Four Guest Lectures to Explore Italian Architecture During Spring 2021 Semester

Profs. Tiziana Proietti and Sam Callahan will be hosting guest lecturers from Italy via Zoom during the month of April. Read on for more information on Beatrice Bruscoli’s and Scott Schlimgen’s lectures.

Beatrice recieved her BArch from the Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, one of Europe’s oldest and largest universities. She earned an MArch from Ohio State University, and her Ph.D from the Università degli Studi di Genova. She has taught at and directed American architecture programs in Italy for decades and her architectural projects and research have been published and exhibited in many national and international venues

• Lecture 1: April 13th, 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / Email Dr. Proietti for Zoom details (tiziana.proietti@ou.edu)
• Lecture 2: April 30th, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. / Email Prof. Callahan for Zoom details (samecallahan@ou.edu)

Scott is an architect with an MArch II degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a BArch from the University of Arkansas. He has taught architecture for various American universities and has been teaching and running US study abroad programs in Italy since 1990. Scott founded Academic Initiatives Abroad and the AIA Rome Center in 2009, and has hosted and taught for the OU Rome Program since it began in 2013.

• Lecture 1: April 16th, 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / “Carlo Scarpa: Materials, Details & Light” / Email Dr. Proietti for Zoom details (tiziana.proietti@ou.edu)
• Lecture 2: April 21st, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. / “Rome: Recycled & Reiterated” / Email Prof. Callahan for Zoom details (samecallahan@ou.edu)

This lecture series is made possible with support from the Bruce Goff Chair of Creative Architecture.