern Art His\u00adto\u00adry, Insti\u00adtute of Art His\u00adto\u00adry and His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Urban Stud\u00adies at the TU Berlin. After her habil\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion in 2015 at Goethe Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, she has held the chair of Mod\u00adern and Con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Art at the Art His\u00adto\u00adry Insti\u00adtute of the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Zurich since August 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Her research focus\u00ades on the the\u00ado\u00adry and his\u00adto\u00adry of the muse\u00adum, col\u00adlec\u00adtion and exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion his\u00adto\u00adry, tran\u00adscul\u00adtur\u00adal art his\u00adto\u00adry, mod\u00adern art, prim\u00adi\u00adtivism, recep\u00adtion of non-Euro\u00adpean art, copy and orig\u00adi\u00adnal art in pub\u00adlic spaces and pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy, and con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary art in African countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Felicia Meynersen (Berlin|Amman)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/unnamed-copy.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-141 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/unnamed-copy.jpg 422w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/unnamed-copy-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orient-institut.org\/people\/person\/felicia-meynersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feli\u00adcia Meyn\u00adersen<\/a><\/strong> stud\u00adied Archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, Byzan\u00adtine Stud\u00adies and Pre\u00adhis\u00adto\u00adry at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties of Mainz and Berlin. An archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist by train\u00ading, she holds a PhD from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Mainz. Feli\u00adcia was assis\u00adtant pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Saar\u00adbruck\u00aden (2006\u20132012), worked as a research fel\u00adlow in the \u201cSyr\u00adi\u00adan Her\u00aditage Archive Project\u201d (SHAP) at the Ger\u00adman Archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtute (2013\u20132015, DAI Berlin) and in the Spe\u00adcial Research Pro\u00adgram in the Human\u00adi\u00adties \u201cCul\u00adtur\u00adal and Lin\u00adguis\u00adtic Con\u00adtacts\u201d (Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Mainz); she coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded the multi\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal EU-project \u201cPreser\u00adva\u00adtion of Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Her\u00aditage Train\u00ading Pro\u00adgram\u201d at the Ori\u00adent Depart\u00adment of the Ger\u00adman Archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtute (2003\u20132005) and was sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor of the first joint project of the Archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Her\u00aditage Net\u00adwork \u201cZero Hour \u2013 A Future for the Time after the Cri\u00adsis\u201d (Ger\u00adman Archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtute Berlin, 2016\u20132018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Her research and teach\u00ading focus\u00ades are phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adna of con\u00adtact and change in the MENA region, the his\u00adto\u00adry of emo\u00adtions, ani\u00admal images as well as crit\u00adi\u00adcal her\u00aditage and muse\u00adum studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">George Arbid (Beirut)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Arbid-George.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-131 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Arbid-George.jpg 440w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Arbid-George-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blfheadquarters.com\/author\/dr-george-arbid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Arbid<\/a><\/strong> is an architech and a found\u00ading mem\u00adber and direc\u00adtor of the Arab Cen\u00adter for Archi\u00adtec\u00adture in Beirut. He holds a Dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Etudes Sup\u00e9rieures en Archi\u00adtec\u00adture from ALBA and a Doc\u00adtor of Design degree from Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. He taught design stu\u00addios and cours\u00ades in the his\u00adto\u00adry and the\u00ado\u00adry of archi\u00adtec\u00adture at ALBA and AUB. Dr. Arbid has lec\u00adtured wide\u00adly about mod\u00adern archi\u00adtec\u00adture in Lebanon and the Arab world. Among his pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions are <em>Urban\u00adiza\u00adtion and the Chang\u00ading Char\u00adac\u00adter of the Arab City<\/em> a Con\u00adsul\u00adtan\u00adcy Report he edit\u00aded on Amman, Beirut and Dubai, and the award-win\u00adning book <em>Archi\u00adtec\u00adture from the Arab World, 1914\u20132014, a Selec\u00adtion, <\/em>pub\u00adlished at the occa\u00adsion of the Venice Archi\u00adtec\u00adture Bien\u00adnale in 2014 where he co-curat\u00aded the Pavil\u00adion of Bahrain. George Arbid was elect\u00aded May\u00ador of Maass\u00ader el Chouf in&nbsp;2016.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Lisa Blackmore (Essex)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Lisa.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-134 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Lisa.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Lisa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Lisa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/people\/black41103\/lisa-blackmore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Black\u00admore<\/a> <\/strong>is a Lec\u00adtur\u00ader in Art His\u00adto\u00adry and Inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary Stud\u00adies at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Essex. After obtain\u00ading her PhD in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Stud\u00adies from Birk\u00adbeck Col\u00adlege in 2011, she taught at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties in Venezuela and the UK and was Post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal Researcher on the project \u201cModer\u00adni\u00adty and the Land\u00adscape in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca: Pol\u00adi\u00adtics, Aes\u00adthet\u00adics, Ecol\u00ado\u00adgy\u201d at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Zurich from 2014\u201317. She is the author of <em>Spec\u00adtac\u00adu\u00adlar Moder\u00adni\u00adty: Dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship, Space and Visu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty in Venezuela 1948\u20131958 <\/em>(2017), co-edi\u00adtor of <em>Down\u00adward Spi\u00adral: El Helicoide\u2019s Descent from Mall to Prison <\/em>(2017) and <em>Natu\u00adra: Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal Aes\u00adthet\u00adics After Land\u00adscape <\/em>(2018), and co-direc\u00adtor of <em>Despu\u00e9s de Tru\u00adjil\u00adlo <\/em>(2016). Work\u00ading at the inter\u00adsec\u00adtions of prac\u00adtice and research, Lisa com\u00adbines her cur\u00adrent writ\u00ading on the arts, ecol\u00ado\u00adgy and mem\u00ado\u00adry with cura\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal projects and audio\u00advi\u00adsu\u00adal production.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Paul Lowe (London)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Paul-Lowe-pic-copy.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-135 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Paul-Lowe-pic-copy.jpg 266w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Paul-Lowe-pic-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.ac.uk\/colleges\/london-college-of-communication\/people\/dr.-paul-lowe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Lowe<\/a><\/strong> is a Read\u00ader in Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary Pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy and the Course Leader of the Mas\u00adters pro\u00adgramme in Pho\u00adto\u00adjour\u00adnal\u00adism and Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary Pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy at the Lon\u00addon Col\u00adlege of Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of the Arts, Lon\u00addon, UK. Lowe is an award-win\u00adning pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader, whose work is rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded by Panos Pic\u00adtures, and who has been pub\u00adlished in <em>Time<\/em>, <em>Newsweek<\/em>, <em>Life<\/em>, <em>The Sun\u00adday Times Mag\u00ada\u00adzine<\/em>, <em>The Observ\u00ader <\/em>and <em>The Inde\u00adpen\u00addent<\/em> amongst oth\u00aders. He has cov\u00adered break\u00ading news the world over, includ\u00ading the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nel\u00adson Mandela\u2019s release, famine in Africa, the con\u00adflict in the for\u00admer Yugoslavia and the Siege of Sara\u00adje\u00advo, and the destruc\u00adtion of Grozny. His research inter\u00adest focus\u00ades on the pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy of con\u00adflict, and he has con\u00adtributed chap\u00adters to the books <em>Pic\u00adtur\u00ading Atroc\u00adi\u00adty<\/em>: <em>Pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy in Cri\u00adsis <\/em>(Reak\u00adtion, 2012) and <em>Pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy and Con\u00adflict<\/em>. His most recent books include <em>Pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy Mas\u00adter\u00adclass<\/em> pub\u00adlished by Thames and Hud\u00adson, and <em>Under\u00adstand\u00ading Pho\u00adto\u00adjour\u00adnal\u00adism,<\/em> co-authored with Dr. Jen\u00adny Good, pub\u00adlished by Blooms\u00adbury Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic&nbsp;Press.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Sarah Vanagt (Brussels)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/sarahvanagt3zwcbeaborgers_0-copy.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-139 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/sarahvanagt3zwcbeaborgers_0-copy.jpg 691w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/sarahvanagt3zwcbeaborgers_0-copy-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balthasar.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Vanagt<\/a><\/strong> stud\u00adied His\u00adto\u00adry at the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties of Antwerp, Sus\u00adsex and Gronin\u00adgen, and attend\u00aded the Nation\u00adal Film and Tele\u00advi\u00adsion School in Bea\u00adcons\u00adfield, UK. Her short film The Wave (2012), direct\u00aded togeth\u00ader with Katrien Ver\u00admeire, received an hon\u00adourable men\u00adtion at IBAFF Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval. With her niece Katrien Vanagt, she direct\u00aded In Wak\u00ading Hours (2015), which won the Audi\u00adence Award at IndieLis\u00adboa. Every Tear (2018) pre\u00admiered at Visions du R\u00e9el, and Div\u00adina\u00adtions (2019) pre\u00admiered at DOClis\u00adboa. The way chil\u00addren deal with his\u00adto\u00adry and war plays an impor\u00adtant role in her doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries, pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy and installations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Stephenie Young (Salem, Mass.)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/syoung2.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-140 size-full\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/directory.salemstate.edu\/profile\/stephenie.young\" target=\"_blank\">Stephe\u00adnie Young<\/a><\/strong> is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Eng\u00adlish Depart\u00adment and research asso\u00adciate for the Salem State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Cen\u00adter for Holo\u00adcaust and Geno\u00adcide Stud\u00adies, since 2008. She com\u00adplet\u00aded her M.A. and Ph.D. in Com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture at the State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of New York, Bing\u00adham\u00adton and earned her B.A. in Art His\u00adto\u00adry from Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Long Beach. She has also stud\u00adied the prac\u00adtice of pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy, which she uses in many pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal and per\u00adson\u00adal projects. She is also engaged in oth\u00ader projects with artists and aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic researchers. One of these is a mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia project (pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy and text) about trav\u00adel\u00ading the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary bor\u00adders of the Cau\u00adca\u00adsus region from Sochi, Rus\u00adsia to the Caspi\u00adan Sea. With Paul Lowe, she co-orga\u00adnizes the annu\u00adal con\u00adfer\u00adence, <a href=\"https:\/\/whyremember2019.wordpress.com\/\"><em>Why Remem\u00adber? Mem\u00ado\u00adry and For\u00adget\u00adting in Times of War and Its After\u00admath<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> in Sara\u00adje\u00advo, Bosnia and Herze\u00adgov\u00adina. In fall 2019 she trav\u00adelled to War\u00adsaw, Poland, as a Senior Research Fel\u00adlow at the Jew\u00adish His\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtute orga\u00adniz\u00ading an exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion about the Ringel\u00adblum Archive of the War\u00adsaw Ghet\u00adto as part of a larg\u00ader study about con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary bor\u00adder pol\u00adi\u00adtics, evi\u00addence and memory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Vladimir Miladinovi\u0107 (Belgrade)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-1024x878.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-133 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-2048x1756.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-1200x1029.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/Vladimir-BIO-1980x1697.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugster-belgrade.com\/artists\/vladimir-miladinovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vladimir Miladi\u00adnovi\u0107<\/a> <\/strong>Grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from the Fac\u00adul\u00adty of Applied Arts in Bel\u00adgrade and has com\u00adplet\u00aded doc\u00adtor\u00adal lev\u00adel cours\u00ades in the depart\u00adment of Art and Media The\u00ado\u00adry at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Arts, Bel\u00adgrade. He is a mem\u00adber of the Work\u00ading Group \u201cFour Faces of Omars\u00adka\u201d an art\/theory group that ques\u00adtions memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal pro\u00adduc\u00adtion strate\u00adgies. Miladinovi\u0107\u2019s main inter\u00adests lie with the pol\u00adi\u00adtics of remem\u00adber\u00ading, media manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion and the cre\u00adation and rein\u00adter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion of his\u00adto\u00adry. His work engages with war and post-war trau\u00adma. It deals with media, foren\u00adsics, polit\u00adi\u00adcal and eth\u00adi\u00adcal iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and the pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of war crimes, but also with cur\u00adrent tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00adal ide\u00adolo\u00adgies of denial and era\u00adsure. It ques\u00adtions how media and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in the post-war soci\u00adeties cre\u00adate pub\u00adlic space, con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly shap\u00ading col\u00adlec\u00adtive memory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">  <strong>Organized by<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">  <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Liliana G\u00f3mez (Zurich)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/liliana-gomez.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-136 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/liliana-gomez.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/04\/liliana-gomez-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khist.uzh.ch\/de\/institut\/staff\/assistantprofessors\/gomez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lil\u00adiana G\u00f3mez<\/a><\/strong> is SNSF-pro\u00adfes\u00adsor (Swiss Nation\u00adal Sci\u00adence Foun\u00adda\u00adtion) at the Insti\u00adtute of Art His\u00adto\u00adry at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Zurich, where she directs the research project <em><a href=\"http:\/\/dissonantnarratives.ch\">Con\u00adtest\u00aded Amne\u00adsia and Dis\u00adso\u00adnant Nar\u00adra\u00adtives in the Glob\u00adal South. Post-Con\u00adflict in Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, Art, and Emer\u00adgent Archives<\/a><\/em>. Recent\u00adly she co-edit\u00aded with Lisa Black\u00admore <em>Liq\u00aduid Ecolo\u00adgies in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan and Caribbean Art <\/em>(Rout\u00adledge, 2020). She is the author of <em>Lo urbano. Teor\u00edas cul\u00adtur\u00adales y pol\u00edti\u00adcas de la ciu\u00addad en Am\u00e9ri\u00adca Lati\u00adna <\/em>(Pitts\u00adburgh, IILI, 2014) and <em>A Cam\u00adera in the Lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry of the Mod\u00adern <\/em>(diaphanes, forth\u00adcom\u00ading). Her research fields are com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtures and cul\u00adtures, lit\u00ader\u00adary, cul\u00adtur\u00adal and media the\u00ado\u00adry, glob\u00adal art his\u00adto\u00adry, visu\u00adal cul\u00adtures and human rights, arts\/literature and law, arts and ecologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">  <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Elena Rosauro (Zurich)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-06-at-20.38.28.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-166 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-06-at-20.38.28.png 496w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-06-at-20.38.28-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/latinamericancenter.ch\/team\/elena-rosauro-dr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ele\u00adna Rosauro<\/a><\/strong> is art his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan, Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan\u00adist, researcher and cura\u00adtor. She is the coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lzz.uzh.ch\/en.html\">Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Cen\u00adter<\/a> of the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Zurich, and a post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal researcher. Her PhD dis\u00adser\u00adta\u00adtion <em>His\u00adto\u00adry and Vio\u00adlence in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca. Artis\u00adtic Strate\u00adgies, 1992\u20132012<\/em> was pub\u00adlished by Cen\u00addeac (Mur\u00adcia, Spain) in 2017. She is also co-cura\u00adtor at the inde\u00adpen\u00addent art space<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacapsula-zh.com\/\"> la_c\u00e1psula<\/a> in Zurich. Her work both in research\u00ading and curat\u00ading tries to offer some par\u00adtial and sit\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded com\u00adments about vio\u00adlence, injus\u00adtice and destruction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">  <span class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Maria Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Cruz (Zurich)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/foto-mia-2-817x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-165 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/foto-mia-2-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/foto-mia-2-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/foto-mia-2-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/files\/2021\/05\/foto-mia-2.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Maria Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez has devel\u00adoped her artis\u00adtic prac\u00adtice focused on col\u00adlec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty as a way of eth\u00adi\u00adcal engage\u00adment and shared knowl\u00adedge, most\u00adly in work\u00ading with peo\u00adple affect\u00aded by vio\u00adlence in Colom\u00adbia, where she comes from. Cur\u00adrent\u00adly, she is doing her doc\u00adtor\u00adal project about alter\u00adna\u00adtive ecolo\u00adgies and cre\u00adative forms of recom\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion relat\u00aded to forced dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00adance and the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00adal con\u00adtext in Colom\u00adbia (1958\u20132016), as part of the team \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/dissonantnarratives.ch\/maria-ordonez\/#profile_bio\">Con\u00adtest\u00aded Amne\u00adsia and Dis\u00adso\u00adnant Nar\u00adra\u00adtives in the Glob\u00adal South: Post-con\u00adflict in Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, Art, and Emer\u00adgent Archives<\/a>\u00bb direct\u00aded by Prof. Lil\u00adiana Gomez, in the Depart\u00adment of Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Analy\u00adsis at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Zurich.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ala You\u00adnis (Amman) Ala You\u00adnis is a research-based artist. Col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion forms a big part of her prac\u00adtice, as do curat\u00ading and joint book projects. Using objects, film and print\u00aded mat\u00adter, You\u00adnis often seeks instances where his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal events col\u00adlapse into per\u00adson\u00adal ones. She holds a BSc. in Archi\u00adtec\u00adture from Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Jor\u00addan and&nbsp;MRes&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":697,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/697"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlf.uzh.ch\/sites\/artsandconflict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}