Speaker : Petros Phokaides<\/p>\n
Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
\nTime: 12:30-13:30
\nPlace: FFB- 22<\/p>\n
Title : Architectural History and Theory Talks invites you to the talk \u2018Architectural Histories of the Global Sunbelt\u2019 by Petros Phokaides<\/p>\n
Abstract
\nThe lecture presents the historical and theoretical framework of the edited volume Coastal Architectures and Politics of Tourism: Leisurescapes in the Global Sunbelt (2022). It addresses the ways in which the term \u2018Global Sunbelt\u2019, coined jointly with co-editors P. Pyla and S. Bozdo\u011fan, offers historiographical potential in rethinking the dividing lines of East\u2013West and North\u2013South, while foregrounding connections between leisure and tourism and broader issues of power, identity, religion, conflict, political economy, and nationalism, particularly in regional and formerly colonised contexts of the \u2018Global South.\u2019 Drawing on recent case studies, the lecture further critically interrogates the role of architectural design in shaping the landscapes and imaginaries of the \u2018global sunbelt\u2019, with a particular focus on the Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n
Bio
\nPetros Phokaides is an architect and assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Thessaly, where he teaches theories of architecture and design. His research focuses on architecture, infrastructures, and broader landscape transformations to understand postcolonial visions, geopolitics, and socio-environmental change with a special focus on the Global South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Speaker : Petros Phokaides Date: Monday, April 27, 2026 Time: 12:30-13:30 Place: FFB- 22 Title : Architectural History and Theory Talks invites you to the talk \u2018Architectural Histories of the Global Sunbelt\u2019 by Petros Phokaides Abstract The lecture presents the historical and theoretical framework of the edited volume Coastal Architectures [\u2026] <\/p>\n