esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This Tuesday, I will be discussing the MoMA exhibit "Architects of Liberation" at Princeton University with curator Martino Stierli and Anna Kesson. Hope to see you there. 042
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I have long lost my hope about social media, and stopped posting (except for rare news that only I could distribute). But for anyone who might see this letter through my post, please consider signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen Letter from Cornell Faculty: We Will TooDear Cornell University students: Over the past two weeks, we have been reckoning with the University’s failure to prioritize your safety and well-being. We are outraged by the horrific events that tr... 011
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I signed this letter to oppose the (planned) termination of the permanent exhibition spaces of the Architecture Museum in Munich. We need more public sphere for architectural debate. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comTo the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the ArtsTo the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts cc: President of the TUM Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann Munich, 20 August 2026 On the Planned Termination of Permanent Exhibition Space for the Ar... 000
Reposted by @esraakcan.bsky.socialMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...nytimes.comAfter Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state... 1013540688
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Forensic Architecture collaborates with SkyNews in this report on Iran School Bombing, which identifies the 120 children and 26 teachers who were killed in Minab www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...youtube.comThe attack on a primary school in Minab - how it happened and who did it: Sky News investigatesYouTube video by Sky News 021
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026For SAH 2027, I am organizing the session "Imperial Boomerang: Intertwined Histories of Fascism and Colonialism" Read the Call for Papers and Submit your abstract here: sah.org/conferences/...sah.orgCall for Papers: 2027 Annual International Conference - Society of Architectural HistoriansThe Society of Architectural Historians is accepting abstracts for its 80th Annual International Conference in Chicago, Illinois, through June 8, 2026. 010
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Here are some of my views on Washington's architecture projects published in Deutsche Welle: www.dw.com/en/what-make...dw.comWhat makes a vanity project? A history of building for powerAs Donald Trump proposes costly redesigns for Washington, DC, the question arises: When do grand projects serve the public — and when do they serve the leader? 010
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026For Stanford Humanities Center, I have co-written with AJ Kim this article "The Architecture of Detention and Deportation: From War-housing to Warehousing" on the recent ICE centers and this administration's expansion of the prison industrial complex. shc.stanford.edu/arcade/inter...shc.stanford.eduThe Architecture of Detention and Deportation: From War-housing to Warehousing | Stanford Humanities CenterKim and Akcan explore the proposed infrastructures for warehouses as this administration’s planned extension of the prison industrial complex, where warehouses for storages become warehousing for huma... 011
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026www.azw.at/en/event/glo...azw.atExhibition: Global – NeutralThe exhibition Global – Neutral examines the era of global political upheaval between 1955 and 1989, when many countries achieved independence from colonial occupiers and international cooperation was... 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026My essay "The Fiction of Neutrality" was published in the catalog for the exhibition Global – Neutral which just opened in Architekturzentrum Wien. @cornellaap.bsky.social www.park-books.com/en/produkt/g...park-books.comGlobal – Neutral | Park BooksOrder the book Global – Neutral directly at the Park Books webshop. 100
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Bay Area friends: My lecture on parts of my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal" at Stanford University is on Thursday. Come say hello at the reception. @cornellaap.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social events.stanford.edu/event/weintz...events.stanford.eduWeintz Art Lecture Series: Esra Akcan 022
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026San Diego: I am looking forward to my talk "Climate Reparations for Climate Disasters: A View from Architectural History." I will introduce a section of my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal." Please come say hello. @cornellaap.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social 032
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Here is a video on Abdel Moneim Mustafa in Sudan, using some of my photographs taken before the current war and destruction. We do not know exactly the status of these buildings today due to war. It is both very rewarding and sad to watch the images. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMWi...youtube.comرائد العمارة الحديثة في السودان عبد المنعم مصطفى | Modern Architecture Pioneer Abdel Moneim MustafaYouTube video by Sudan Arch | سودان ارش 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Waking up to the images of Beirut's massive destruction. We are dealing with pure evil. Name it. 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026San Francisco: This is on Wednesday. I am giving a lecture on a section from my book: "Right to Heal: Climate Disaster and Colonial Comfort". Hope to see you there if you have time. @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social www.htx.cca.edu/events/esra-...htx.cca.eduESRA AKCAN: "Right to Heal: Climate Disaster and Colonial Comfort" — History Theory ExperimentsEsra Akcan: “Right to Heal: Climate Disaster and Colonial Comfort” 062
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Please consider signing Petition to Congress: We urge you to vote for war powers resolutions to end the war on Iran, and to reject all additional funding for the war. act.demandprogress.org/sign/iran-wa...act.demandprogress.orgPass a war powers resolution to stop Trump's lawless war on Iran NOW!After Trump's reckless ultimatum, Senator Bernie Sanders said, "These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual." 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A very good review of my book "Right to Heal" just came out in Architectural Record. Thank you Izzy Kornblatt for reading so fully and carefully. @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/181...architecturalrecord.com‘Architecture and the Right to Heal’ Traces Displacement in the Wake of the Ottoman Empire“What is perhaps most surprising about ‘Architecture and the Right to Heal,’ given its grim subject, is that at its core it retains optimism,” writes Izzy Kornblatt of Esra Akcan's new book. 042
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Manifold dosyası için Giriş yazım da bugün yayınlandı. Dosya şimdilik tamamlansa da yeni gönderimlere açık. Teşekkürler @manifold-press.bsky.social manifold.press/jean-louis-c...manifold.pressJean-Louis Cohen’in ArdındanMimar ve tarihçi Jean-Louis Cohen’in mimarlık tarihine, sergilerine, eğitimine ve koleksiyonculuğuna yaptığı katkıları göstermeyi amaçlayan özel dosya üzerine. 010
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I often feel we are in a thankless occupation as authors and scholars trying to keep books alive in a world where they are among the most threatened species. But then there are moments like this event for me, when I know all the years of researching and writing are worth it. 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026THANKS A MILLION Diana Martinez, Shiben Banerji, Deniz Gokturk and Christine Philliou for organizing this event and wonderful comments. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 100
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026from discussions on architecture's accountability to amplifying the work of some of my favorite architects in the book, the entire symposium at UC Berkeley on my book "Right to Heal" was full of fascinating discussions. 100
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026From the possible collaborations between history, film and architecture to digital humanities projects that reconstruct erased urban layers; events.berkeley.edu/arthistory/e... @dukepress.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.socialevents.berkeley.eduEvents at UC Berkeley 133
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This Thursday: The UC-Berkeley symposium on my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal" events.berkeley.edu/arthistory/e...events.berkeley.eduWhen Repair Isn’t Enough: Architecture and the Right to HealPlease join us on March 19 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm for a symposium on the book Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism and the After... 001
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026AI washing of the violation of international law. youtu.be/yD91rm3QdZUyoutu.beIran latest: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control | The Listening PostYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Hear what is happening in West Bank now www.democracynow.org/2026/3/13/gi...democracynow.orgIsraeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Will Not Stop Wars & Occupation Until U.S. Pulls SupportInside Israel, “there is no room for any question marks or doubts about this war,” says journalist Gideon Levy, a columnist for Haaretz and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board. He says war fev... 000
Reposted by @esraakcan.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 12/03/2026This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org 118586173534
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We came to the end of the series "After Jean Louis Cohen" published periodically at Manifold. We are open to new submissions. Thanks a million to Manifold and all contributing authors. @manifold-press.bsky.social manifold.press/indeks/jean-...manifold.pressJean-Louis Cohen’in ArdındanJean-Louis Cohen’in meslektaşları ve öğrencilerinin anılarını bir araya getirerek, bu mimar ve tarihçinin mimarlık tarihine, sergilerine, eğitimine ve koleksiyonculuğuna yaptığı katkıları göstermeyi a... 020
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Manifold için hazırladığım "Jean Louis Cohen'in Ardından" serisinin şimdilik sonuna geldik. Yeni gönderimlere açığız. Manifold'a ve tüm yazarlara sonsuz teşekkürler. @manifold-press.bsky.social manifold.press/indeks/jean-...manifold.pressJean-Louis Cohen’in ArdındanJean-Louis Cohen’in meslektaşları ve öğrencilerinin anılarını bir araya getirerek, bu mimar ve tarihçinin mimarlık tarihine, sergilerine, eğitimine ve koleksiyonculuğuna yaptığı katkıları göstermeyi a... 010
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026An excerpt from my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal" is published in PLATFORM. Thank you PLATFORM editors and especially Kishwar Rizvi for this opportunity: "Resettler Nationalism Makes Rental Babies" @dukepress.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social www.platformspace.net/home/resettl...platformspace.netPLATFORM: Resettler Nationalism Makes Rental BabiesThe following is an excerpt from a chapter in Esra Akcan’s book Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster (Duke University Press, 20... 084
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The world is even more scary now than before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtz...youtube.comIran war: Redrawing the map of the Middle East, Israeli style? | The Bottom LineYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Horrible. Enough with war-enthusiast narcissists and greedy occupiers www.artnews.com/art-news/new...artnews.comTehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of IranThe Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Tehran, has reportedly been damaged in US-Israeli airstrikes. 010
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Son kitabım "Architecture and the Right to Heal" hakkkında harika bir tanıtım yazısı çıktı. Kitabın katkılarını açıkça vurgulayan Berin Gur'e ve dünya yayın dünyasını yakından ve etkin takip eden @manifold-press.bsky.social 'a sonsuz teşekkürler. @dukepress.bsky.social manifold.press/yerlesimci-m...manifold.pressYerleşimci Milliyetçilik, Mimarlık ve İyileşme HakkıEsra Akcan’ın milliyetçi projelerin ardındaki yapısal şiddeti görünür kılan ve mimarlık tarihinin metodolojik olduğu kadar etik perspektifini de genişleten kitabı üzerine. 000
Reposted by @esraakcan.bsky.socialDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Catch a DUP author near you: this spring @emmaamador.bsky.social @wolffdr.bsky.social @naylandblake.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social and many more are giving book talks free and open to the public. See the full lineup of March author events on our blog: buff.ly/1hPFt1c 0126
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Forensic Architecture and Earshot prove with certainty that Israeli soldiers killed and covered up the killing of 15 Gaza Aid workers. Murdering humanitarian aid workers is a crime under international law (remember international law?) @forensicarchi.bsky.social www.democracynow.org/2026/2/26/mo...democracynow.org“Flagrant War Crime”: Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid WorkersIt’s been almost one year since Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian medics and aid workers in a brutal two-hour massacre on a vehicle convoy in southern Gaza. Israeli soldiers had attempted to cover ... 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Those at the #CAA2026 conference in Chicago: My panel is on Friday 11:00 a.m., (LowerLevelC-4) I will present my paper "The Garden as World: Promises and Deceptions in Planetary Healing." Hope to run into you in the next 3 days. @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social 042
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thanks. I was trying to fit max. information in limited word count of the platform. Hoped everyone will understand. Will use UC Berkeley next time. 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026University of Berkeley is organizing a symposium on my new book! “When Repair is Not Enough: Architecture and the Right to Heal” with Christine Philliou; Deniz Göktürk; Diana Martinez; Shiben Banerji; Renee Chow @dukepress.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social events.berkeley.edu/arthistory/e...events.berkeley.eduWhen Repair Isn’t Enough: Architecture and the Right to HealPlease join us on March 19 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm for a symposium on the book Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism and the After... 133
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Akademik işlerim hakkında şöyle bir röportaj çıktı. Biyokimya, astroloji, matematik, uluslararası ilişkiler gibi dalların yanında mimarlığı temsil ettiğime çok memnun oldum. www.gazetegordes.com/yazarlar/mer...gazetegordes.comRöportaj Serisi-21: Konuk = Prof.Dr.Esra Akcan (Mimarlık)Mert AKAR: “Röportaj Serisi-21: Konuk = Prof.Dr.Esra Akcan (Mimarlık)” 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I will be conversing with Nzinga Mboup at the opening event of the "How can we build relation" symposia, organized by Canadian Center for Architecture and Yale University. Come say hello if you are there. @cornellaap.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social www.architecture.yale.edu/calendar/225...architecture.yale.eduHow can we build relation? - Yale ArchitectureThe Yale School of Architecture is dedicated to educating the next generation of leading architects and designers of the built environment. 021
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Friends and colleagues at Northwestern Un: I will be giving the Warnock Lecture and reading excerpts from my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal" on January 28. Hope to see you there @dukepress.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/635384planitpurple.northwestern.eduWarnock Lecture Series: Esra Akcan (Cornell University) 1/28/2026Winter 2026 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Esra Akcan (Cornell University): Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the… 021
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Friends and colleagues at Yale Uni: I will be talking about my book "Architecture and the Right to Heal" on January 26. Hope to see you there. @cornellaap.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @globalcornell.bsky.social www.architecture.yale.edu/calendar/231...architecture.yale.eduArchitecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster. - Yale ArchitectureThe Yale School of Architecture is dedicated to educating the next generation of leading architects and designers of the built environment. 042
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026All I can hope for now is that those with guns in their hands stop killing the civilians, even if they are ordered to do so. 000
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I have been watching the news coverage in multiple countries including US, Qatar, Britain, France, Germany and Turkey, but could not find even one that is worth posting here. I feel speechless and helpless. 100
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The protests in Iran for the last decade and now is epoch making. It is devastating to see people lose their lives when they ask to live in another way, under a different government. The courage of people and especially of women in this movement is world-inspiring, to say the least. 120
esraakcan.bsky.social @esraakcan.bsky.social · 09/01/202610 Yıl oldu. Barış akademisyenleri haklılığını gösterdi ama alınan haklar geri verilmedi. #BarışBildirisiOnuncuYıl 011
Reposted by @esraakcan.bsky.socialAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜 691976771
