Lamprakos Explores the Lives of Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral in New Essay

May 28, 2019 / Updated May 1, 2020

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Lamprakos Explores the Lives of Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral in New Essay

 “Memento Mauri: The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba,” an essay by Michele Lamprakos (Assistant Professor, Architecture) has appeared in a new collection of essays by prominent scholars of Middle Eastern art and architectural history.  Published by Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative,  The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Napoléon to ISIS explores the destruction of monuments and the wider impact of that destruction on our “psyches, cultures, philosophies, and historiographies.”  Lamprakos traces the changing form and meaning of Cordoba’s famous mosque-cathedral over the centuries – and links them to shifting attitudes toward the Islamic past and present.  This project builds on more than a decade of research and professional activities in the area of critical heritage studies and, more broadly, the process of change over time.

Read Michele’s essay here