Dr. Tim Verlaan

Biography

Tim Verlaan is an Assistant Professor specializing in Urban History at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the social, political, and cultural history of European cities during the period from 1960 to 2000. He completed his master's degree in European Urbanization at the University of Leicester and Berlin's Technische Universität in 2012, and he wrote his doctoral thesis on the politics of urban redevelopment in Dutch cities. Prior to his current position, he worked as an Assistant Professor in Architectural History at Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit and was an invited visiting scholar at Fordham University in New York, the Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung in Berlin, and the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester. Currently, he is working on a monograph about Amsterdam in the late twentieth century, examining the city's resilience during the urban crisis of the 1970s. In addition, Verlaan is researching the histories of gentrification and the recent rise in solo living. He coordinates the MA program in Urban Architectural History, serves as an associate editor for Urban History, and is a founding member of Failed Architecture.

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