Mellon Lecture - Jeffrey Schnapp




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Summary: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, 2007 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and Professor at Stanford University, presents The Face of the Modern Architect. Jeffrey T. Schnapp is Professor of Comparative Literature and Founder-Director of the Stanford Humanities Lab. He is the author of Building Fascism, Communism, Democracy: Gaetano Ciocca - Builder, Inventor, Farmer, Writer, Engineer (2003); Crowds (2006); and co-author of Ball and Hammer: Hugo Ball's Tenderenda the Fantast (2002). His writings have appeared in Modernism/modernity, Art Issues, Journal of Contemporary History, and Grey Room. The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, distinguished scholars of international repute are appointed Mellon Senior Fellows and join the Visiting Scholars in residence at the CCA Study Centre for extended periods each year. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 6 September 2007