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DESCRIPTION:Online lecture.&nbsp\;   RSVP via Eventbrite.The talk tracks th
 e cluster of ideas defining a &lsquo\;mountain ecology&rsquo\; in the work
  of French Neo-Gothic architect and amateur geologist Eug&egrave\;ne-Emman
 uel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879). It will demonstrate how it derives from a 
 broader conception of nature as a &lsquo\;laboring&rsquo\; agent\, which\,
  by an infinite accumulation of small means\, keeps the world in a dynamic
  equilibrium in the course of its evolutionary path&mdash\;a slow process 
 always at risk of being disrupted by human action. The presentation will c
 onclude by showing how such &lsquo\;puissances directrices de la nature&rs
 quo\; finds expression in Viollet-le-Duc&rsquo\;s architecture thought and
  practice\, and what constitutes its political consequences.About Professo
 r Martin BressaniMartin Bressani is William Macdonald Professor in archite
 cture at McGill University. He is the author of a monograph on Viollet-le-
 Duc\, Architecture and the Historical Imagination: Eug&egrave\;ne-Emmanuel
  Viollet-le-Duc (Ashgate\, 2014)\, and co-editor of Gothic Revival Worldwi
 de. A.W.N. Pugin&rsquo\;s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017
 )\, The Companions to the History of Architecture &ndash\; Nineteenth-Cent
 ury Architecture (Wiley Blackwell\, 2017)\, and Narrating the Globe: The E
 mergence of World Histories of Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024).Lecture Ser
 iesEach year the History of Architecture and Built Environment (HABE) rese
 arch group in ESALA welcomes guest speakers and colleagues to present an e
 vening seminar on their research. The events are a fantastic opportunity t
 o hear about the latest research in the field from researchers working in 
 the UK\, Europe and beyond. These events are free to attend\, and attract 
 an international online audience as well as being a way for all those in t
 he University with an interest in the history of the built environment to 
 come together as a community.University students (of all levels) and staff
  are encouraged to attend on campus\, with the seminars usually taking pla
 ce in the Elliot Room at Minto House\, 20 Chambers Street.&nbsp\;View the 
 complete event series with registration links: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/ar
 chitectural-history-and-theory-seminar-series&nbsp\;Please contact Prof. A
 lex Bremner or Dr Alistair Fair if you have any questions:&nbsp\;Alex.Brem
 ner@ed.ac.uk&nbsp\;/&nbsp\;Alistair.Fair@ed.ac.uk
DTEND:20250325T183000Z
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DTSTART:20250325T171500Z
LOCATION:Edinburgh\,Online Lecture
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SUMMARY:The Travail of Nature: An Ecological Reading of Viollet-le-Duc
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Online lecture.&nbsp\;   </p><div></div><div>The 
 talk tracks the cluster of ideas defining a &lsquo\;mountain ecology&rsquo
 \; in the work of French Neo-Gothic architect and amateur geologist Eug&eg
 rave\;ne-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879). It will demonstrate how it d
 erives from a broader conception of nature as a &lsquo\;laboring&rsquo\; a
 gent\, which\, by an infinite accumulation of small means\, keeps the worl
 d in a dynamic equilibrium in the course of its evolutionary path&mdash\;a
  slow process always at risk of being disrupted by human action. The prese
 ntation will conclude by showing how such &lsquo\;puissances directrices d
 e la nature&rsquo\; finds expression in Viollet-le-Duc&rsquo\;s architectu
 re thought and practice\, and what constitutes its political consequences.
 </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>About Professor Martin Bressani</stron
 g></div><div>Martin Bressani is William Macdonald Professor in architectur
 e at McGill University. He is the author of a monograph on Viollet-le-Duc\
 , Architecture and the Historical Imagination: Eug&egrave\;ne-Emmanuel Vio
 llet-le-Duc (Ashgate\, 2014)\, and co-editor of Gothic Revival Worldwide. 
 A.W.N. Pugin&rsquo\;s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017)\, 
 The Companions to the History of Architecture &ndash\; Nineteenth-Century 
 Architecture (Wiley Blackwell\, 2017)\, and Narrating the Globe: The Emerg
 ence of World Histories of Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024).</div><div><br 
 /></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="background-color:transpare
 nt\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inhe
 rit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-
 space:inherit\;"></span><em></em></div><h2>Lecture Series</h2><p>Each year
  the History of Architecture and Built Environment (HABE) research group i
 n ESALA welcomes guest speakers and colleagues to present an evening semin
 ar on their research. The events are a fantastic opportunity to hear about
  the latest research in the field from researchers working in the UK\, Eur
 ope and beyond. These events are free to attend\, and attract an internati
 onal online audience as well as being a way for all those in the Universit
 y with an interest in the history of the built environment to come togethe
 r as a community.</p><p>University students (of all levels) and staff are 
 encouraged to attend on campus\, with the seminars usually taking place in
  the Elliot Room at Minto House\, 20 Chambers Street.&nbsp\;</p><p>View th
 e complete event series with registration links: &nbsp\;</p><p>
 Please contact Prof. Alex Bremner or Dr Alistair Fair if you have any ques
 tions:&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:Alex.Bremner@ed.ac.uk">Alex.Bremner@ed.ac.uk<
 /a>&nbsp\;/&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:Alistair.Fair@ed.ac.uk">Alistair.Fair@ed
 .ac.uk</a></p>
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