Dr. Jerzy Elżanowski

Biography

Jerzy Elżanowski is an Associate Professor in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. He holds a Master of Architecture from McGill University and a Joint D.Phil. / Ph.D. from Bauhaus Weimar and the University of British Columbia. His research encompasses the relationships between architecture, violence, and commemoration, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe and Canada. He focuses on topics such as cartography of urban war damage, urban reconstruction, postmodern architecture, and the memorialization of war and genocide. Elżanowski is also concerned with heritage conservation and the cultural and political histories influencing residential ventilation practices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His work often bridges various disciplines, including literature and sociological studies, to explore memory studies within diasporic communities. He has published extensively on these themes, with notable works in journals and edited volumes, and is actively involved in graduate supervision in his fields of expertise.

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