faculty Research Forums
Working Girls: Women's Cultural Production during the Interwar Years
The period between the two World Wars presented both exciting opportunities and intense social and political struggles for international women working in the arts and other forms of cultural production. Many women across Europe and North America embraced the long-awaited prospect of emancipation in the form of suffrage and increased employment in both the public and private spheres.
Housekeeping: The Artistic Legacy of Le Corbusier's machine a habiter
From the 1920s onward, architects and visual artists have attempted to capture the essence of Le Corbusier's machine a habiter in their own designs. St. Mary's College of California, the American University in Rome and the University of Karlsuhe, Germany have collaborated to organize an international colloquium that brings together North American and European architectural historians studying the legacy of Corbusier's innovations.
