Eleni Bastea

Eleni Bastea , Greek Ελένη Μπαστέα , (* 20th century in Thessaloniki ; † January 12, 2020 ) was a Greek art and architecture historian .

Bastea first studied art history at Bryn Mawr College and graduated with a BA. She then went on to study architecture (graduating with an MA in 1982) and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1989 with a dissertation on modern planning for the city of Athens. PhD in Architectural History from the University of California at Berkeley . After an assistant professorship at Washington University in St. Louis , she was Regents Professor of Architecture and Director of the International Studies Institute at the University of New Mexico from 2001 . In 2000 she received the John D. Criticos Prize (together with Gonda Van Steen ) for the English book version of her dissertation .

Bastea was also active as a writer ( short stories and poems ).

Fonts (selection)

• The Creation of Modern Athens. Planning the Myth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-64120-9 .
  • Greek version: Αθήνα 1834–1896. Νεοκλασική πολεοδομία και ελληνική εθνική συνείδηση. Libro, Athens 2008, ISBN 978-960-490-084-8 .
• as editor: Memory and Architecture. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque NM 2004, ISBN 0-8263-3269-2 .

Web links

• University of New Mexico: Personal Page (includes bio bibliography)
• University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning: Personal Page
• Modern Greek Studies Association: Personal Page
• Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών: Biobibliographie (PDF)
• Zeynep Çelik, Diane Favro, Richard Ingersoll (Eds.): Streets: Critical Perspectives on Public Space. University of California Press, 1996, p. 289, (online) . - (short biography)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Regents Professor of Architecture Eleni Bastéa loses battle to cancer. University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, January 15, 2020, accessed March 28, 2020 .