Conferences
Conference Papers
2017
Simulizi Mijini/Urban Narratives: Redefining Heritage in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Glasgow
Cosmopolitan Intersections: Otto Koenigsberger and Princely Mysore
2. Mitteldeutsche Südasientag, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Modernist Intersections: Otto Koenigsberger’s Exile in India
Modernist Studies Association (MSA), Amsterdam
Hannah Schreckenbach’s contributions to architectural education in Ghana
Export of Architecture in the Cold War Period, IRS Erkner
Extreme Mobility, Local Practice with Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
AA Women and Architecture in Context, 1917-2017 (AA XX), London
2016
Transnational Regionalism: Hannah Schreckenbach’s work in Ghana
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Los Angeles - Pasadena
2015
Learning from Bangalore: From princely visions to urban resilience
Envisioning the Indian City: People, Places, Plans / Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Industrialise or Perish! Princely Mysore State as a model of modernity within colonial India, 1894-1947
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2015 Annual Conference
2014
Beyond East-West: GDR Development Planning Transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa – from Oil Presses in Ghana to the Master Plan for Abuja
“Past as Guide to Sustainable Futures” / International Planning History Society (IPHS), St Augustine, Florida
Sharing built heritage in Bangalore, virtually
“Shared Built Heritage Reconsidered,” ICOMOS and Chair of Global Art History Heidelberg University, Max-Planck-Institute Florence
Architecture and Climate from a Global Perspective
with Daniel Barber, Jiat-Hwee Chang, Iain Jackson, Al Narath and Ola Uduku at the first Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative conference, MIT, Cambridge
From Static Master Plans to ‘Elastic Planning’ and Participa¬tion: Otto Koenigsberger’s Planning Work in India (1939-1951) “Past as Guide to Sustainable Futures” International Planning History Society, St Augustine, Florida
2013
Erica Mann: Breaking Boundaries
“Global Experts Off the Radar II,” University of Ghent
Searching for the Social in the Tropical
“The Influence of Fry and Drew,” University of Liverpool
An Architectural Link Between Masala Dosas and War
“Dissonant Architectural Heritage in the Postcolonial Age,” Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
2012
Minnette De Silva: Marginalised and Peripheral?
“Global Experts Off the Radar,” University College Dublin
Otto Koenigsberger and Prefabrication in Modern India
“Our Public Sphere, Our House, Our City,” Urban Mela, Bangalore, organised by the German Ministry of Culture
Constructing a Shared Vision: Otto Koenigsberger and Tata & Sons
“Colonial, Imperial or Corporate Architecture. Architectural diversity or uniformity across time, agency or geography,” University of Edinburgh
2011
Building a [Mega]nation: India 1947-1951
“[Mega]structures,” Politecnico di Milano
The Government Housing Factory, New Delhi
“Actors and Networks of Expertise,” University of Liverpool
2010
Bridging Modernities: Otto Koenigsberger’s Work in Bangalore
MOD Institute, Bangalore
Conference panel chairs
2018
A Woman’s Situation: Transnational Mobility and Gendered Practice with Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi / Conference: EAHN, Tallinn
2017
Modernisms, Migrations and Margins. II – Exile and the International Diffusion of Modernism, 1940-1960 with Rafael Cardoso / Conference: MSA, Amsterdam
2016
Women on the Edge: Mobility and Regionalism from the Margins with Anooradha Siddiqi / Conference: Reinterpreting Cities / (European Association of Urban History) EAUH, Helsinki
2014
Architectures of Exile: Visions and re-visions of the global modern in the age of the refugee with Regina Goeckede / Conference: “Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking European Architecture Beyond Europe”, Palermo
Convened international conferences
2017
Urban Heritage Activism (Simulizi Mijini/Urban Narratives) / TU Berlin
2016
Reconfiguring Urban Heritage From Below (Simulizi Mijini/Urban Narratives) / British Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2014
Histories of Development Cooperation / TU Berlin
Invited Lectures
Keynotes
2015
Urban Heritage Narratives in Bangalore and Dar es Salaam / Conference: “Urban Heritage and City Development. The Righ to the City”, DARCH, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam
2014
Otto Koenigsberger: Building Bangalore, Scientifically / German Consulate Science Circle Talk, Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Institut, Bangalore
Lectures
2016
Tropical Architecture: From Biopolitics to Brise-Soleil Technik & Architektur, Hochschule Luzern, Lucerne
2015
Otto Koenigsberger and the Foundations of Sustainable Architecture, Soziokulturelle Aspekte von Architektur, Sustainable Design Lecture Series at Institut für Geschichte, Theorie der Architektur und Stadt, TU Braunschweig.
2014
Otto Koenigsberger: Government Architect of Mysore State
Public Works Department Bangalore, Karnataka State
2013
Otto Koenigsberger: Practising in India
Master of Advanced Studies Program, ETH Zurich
Otto Koenigsberger: Memories of an Architectural Legacy in Bangalore and Mysore State
Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Otto Koenigsberger’s Architecture in Bangalore
Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore