On the occasion of the 50th anniversary year of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention as well as of Erich Mendelsohn’s 135th birthday the “Erich Mendelsohn Initiative Circle” through ICOMOS Israel, ICOMOS Germany and in cooperation with a number of partners organize an international symposium on 21 and 22 March 2022. The aim is to identify the potential Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of Erich Mendelsohn’s work for a UNESCO World Heritage transnational serial nomination. For this purpose, experts will open new perspectives on Mendelsohn’s life, his architecture and influence, and will consult on strategies for the nomination process. The symposium is particularly interested in exploring Mendelsohn’s cosmopolitan approach to modernity and seeks reflections on his global impact, as well as on the theoretical positions and technical innovations in which it was rooted.
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Steering Committee
Jörg Haspel and Regina Stephan (ICOMOS Germany) as well as Eran Mordohovich and Inbal Ben Asher Gitler (ICOMOS Israel), Initiators of the Initiative Circle for a multinational network on outstanding works of Erich Mendelsohn
Preparatory/Scientific Committee
- Inbal Ben Asher Gitler, Sapir Academic College, Co-chair of the Israel Chapter of DOCOMOMO International, ICOMOS Israel
- Maristella Casciato, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
- Jörg Haspel, ICOMOS Germany, Technische Universität Berlin
- Kathleen James Chakraborty, University College Dublin
- Eran Mordohovich, Technion Haifa, President ICOMOS Israel
- Alona Nitzan Shiftan, Technion Haifa, Head of the Arenson Built Heritage, Research Center
- Regina Stephan, University of Applied Sciences Mainz, ICOMOS Germany