Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
Architectural historian and urban scholar at the University of Michigan. Author of "Henri Lefebvre on Space" (2011) & "Architecture in Global Socialism" (2020).
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First review of the Intersections exhibition, written by the insightful Daniel Roche for The Architect's Newspaper: www.archpaper.com/2025/11/ghan...
Opening of the Intersections exhibition in Los Angeles (footage courtesy of the Wende Museum): officesoutheast.com/projects/int...
Our exhibition is open! Intersections: The Architecture of Victor Adegbite and Charles Polónyi in Ghana, at the Wende Museum, Culver City, LA, November 8, 2025 to April 12, 2026: wendemuseum.org/exhibition/i...
In two weeks, Office Southeast in collaboration with Dana Salama will open the exhibition Intersections: The Architecture of Victor Adegbite and Charles Polónyi in Ghana at The Wende Museum in Los Angeles, USA: officesoutheast.com/projects/int...
Visiting Scholars | U-M LSA Copernicus Center for Polish Studies
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Dianne Widzinski Visiting Fellowship (deadline: February 15, 2026), University of Michigan — for scholars, artists, journalists, and public figures from Poland pursuing research or art projects that engage with pressing contemporary issues: ii.umich.edu/polish/visit...
Urban research collaborative based in Accra, Ghana.
Urban research collaborative based in Accra, Ghana.
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After years of collaboration, Michael Gameli Dziwornu and I have launched Office Southeast, an urban research collaborative in Accra, Ghana. The name reflects our paths, and the use of methods & concepts outside hegemonic centers of knowledge production: officesoutheast.com
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SHERA
@sheraart.bsky.social
· Oct 15
An update 🛎️ : Next Thursday, @staneklukasz.bsky.social will talk about gifting of architecture. October 23, NEW TIME 📆 📆 📆 1:00-2:15pm NY time, online. Register www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gift-s...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Recent images from the Mayoralty of Baghdad show the city’s 1973 master plan—developed through Polish-Iraqi collaboration and featured as one of the protagonists of my book Architecture in Global Socialism: www.mayors.asia/amf-sg-meets...
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SHERA
@sheraart.bsky.social
· Sep 30
The Gift: Spaces of Global Socialism and Their Afterlives
SHERA 30th Anniversary Lecture Series: Lecture by Łukasz Stanek
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As part of the SHERA 30th Anniversary Lecture Series, we are thrilled to host a lecture by @staneklukasz.bsky.social "The Gift: Spaces of Global Socialism and Their Afterlives". October 23, 12:00-1:15pm NY time, online.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gift-s...
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gift-s...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Sep 24
Neil Brenner will be speaking at Taubman College in less than two weeks! taubmancollege.umich.edu/event/binda-...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Sep 16
2025 Leadership Appointments at the II and Its Centers and Programs | U-M LSA International Institute
New director appointments start July 1, 2025.
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I am honored to step in as Acting Director of the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies at the University of Michigan, and to contribute to curating its program, incl. talks on Poland's exchanges with the Global South: ii.umich.edu/ii/news-even...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Łukasz Stanek: Latest
History of world urbanism written from the margins
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In the Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960–2020 (eds. Lori A. Brown & Karen Burns), my entry highlights the work of Eastern European women architects in newly independent African countries during the Cold War: lukaszstanek.net/latest/
WCEE Research Fellowship for Ukrainian PhD Students | U-M LSA Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE)
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Research Fellowships at the University of Michigan for advanced Ukrainian PhD students (deadline October 15): ii.umich.edu/wcee/initiat...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I'm grateful to the Graham Foundation for supporting our book The Gift: Spaces of Global Socialism and Their Afterlives. Its greatest asset is the contributors, expanding the range of voices in architectural scholarship and testing new forms of collaboration: www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/669...
Some images from our research trip funded by the Becoming Neighbors microgrant from Taubman College @um-taubmancollege.bsky.social. Highlights included visiting Rural Studio in Alabama and exploring the work of Beverly Buchanan in Macon, GA. (Some photos by Adam Przywara).
Last week’s seminar at Taubman College with Jennifer Robinson and Christian Schmid focused on their recent books exploring comparative urbanism.
I am looking forward to the SAH 2025 conference in Atlanta later this month. Together with Michael Dziwornu we will present the paper "Contested Adaptation. Housing in Ghana by Victor Adegbite and Charles Polónyi."
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Mar 31
A few images from the Land, Deed, and Debt workshop last week--with contributions from Kuukuwa Manful, Kwasi Adarkwa, Carina Ray, Anya Sirota, Clint Abrahams, Michael Dziwornu, Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, Taibat Lawanson, Dana Salama, Sarah Cheema and Derek Peterson.
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Mar 13
It's a great honor to give a plenary lecture for the Eurasian Geography Group @geographers.bsky.social '25 in Detroit! I am looking forward to the discussion with the respondents, Elena Trubina & Jennifer Robinson, the chair, Vera Smirnova, and all who attend: aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/soli...
On 03/27 at Taubman College we will discuss the often-forced “gifting” or “granting” of land by Indigenous people to universities in colonial/ post-independence West Africa, and the impact of such land transfers on the production of space in & around campuses: africa-alliance.org/land,-deed,-...
After many years in the making, the Anti-Atlas is out! I've contributed an annotated diagram that maps & enables exploration of a comprehensive archival repository on architectural mobilities from socialist Poland during the Global Cold War: lukaszstanek.net/latest/
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Huge thanks to Helena Huber-Doudová for the thoughtful & contextualized review of The Gift exhibition in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, highlighting its interdisciplinary and horizontal approach: online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I am looking forward to this book, soon available in open access: "Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company," by Iain Jackson, Ewan Harrison, Michele Tenzon, Rixt Woudstra, and Claire Tunstall: www.bloomsbury.com/us/architect...
Łukasz Stanek
@staneklukasz.bsky.social
· Feb 11
I am looking forward to welcoming Jennifer Robinson and Christian Schmid to Taubman College on March 31, when they will talk about their recent books on urban comparative research, with particular focus on African cities.
Françoise Choay, philosophe de l’architecture et des villes 1/2 | Savoir | Topophile
Historienne des idées, critique d’art et d’architecture, Françoise Choay (1925-2025) n’est pas seulement une des principales références internationales pour
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"Quant à l’habitant, sa première tâche est la lucidité." Hommage à Françoise Choay, par Thierry Paquot. topophile.net/savoir/franc...