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Esra Akcan

Professor on sabbatical

Cornell University

Affiliations

College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Near Eastern Studies

Esra Akcan is currently serving as a College Of Architecture, Art, And Planning Professor on sabbatical at Cornell University.

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Esra Akcan

Cornell University

Professor on sabbatical

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turkish studies architecture architectural history architectural theory architectural design turkish politics architectural research cultural studies art history cultural heritage history heritage studies urbanism urban history modernity urban studies translation studies migration studies urban design culture art research global history interdisciplinary history open architecture geopolitics transnational history comparative analysis global studies built environment specialized translation postcolonial writing historical scholarship migration and art decoloniality museology architectural pedagogy monumental heritage urban theory photographic studies citizenship studies architecture criticism architecture evolution esra akcan bruno taut language localisation urban regeneration central mediterranean historical reconstruction cultural change cultural geography urban life cultural cosmopolitanism intangible cultural heritage world-systems theory historical archaeology urban renewal cosmopolitan ethics linguistic anthropology urban governance urban politics censorship crime against humanity freedom of speech cultural texts berlin wall architectural-political event passive metaphors modern house iba 1984/87 modern architectures critical practice humanist trajectories global era berlin jewish museum new german critique memory transference civilizations human migration diaspora studies

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Collaborators

Right-To-Heal: Resettler Nationalism and Architecture After Conflicts and Disasters. Duke University Press (2025)

Esra Akcan

historyresettler nationalismnationalismgeopoliticstransnational history

Abdel Moneim Mostafa. Architectural Review (2024)

Esra Akcan

world literaturesculpturefrench studiesabdel moneim mostafacomparative analysisportuguese

Architecture and Resettler Nationalism: Demographic Engineering During and After the Christian-Muslim Partition of 1923. Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World (2024)

Esra Akcan

civilizationshistoryresettler nationalismcompulsory mass migrationsempireturkish studiesnationalisminternational historyglobal historyturkish politicsdemographic engineeringinternational migrationcontemporary islammiddle eastern studiesnationalitytransnational historycentral mediterranean

Architecture in the Age of Reparations. University of Massachusetts Press eBooks (2024)

Esra Akcan

civilizationsarchitecturearchitecture evolutionarchitectural researchurban historycolonialismarchitectural theoryhistoric preservationarchitectural historyarchitectural design

Architecture of Co-Existence: Building Pluralism, Ed. Azra AkšAmija (2020). International Journal of Islamic Architecture (2024)

Esra Akcan

azra akšamijaarchitecturedesignarchitectural researchbuilding pluralismaga khan awardbuilding designarchitectural theoryarchitectural historydesign theorybuilt environmentheritage studiescultural heritagearchitectural designarchitectural science

The Verandah Between Climate Determinism and Climate Consciousness. Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art (2024)

Esra Akcan

architecturepeter mullerdecolonialitypost-colonial criticismafrican identitycolonialismpostcolonial writingglobal historyarchitectural theorynorth african studiesanthropologyarchitectural historyclimate consciousnessafrican studiesclimate determinismcultural history

The Verandah Between Climate Determinism and Climate Consciousness: Colonial Comfort or Self Determination?. Nka54 Journal of Contemporary African Art (2024)

Esra Akcan

climate communicationclimate consciousnessenvironmental philosophyclimate developmentpostcolonial writingclimate policyclimate governanceanthropologycolonial comfortcultureenvironmental anthropologyclimate changeclimate determinismenvironmental history

Anti-Immigrant Regulations, Demographic Engineering and Abolishment Activism in Naomi Paik’s Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary. Avery Review (2023)

Esra Akcan

anti-oppressive practicedemographic engineeringlawcitizenshipabolishment activismanti-immigrant regulationsafrican american studiesnationalityhuman rightsmigration studiesactivismsocial justice

An Unlikely Decolonizer. gta Verlag eBooks (2023)

Esra Akcan

unlikely decolonizerpost-colonial criticismdecolonialitycolonialismpostcolonial writinglawcritical theoryanti-imperialism

Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Esra AkcanIftikhar Dadi

ethnic studiesmigration policyinternational population movementhuman migrationmigration and artvisual artsinternational migrationrefugee studiesmigration studiesart

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Esra Akcan

Professor on sabbatical

Cornell University

Affiliations

College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Near Eastern Studies

Esra Akcan is currently serving as a College Of Architecture, Art, And Planning Professor on sabbatical at Cornell University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Esra Akcan

Cornell University

Professor on sabbatical

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Right-To-Heal: Resettler Nationalism and Architecture After Conflicts and Disasters. Duke University Press (2025)

Esra Akcan

historyresettler nationalismnationalismgeopoliticstransnational history

Abdel Moneim Mostafa. Architectural Review (2024)

Esra Akcan

world literaturesculpturefrench studiesabdel moneim mostafacomparative analysisportuguese

Architecture and Resettler Nationalism: Demographic Engineering During and After the Christian-Muslim Partition of 1923. Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World (2024)

Esra Akcan

Architecture in the Age of Reparations. University of Massachusetts Press eBooks (2024)

Esra Akcan

civilizationsarchitecturearchitecture evolutionarchitectural researchurban historycolonialismarchitectural theoryhistoric preservationarchitectural historyarchitectural design

Architecture of Co-Existence: Building Pluralism, Ed. Azra AkšAmija (2020). International Journal of Islamic Architecture (2024)

Esra Akcan

The Verandah Between Climate Determinism and Climate Consciousness. Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art (2024)

Esra Akcan

The Verandah Between Climate Determinism and Climate Consciousness: Colonial Comfort or Self Determination?. Nka54 Journal of Contemporary African Art (2024)

Esra Akcan

Anti-Immigrant Regulations, Demographic Engineering and Abolishment Activism in Naomi Paik’s Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary. Avery Review (2023)

Esra Akcan

anti-oppressive practicedemographic engineeringlawcitizenshipabolishment activismanti-immigrant regulationsafrican american studiesnationalityhuman rightsmigration studiesactivismsocial justice

An Unlikely Decolonizer. gta Verlag eBooks (2023)

Esra Akcan

unlikely decolonizerpost-colonial criticismdecolonialitycolonialismpostcolonial writinglawcritical theoryanti-imperialism

Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Esra AkcanIftikhar Dadi

ethnic studiesmigration policyinternational population movementhuman migrationmigration and artvisual artsinternational migrationrefugee studiesmigration studiesart

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