Fall 2021 lecture series

The Tulane School of Architecture Fall 2021 Lecture Series highlights the unintended outcomes, contrarian thinking and humility of learning something new in the course of research and/or practice.

Lectures are open to the public with registration required and available at architecture.tulane.edu/events.

Rebecca Elliott (Assistant Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics) 
Date/Time: Monday, September 13, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CST
Location: Virtual
Respondent: Carol McMichael Reese, PhD, Favrot Professor, Tulane School of Architecture, and Director, City, Culture, and Community (CCC) Interdisciplinary PhD Program.

Rania Ghosn (Associate Professor at MIT Architecture and Founding Partner of DESIGN EARTH)
Date: Monday, October 25, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CST
Location: Virtual
Respondent: Emmanuel Osorno, Architecture and Social Innovation Fellow, Tulane School of Architecture.

Germane Barnes (Director of Studio Barnes, and Assistant Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture)
Date/Time: Monday, November 1, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CST
Location: Kendall Cram Lecture Hall (LBC), Tulane University in New Orleans
Respondent: Omar Ali, Architecture and Urbanism Fellow, Tulane School of Architecture.
A lecture focused on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Sponsored by the Walter Wisznia Memorial Lecture.

Martha Schwartz (Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Senior Partner, Martha Schwartz Partners)
Date/Time: Monday, November 8, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CT
Location: Virtual
Respondent: Judith Kinnard, Harvey–Wadsworth Chair of Landscape Urbanism, Professor of Architecture, Tulane School of Architecture.

Washington Fajardo (Rio de Janeiro City Planning Director)
Date/Time: Monday, November 15, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CT
Location: Virtual
Respondent: Jesse Keenan, Associate Professor of Real Estate, Tulane School of Architecture. 
Sponsored by the William Kay and Nancy Proctor Turner Lecture.

Michael Meredith (Associate Dean, Princeton University School of Architecture, and Principal, MOS Architects)
Date: Monday, November 29, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CT
Location: Kendall Cram Lecture Hall (LBC), Tulane University in New Orleans
Respondent: Benjamin J. Smith, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Tulane School of Architecture.
Sponsored by the Allen Eskew Endowed Fund Lecture.

Hernán Díaz Alonso (Director/CEO, SCI-Arc)
Date: Monday, December 6, 2021, 5:15–6:30pm CT
Location: Kendall Cram Lecture Hall (LBC), Tulane University in New Orleans
Respondent: Iñaki Alday, Dean and Richard Koch Chair in Architecture, Tulane School of Architecture.
Sponsored by the Azby Fund Lecture.