Eyal Weizman, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of July 21, 2015
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor, Spatial and Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Director, Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Visiting Research Scholar, Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, Princeton University
- Professeur Invite, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) (France)
- Director, Forensic Architecture, a European Research Council (ERC) funded project, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2011-present
- Founding Member, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR), Beit Sahour, Palestine, 2007-present
- Advisory Board Member, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) (England)
- Advisory Board Member, Human Rights Project, Bard, New York
- Former Professor of Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Austria)
- Former Board Member, B’Tselem – The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Jerusalem
- Co-recipient, Prince Claus Prize for Architecture, 2010
- Recipient, James Stirling Memorial Lecture Prize, 2006-2007
- Education:
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- PhD, Architecture, London Consortium/Birkbeck College (UK)
- Studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London (UK)
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- Born in 1970 in Haifa, Israel
- Has taught at University College London (UCL) and the Stadel School in Frankfurt, Germany
- Co-curated the exhibition “A Civilian Occupation, The Politics of Israeli Architecture,” and co-edited the publication of the same name. These were banned by the Israeli Association of Architects.
- Has exhibited at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, Germany, as well as at galleries in New York; San Francisco; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Malmo, Sweden; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Ramallah, Palestine.
- Delivered the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at the University of Warwick, UK, in 2010 and the University of South Australia Nelson Mandela Lecture in 2012
- Is a regular contributor and an editorial board member for several journals and magazines including Humanity, Inflexions and Cabinet
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