Antoine Beaudoin holds a doctorate in architecture from the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Malaquais (ENSAPM). During his studies, he completed a one-year Erasmus program at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. He wrote his dissertation on theater and architecture in the Third Reich. The doctoral thesis was completed in a "Cotutelle" in theater studies (Université Paris Nanterre) and architecture (HafenCity University Hamburg). He was an associated PhD student at the Marc Bloch Center in Berlin. From 2017-2021, he worked as an interior designer for the office ramićsoenario Exhibition Design, specializing in historical exhibitions. He then spent a year as an architect at ZHN Architekten, an office specializing in the conservation of historic architecture, in particular public buildings, through their adaptive conversion and renovation.

curriculum vitae

since 2022
Postdoctoral researcher in the DFG-funded research project "Buildings of the Allied Occupation in Western Germany, 1945-1955: The heritage of  democratization in Germany's built landscape".

2018 – 2022
Various academic lectures and workshops in France and Germany (Center Marc Bloch Berlin, FU Berlin, Université Bourgogne, CIERA). Publication of academic articles, preparation of doctoral dissertation for publication.

2018
Doctorate as part of a "Cotutelle" on "Theater and Architecture in the Third Reich: Open-air theaters in the service of mass propaganda". Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Marielle Silhouette (Theatre Studies) at the University of Paris Nanterre, and Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Frank (Theory and History of Architecture) at the HafenCity University Hamburg. Online:https://bdr.parisnanterre.fr/theses/internet/2018/2018PA100133/2018PA100133_Diff.pdf 

2014 – 2018
Doctoral student at the Marc Bloch Center in Berlin, funded by the DAAD, DFH, CIERA, CERNEA. Member of the working group "Individual, Society and Culture in the Nazi Era".

2013
State Diploma in Architecture with Master's Degree - ENSAPM (École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Malaquais). Thesis topic: the Prora seaside resort.

Focus areas

• History of architecture and the theater in the 20th century
• Propaganda and the history of National Socialism
• Reconstruction in Europe after the Second World War

Current project

• Buildings of the Allied Occupation in Western Germany, 1945-1955: The heritage of democratization in Germany's built landscape (funded by the DFG, since 2022)

Monograph

Beaudoin, Antoine. Theater und Architektur im Dritten Reich. Die Freilichtbühnen im Dienst der Massenpropaganda, dissertation at the Université de Paris Nanterre and the HafenCity University Hamburg, 2018 (forthcoming in 2024 from Presses universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve-d’Ascq).

Articles

Beaudoin, Antoine. Review: David H. Haney, Architecture and the Nazi Cultural Landscape. Blood, Soil, Building, New York, Routledge, 2022, in: Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale urbaine et paysagère [online], Actualités de la recherche, November 2024.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Généalogie du projet de l’Olympiastadion de Berlin. Manipulations architecturales pour conquérir les masses“, in: D. Hüser, P. Dietschy, P. Didion, eds., Sport-Arenen – Sport-Kulturen – Sport-Welten / Arènes du sport – cultures du sport – mondes du sport. Perspectives franco-allemandes et européennes dans le ‚long‘ XXe siècle, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner, 2022, pp. 443-456.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "L’évolution du théâtre de masse en plein air sous le Troisième Reich : l’exemple de la scène de Bad Segeberg“, Trajectoires (CIERA), Nr. 10, 2016: doi.org/10.4000/trajectoires.2004

Conference papers and public lectures

Beaudoin, Antoine.  "Orte der Demokratiegeschichte und das Erbe der Besatzungszeit in Westdeutschland", paper at the conference Orte der Demokratiegeschichte - Arenen der Erinnerung zwischen performativer, medialer und räumlicher Aneignung, Hambach Castle, 9-10 November 2023.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Buildings of the Allied Occupation in Western Germany after World War II: Evolving research perspectives", contribution to the Doctoral Colloquium of the DFG Research Training Group 1913 Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and online, 31 May 2023. 

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Wiederbegegnungen Hebebrands mit Hassenpflug, Eiermann, Leowald, Schaller und anderen nach ihrer Zusammenarbeit während des Krieges", contribution to the colloquium „In der Utopie leben.“ Werner Hebebrand 1899 – 1966, organized by the Hamburgische Architektenkammer under the leadership of Hartmut Frank, Warburg Haus Hamburg, 03 May 2023. 

Beaudoin, Antoine. "L'évolution de l'université en tant que lieu d'engagement social et politique pendant l'Occupation de l’Allemagne de l’Ouest (1945-1955)", contribution to the colloquium Identités et processus de patrimonialisation, Centre de Recherche sur les Identités, les Nations et l'Interculturalité (CRINI) at Nantes University, Nantes University and online, 14 April 2023.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Généalogie du projet de l’Olympiastadion de Berlin – Manipulations architecturales sur la masse bâtie pour conquérir les masses“, contribution to the workshop Sport-Arenen | Sport-Kulturen | Sport-Welten – Deutsch-französisch-europäische Perspektiven im „langen“ 20. Jahrhundert, Universität des Saarlandes (Saarbrücken) / Universität Bourgogne, Franche-Comté (Besançon), 27–29 January 2021.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Les scènes de plein air sous le Troisième Reich au service de la propagande de masse“, contribution to the doctoral seminar at the Centre Marc Bloch Berlin, 8 July 2019.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Vom Total-Theater Projekt zum Thingtheater“, contribution to the seminar "Zwischen Shell Shock und Propaganda: Theater und Film in der Zwischenkriegszeit, Institute for Theater Studies at FU Berlin, 5 December 2017.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Le théâtre de masse en plein air et sa relation aux fêtes nationales sous le national-socialisme“, contribution to the working group "Individual, Society and Culture in the National Socialist Era" at the Centre Marc Bloch Berlin in partnership mit the Frankreichzentrum at FU Berlin, 18 July 2017.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "Le modèle du théâtre antique et les scènes de plein air sous le Troisième Reich“, contribution to the German-French CIERA advanced research seminar Exemple-Exemplarité, Le Moulin d’Andé, September 2014.

Beaudoin, Antoine. "L’Architecte Fritz Schaller et le théâtre de masse“, contribution to the international colloquium La Cathédrale Transfigurée: regards, mythes, conflits, Université de Paris Nanterre / Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris / Goethe-Universität Frankfurt / Université de Rouen, 13-16 May 2014.