Dr. Clara Rellensmann
Teaching Associate and Post-Doctoral Researcher
Building 2B / Room 0.15
Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 4
03046 Cottbus
T +49 (0) 355 69 3996
clara.rellensmann(at)b-tu.de
Office hours: by appointment
Dr. Rellensmann is not available at this time. She will return to the office in August 2024.
Clara Rellensmann studied European Studies with a focus on art history and cultural studies at the University of Passau and World Heritage Studies at BTU. In 2010/11, she held the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs and subsequently worked as a consultant for the UNESCO offices in Bangkok and Yangon until 2016. Since April 2017, she has been working as Teaching and Research Associate at the Department of Architectural Conservation. For her doctoral thesis, in association with the DFG Research Training Group 1913 "Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings", she researched the Buddhist site of Bagan and identity politics in Myanmar.
Clara Rellensmann is a member of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, a founding member of Haus Döschnitz e.V. and a member of the ICOMOS International Committee on Risk Preparedness. From 2020 to 2017, she served as a board member of ICOMOS International and in 2019/2020 as an expert on the World Heritage Panel.
Professional history
Since April 2017 Teaching and Research Associate at the Department of Architectural Conservation at BTU
2016 - 2021 Research activities for PhD dissertation on identity politics in Myanmar, title: Appropriating Sacred Spaces: An Investigation of Bagan’s Transformed Landscape
2012-2016 Project Coordinator and Technical Consultant for the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (Thailand) and the UNESCO Project Office in Yangon (Myanmar)
2010-2011 Holder of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs
2010 Master of Arts in "World Heritage Studies" at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus
2007 Bachelor of Arts in "European Studies" at the University of Passau
Focus areas
- Heritage politics
- Participatory practices in heritage
- Cultural heritage and sustainable development
- Southeast Asia
Current projects
- DAAD summer schools "Studio Bagan" and academic exchange (Erasmus+) in cooperation with Yangon Technological University (YTU)
- Haus Döschnitz e.V.: transdisciplinary adaptive re-use of a monument in the Schwarzatal, South Thuringia
Herausgeberschaften
Casper, J. / Eisenloffel, K. / Rellensmann, C. / Stevens, M.: Studio Bagan: Heritage Tourism – Conflicts and Chances, Brandenburgische Technische Universität / IKMZ, 2019.
Bartoli, S. / Rellensmann, C. / Linden, S.: AG7 - Bagan, Büros für Konstruktivismus, Berlin 2019.
Rellensmann, C. / Römer, A.: STUDIO BAGAN – building in heritage context, Brandenburgische Technische Universität / IKMZ 2018.
Rellensmann, C. (Hg): Heritage Conservation and Ideologies (a reader), Brandenburgische Technische Universität / IKMZ 2018.
Artikel
Rellensmann, C. / Pwint, Wint Tin Htut Latt: "Strengthening Cultural Heritage Conservation Through Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning", in: Klumpner, H. / Papanicolaou, K.E. (Hg.), Transitioning to Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG11), MDPI Book Series: Transitioning to Sustainability, MDPI 2021 (in Kürze erscheinend).
Rellensmann, C.: "Von einer Ruinenlandschaft zur Pagodenstadt: ideologisiertes Weiterbauen in Myanmar 1995–2011", in: Froschauer, E.M. / Lorenz, W. / Rellensmann, L. / Wiesener, A. (Hg.), Vom Wert des Weiterbauens – konstruktive Lösungen und kulturgeschichtlicher Zusammenhänge, Basel 2020, S. 67–82.
Rellensmann, C.: "Wessen Erbe bewahren?", ad hoc international, 11.11.2020.
Maas, K. / Rellensmann, C. / Rellensmann, L.: "Diversify/Decolonize Heritage!“ Report on Kick-off Workshop, ICOMOS Deutschland website, August 2020.
Rellensmann, C. / Stevens, J.M.: "Studio Bagan - Working across disciplines to contribute to the sustainable conservation of Myanmar’s flagship destination", in: Kollert,C. / Weidner, S. (Hg.), Researching Cities and Designing Spaces – Research at the Institute of Urban Planning, Brandenburgische Technische Universität / IKMZ, 2020.
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission (Hg): "Welterbe bedeutet Verantwortung zu übernehmen!, Interview mit Clara Rellensmann anlässlich des Europäischen Kulturerbejahrs 2018", April 2018.
Rellensmann, C. / Mezzino, D. / Santana Quintero, M. / Pwint, Wint Tin Htut Latt:" Technical Assistance for the Conservation of Built Heritage at Bagan, Myanmar", Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLI-B5, 2016, S. 945-952.
doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B5-945-2016
Konferenzbeiträge und öffentliche Vorträge
26.–30.8.2020, online
Vortrag: „Accounting for the past or business as usual? The afterlife of ideologically transformed heritage sites in Myanmar since 2011“
Association of Critical Heritage Studies, 5th Biannual Conference, University College London, 26.–30. August 2020
2.6.2019, Sarajevo
Workshop: It’s complicated: Negotiating the diverse needs of stakeholders at living religious heritage sites (Leitung des Workshops zusammen mit Katelyn Williams)
Interpret Europe Conference: Engaging with Diversity, 31. Mai bis 3. Juni 2019 in Sarajevo
5.12.2018, Buenos Aires
World Heritage Information Session (Leitung zusammen mit Gabriel Caballero (Singapur))
ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, 3.-6. Dezember 2018 in Buenos Aires
7.10.2018, Rangun (Myanmar)
Vortrag: World Heritage narratives and beyond
DAAD-Sommerschule STUDIO BAGAN, 7.–21. Oktober 2018 in Myanmar
27.9.2018, Kaiserslautern
Poster Präsentation: Studio Bagan – Building in Heritage Contexts
Konferenz Research Culture in Architecture, 27.–28. September 2018 in Kaiserslautern
8.8.20018, Apolda
Impulsvortrag und Gespräch: Wie weiter mit Eiermanns Erbe? (gemeinsam mit Luise Rellensmann (Cottbus) und Sophia Walk (Graz))
IBA (Thüringen) Campus, 5. Juli bis 25. August in Apolda
28.6.2018, Cottbus
Vortrag: Ideologie und Weiterbauen in Myanmar: Bagan 1995–2011
Querschnittkolloquium Vom Wert des Weiterbauens, 27.–29. Juni 2018 in Cottbus
7.2.2018, Ottawa
Vortrag: Authenticating reconstruction – An investigation of Bagan’s rebuilt landscape
NSERC Create Heritage Research Forum (Carleton University), 7.–9. Februar 2018 in Ottawa
17.6.2017, Bonn
Vortrag: How to make merit in modernity? An investigation of Bagan’s reconstructed landscape.
Myanmar Studies Conference, Juni 2017 in Bonn
20.5.2017, London
Vortrag: Authenticating reconstruction – An investigation of Bagan’s rebuilt landscape.
Architectural History Workshop, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), Mai 2015 in London
15.-17.10.2011, Phuket Town
Vortrag: The UNESCO Recommendation for the Historic Urban Landscape: Applications in the Asian Context (gemeinsam mit J. Chandler).
ICOMOS Thailand 2011 International Conference on Asian Urban Heritage, Oktober 2011 in Phuket Town
Masterarbeiten - Erstbetreuung
Manjunath, Meghana (2018). Sustainable Tourism Guidelines for Mysore City, India.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Zweitbetreuung: Olav Clemens, FH Westküste
Putra, Edwin Perdana (2018). Assessment of Adaptive Re-use in Post-Colonial Buildings: A Case Study in Braga Street, Indonesia.
Masterstudiengang Heritage Conservation and Site Management, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Zweitbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Nevine Nizar, Helwan University, Kairo
Masterarbeiten - Zweitbetreuung
Bardhan, Jayashree (2021). Optimising ICOMOS’ ‘Heritage at Risk’ Initiatives:Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Cultural Heritage at Risk.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: V.-Prof. Dr. Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir, mit Dr. Teresa Patricio (KU Leuven).
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Kleitz, Elise (2019). Transmitting traumatic memory to future generations in the post-conflict urban landscape: the critical task of architecture.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Leo Schmidt, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Mühlstädt, Isabelle (2019). Keeping the Genius Loci Alive – Understanding and Preserving the Spirit and Feeling of Places.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Leo Schmidt, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
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Kuhnlein, Melanie (2018). Umnutzung der denkmalgeschützten Obermühle Leutra in ein Wohngebäude.
Masterstudiengang Bauen und Erhalten, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Leo Schmidt, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Leckie, Leonardo Bucco (2018). The First Line of Defence: Humanitarian First Aid to Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict and the Role of the International Community.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Leo Schmidt, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Teng, Zhuoyou (2018). Heritage of migrants in a changing society: a case study from Bangkok’s Chinatown.
Masterstudiengang World Heritage Studies, B-TU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Erstbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Anna Amelina