Prof. Dr. Johanna Blokker

Johanna Blokker studied art and architectural history as well as music at McGill University in Montreal and at the University of Toronto before joining the doctoral program at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. Her dissertation addressed the reconstruction of Cologne's destroyed Romanesque churches after World War II: in an analysis of the public debate surrounding the treatment of the city's destroyed architectural heritage, she revealed how this heritage was mobilized and appropriated in the service of a range of political positions on Germany's history and identity, and was thereby assigned a decisive role in local processes of negotiating the past. In 2019, she completed a habilitation project that investigated American funding and support for building projects in postwar Germany that were aimed at developing a pro-Western, democratic mindset and at strengthening the former enemy as a bulwark against the Soviet East. The project was awarded the University of Bamberg Habilitation Prize for 2019.

In additional research projects and publications, Prof. Blokker explores the discourses of heritage as they relate to cultural and memory politics; more information can be found under "Research and Teaching" and "Publications" below.

Prof. Blokker is Speaker of the Institute for Construction History and Art History IBK at BTU. She heads the Heritage Centre and in December 2025 was also appointed to the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies. She is Head of the Examination Board for the Master's programmes in "World Heritage Studies" and "Heritage Conservation and Site Management" as well as Director of Studies for the structured PhD programme in "Heritage Studies".

Beyond the university, Prof. Blokker serves on the Board of Advisors to the Foundation for Prussian Castles and Gardens (SPSG) and on the  DAdvisory Board to the City of Cottbus/Chóśebuz on Heritage Protection and Architectural Conservation. She is a member of ICOMOS Germany, of DoCoMoMo International, of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, the Memory Studies Association with its Working Group on Memory and Populism, the International Association of World Heritage Professionals, and the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation AKTLD.

Academic history

since Dec. 2025    UNESCO-Chair in Heritage Studies at BTU

since Oct. 2021    Chair in Architectural Conservation at BTU

2019    Habilitation in Art History, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bamberg

2018–2021    Assistant Professor (Akademische Oberrätin) with the Chair in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg

2012–2018    Post-Doctoral Researcher and Instructor (Akademische Rätin) with the Chair in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg

2011    Doctorate in the History of Art and Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts at New York University

2004–2011    Adjunct Instructor at The New School University in New York, at New York University, and at the University of Cologne

1999    Master of Arts in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Toronto

1996    Bachelor of Arts in in the History of Art and Architecture at McGill University in Montréal

Focus areas

• Heritage Dynamics: Analysing the processes by which heritage is “made”, how it functions in society, and how it is used (or abused) for specific, often power-political ends; and in turn, how it can be cultivated and deployed in efforts to build more inclusive, equitable and peaceful societies
   
• Heritage Politics: Examining the role of heritage in democratic processes associated with the negotiation of identity and values, including those aimed at legitimizing exclusion and at promoting cohesion; exploring the potential of heritage as a force to counter polarization, but also to deepen it
   
• Heritage and Armed Conflict: Analysing critically theideal of eliminating conflict by cultivating mutual cultural understanding through heritage, realizing that heritage is often a source and medium of conflict; investigating the impacts of heritage destruction on heritage communities and the role of heritage in post-conflict recovery
   
• Heritage Loss: Researching the experience of decay, destruction and demolition in the built environment due to processes of transformation, globalization, and climate change; considering the immediate as well as the long-term effects of these experiences on populations, including their role in shaping political attitudes ranging from extremism to apathy; contributing to policy change with regard to decay, destruction and demolition
   
• Heritage Conservation and Architectural Design: Exploring the potential of heritage research to contribute meaningfully to transforming the way we design and build in the future by revealing sustainable alternatives to our highly industrialized materials and methods; developing ways to instill in students of architecture a “heritage mindset“ that is characterized by long-term thinking and that prioritizes repair and reuse over replacement, conservation over demolition, and quality over profitability
   
• Heritage and Heimat: Examining the role of heritage in creating a “sense of place” and feelings of attachment and responsibility toward the natural or built environment; examining the dynamics of “place attachment” in binding populations to a locality or attracting them to settle there, thus opposing larger trends toward rural exodus (Landflucht) and “digital nomadism”

Current Projects

• Buildings of the Allied Occupation in Western Germany (1945-1955): The heritage of democratization in Germany's architectural landscape, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• cultural heritage in democratic processes
• cultural heritage in populist right-wing discourse and practice
• entanglements and symbioses between heritage conservation and architectural design

Monograph

Blokker, Johanna. (Re)Constructing Identity: World War II and the Reconstruction of Cologne's Destroyed Romanesque Churches, 1945-1985, doctoral dissertation at New York University. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest / UMIDissertation Publishing, 2012.

Edited volume

Blokker, Johanna, Carmen M. Enss and Stephanie Herold, eds. Politiken des Erbens in Urbanen Räumen. Bielefeld: transcript-Verlag, 2021.

Journal articles and book chapters

Blokker, Johanna. "(De-)Konstruiertes Kulturerbe. Über Vermögen, Verantwortung und Demokratie", in: Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (ed.), Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 76 / 10 (28 Feb. 2026), pp. 40-46.

Blokker, Johanna, Sylvia Claus, Alexandra Druzynski von Bötticher and Albert Kirchengast, "...in die Jahre gekommen: Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Strasse in Berlin (1971-80)", in: Wohnen verdichtet (themed issue of db deutsche bauzeitung 11 / 2025), pp. 46-53.

Blokker, Johanna. “The Heritagisation of Democracy in Germany’s Built Landscape”, in: Sabine Coady Schäbitz and Svenja Hönig, eds., Heritage and Democracy (Veröffentlichungen des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege vol. 33), Heidelberg 2025, pp. 116-123.

Blokker, Johanna. “Building a Global Citizenship from Cultural Heritage”?, in: Inclusive Citizenship - Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Bürgerschaft und politische Bildung, ed. Steve Kenner, Malte Kleinschmidt, Dirk Lange, Frank Reichert, and Christiane Schröder (Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2025): 71-83.

Blokker, Johanna. Stürzen oder Bewahren. Der Umgang mit kolonialen Denkmalen aus Sicht der Denkmalpflege, in: Aspekte des Kolonialen in der Geschichte Niedersachsens und Bremens, Jahrestagung der Historischen Kommission für Niedersachsen und Bremen, 17.-18. Juni 2022 in Cuxhaven, ed. Henning Steinführer and Meike Buck (Göttingen: Wallstein-Verlag, 2025), pp. 333-335.

Blokker, Johanna, Sylvia Claus, Alexandra Druzynski von Bötticher and Albert Kirchengast. "...in die Jahre gekommen: ECA-Entwicklungsbauten in Stuttgart (1952-53), in: Einfach Wohnen! (themed issue of db deutsche bauzeitung 11 / 2024), pp. 42-48. 

Blokker, Johanna. Challenging Monuments: Heritage conservation and the difficult legacies of colonialism (chapter), in: Architectures of Colonialism. Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories, ed. Vera Egbers, Christa Kamleithner, Özge Sezer and Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir (Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 2024), pp. 231-244.

Blokker, Johanna. Vom Nutzen und Nachteil des Digitalen für Denkmalpflege und Gesellschaft, in: Zukunftsfragen – Perspektiven für die Denkmalpflege, VDL-Jahrestagung 2022, 15. bis 18. Mai 2022 in Münster, ed. Gisela Woltermann (Darmstadt: wgb Theiss, forthcoming).

Blokker, Johanna.  Heritage and the 'Heartland'. Architectural and urban heritage in the discourse and practice of the populist far right, in: Journal of European Studies 52, issue 3-4 (themed issue on European Heritage and Citizenship), ed. Astrid van Weyenberg, Sabine Volk and Margriet van der Waal, September 2022, pp. 219-237.

Blokker, Johanna. "Its evil day must come at last": Heritage conservation and the challenge of ruins, in: Thinking Through Ruins. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Functions, Interpretations and (Mis-)Uses of the Past, ed. Enass Khansa, Konstantin Klein, Tarek Tawfik and Barbara Winckler (Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2022), pp. 72-95.

Blokker, Johanna. Rückwärtsgewandte Utopien. Rechtspopulismus und Erbe, in: Denkmal_Emotion. Politisierung - Mobilisierung - Bindung (Veröffentlichungen des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege Bd. 30), ed. Gerhard Vinken and Stephanie Herold (Holzminden: Mitzkat, 2021), pp. 25-29. 

Blokker, Johanna. Denkmalsturz und Denkmalschutz. Positionen der Denkmalpflege zum Umgang mit Denkmälern des Kolonialismus, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, Jg. 71, H. 40-41, ed. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Berlin: bpb, 2021), pp. 27–33.

Blokker, Johanna. Heritage Communities and the Conservation of Heritage "below the threshold of significance for a monument", in: Politiken des Erbens in Urbanen Räumen, ed. Johanna Blokker, Carmen M. Enss and Stephanie Herold (Bielefeld: transcript-Verlag, 2021), pp. 131-145.

Blokker, Johanna. Architektur als Medium amerikanischer Kulturdiplomatie in Deutschland: Die Dominikanerkirche in Bamberg, in: Bamberg: Militär und Stadt, ed. Gabriele Wiesemann and Sabine Freitag (Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2019), pp. 135-163.

Blokker, Johanna. Die Denkmalpflege und das Digitale, in: Das Digitale und die Denkmalpflege (Proceedings of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation, vol. 26), ed. Birgit Franz and Ingrid Scheurmann (AKTLD 2017), pp. 24-31.

Blokker, Johanna. Heritage Conservation and Digitality, in: Forum Stadt 2 (2016), pp. 189-206.   

Blokker, Johanna. Was nach dem Kalten Krieg übrig bleibt. Umnutzung und Umdeutung der gebauten Hinterlassenschaften der amerikanischen Präsenz in Deutschland, in: Strukturwandel – Denkmalwandel. Umbau, Umnutzung, Umdeutung (Veröffentlichungen des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege, vol. 25), hg. von Birgit Franz und Ingrid Scheurmann (Holzminden: Mitzkat, 2016), pp. 114-121.

Blokker, Johanna. Remembering and Experiencing German Cities in Photographic Books after World War II, in: Paper Cities: Urban Representation in Photographic Books, ed. Susana S. Martins and Anne Reverseau (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2016), pp. 191-214.

Blokker, Johanna. Habilitation Project: Architecture as a Medium of American Cultural Diplomacy in Germany Between the Second World War and the Cold War, in: Forschende Frauen in Bamberg. Beiträge Bamberger Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen Bd. 8, ed. Ada Raev, Iris Herrmann and Brigitte Eierle (Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 2015), pp. 47-61.

Blokker, Johanna. From the Heritage of the German "Other" to the Heritage of the "Other" Germany: American policy on German architectural heritage between the Second World War and the Cold War, in: Das Erbe der Anderen. Denkmalpflegerisches Handeln im Zeichen der Globalisierung, ed. Gerhard Vinken und Carmen Enss (Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 2015), pp. 49-57.

Blokker, Johanna. St. Kolumba in Cologne, Germany: A case of the elaboration or the elision of memory? in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the European Architectural History Network, ed. Hilde Heynen and Janina Gosseye (Brussels: KVAB, 2012), pp. 193-195.

Blokker, Johanna. (Re)konstruierte Identität. Zum Wiederaufbau der Romanischen Kirchen in Köln, in: Geschichte in Köln 58 (2011), pp. 211-228.

In preparation

Erhalten und Gestalten: Zum Verhältnis zwischen Architektur und Denkmalpflege (edited volume of conference proceedings)

(De)Konstruiertes Erbe – kulturelles Erbe, Identität und Demokratie (journal article)

Partei. Macht. Schule. Die Ordensburg Sonthofen in der Baukultur des Nationalsozialismus (essay)

Architektur und Demokratisierung. Bauliche Zeugen allierter Intervention im besetzten Deutschland nach 1945 / Architecture and Democratization. Built witnesses to Allied intervention in occupied Germany after 1945 (edited volume of conference proceedings).

Investments in Democracy. The Special Projects Program of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1949-1955 (monograph, Habilitation project at the University of Bamberg).

Bauliches Kulturerbe in der Besatzungspolitik der Westalliierten in Deutschland nach 1945 (journal article).

Peter Behrens and the Modern Theatre (journal article).

Conference papers and public lectures

"Decay, Destruction, Demolition. Manifestations and Experiences of Transience in Architecture“, Zur Aktualität von Ruinen, 32nd annual conference of the German-Polish Working Group on Art History and Architectural Conservation, Frankfurt an der Oder, December 2025.

"Partei. Macht. Schule. Die Ordensburg Sonthofen in der Baukultur des Nationalsozialismus“, conference NS-Ordensburg Sonthofen. Geschichte – Wahrnehmung – geschichtspolitischer Umgang, Sonthofen, November 2025.

"Cultural Heritage Between Consensus, Contestation and Conflict", conference 70 Years of the Hague Convention: Learning from the Past and Present for the Future, presented by the International Association of World Heritage Professionals IAWHP, November 2025.

"Positionen der Denkmalpflege zum Umgang mit ,unbequemen' Denkmälern im öffentlichen Raum", keynote at the 3rd Workshop of the AG Kunst am Bau an Hochschulen, Dresden, May 2025.

"Das baukulturelle Erbe in der Besatzungspolitik der Westalliierten. Deutschland nach 1945", lecture series presented by the German Heritage Conservation Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz) in the Nicolaihaus in Berlin, May 2025.

"Transformation in the City: decay and demolition as an experience of loss", Conference Urban Loss. Historische und geographische Perspektiven auf Verlusterfahrungen und -erzählungen in den Transformationen der modernen Stadt, Jena, March 2025.

"End Times: Decay, Destruction and Demolition as Experience", lecture series of the DFG-funded Graduate Research Training Group 2227 Identität und Erbe, Berlin, January 2025.

"Transformation in der Stadt – Verfall und Abriss als Erfahrung", together with Dr. Frank Rochow, Symposium Räumliche Dimensionen von Transformationsprozessen, January 2025, Cottbus.

"Positionen der Denkmalpflege zum Umgang mit ,unbequemen' Denkmälern des Kolonialismus", Concept Workshop 4x4 Erinnerungskulturen organized by the Dresdner Geschichtsverein e.V. and the Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden, November 2024.

"The 'Heritagization' of Democracy in Germany's Built Landscape", annual conference of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation (AKTLD e.V.), Coventry UK, October 2024.

"Vom Denkmal zum Heritage. Chancen und Herausforderungen eines Paradigmenwechsels für die Denkmalpflege", contribution to the monthly workshop hosted by DoCoMoMo Austria, Vienna / online, June 2024.

"Offene Denkmäler: Heritage-Making an einem Ort der Deutschen Demokratiegeschichte", contribution to the expert panel Räume, Architektur, Denkmal at the workshop to develop an Open Embassy for Democracy in the former Officers Club of the HICOG Housing Estate in Plittersdorf, Montag Foundation, Bonn, February 2024.

"Denkmalsturz oder Denkmalschutz? Positionen der Denkmalpflege zum Umgang mit Denkmälern des Kolonialismus", Cusanuswerk Graduate Research Group conference, Lingen / Ems, October 2023.

"Denkmalpflege Transkulturell" (Keynote). Kultur Erbe Aneignung - 7. Internationales Symposium zur Architekturvermittlung, Weimar, March 2023.

"Cultural Heritage Between Consensus, Contestation and Conflict" (Keynote). Contested World Orders, Bamberg, Dezember 2022.

"Heritage Conservation and the Challenge of Difficult Heritage" (Keynote). Without Obstruction: Monuments and Memorials of, not on the Land. 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Berlin, September 2022.

"Building a Global Citizenship from Cultural Heritage?“ (Keynote). Inclusive Citizenship as Belongings, Practices and Acts. International conference organized by theLeibniz Research Center for Inclusive Citizenship (CINC) and the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Citizenship, Hannover, September 2022.

"Denkmalsturz und Denkmalschutz. Positionen der Denkmalpflege zum Umgang mit Denkmälern des Kolonialismus". Unbequemes Kulturerbe? Inszenierungen und Diskurse des Denkmalsturzes in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vortragsreihe des Leibniz-Forschungsverbundes ,Wert der Vergangenheit', Leipzig, June 2022.

"Vom Nutzen und Nachteil des Digitalen für Denkmalpflege und Gesellschaft". Zukunftsfragen: Perspektiven für die Denkmalpflege. VDL Annual Conference, Münster, May 2022. 

"The Power of Images in Conservation and Reconstruction" (Keynote). The Reconstruction of Post-World War II Europe through the Visual Arts, Paris, April 2022.

"Retrospective Utopias: Cultural heritage in right-wing populist discourse". CHER Closing Conference, Hannover, September 2021.

"Retrospective Utopias: Heritage in right-wing populist discourse".  27th International Conference of Europeanists, Reykjavik / online, June 2021.

"Investments in Democracy. The Special Projects Program of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1949-1955".  Architecture and Democratization: Overlooked witnesses to Allied intervention in occupied Germany after 1945, Bamberg / online, June 2021.

"Création numérique / Digital kreieren" (panel moderator), DIGIARCH2021, Zürich / online, March 2021.

"Denkmalsturz als Systemkritik. Der Bildersturm und die Black Lives Matter-Bewegung".  Freie Universität Bamberg, Bamberg / online, February 2021.

"Rückwärtsgewandte Utopien. Rechtspopulimus und Erbe".  Annual Conference of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation (AKTLD), Bamberg, October 2020.

"Heritage and Populism".  Annual Memory Studies Association Conference, Madrid, June 2019.

"Heritage in Contemporary Populist Discourse in Britain and Germany".  Kulturelles Erbe und öffentliches Interesse. Deutsch-britische Perspektiven auf regionale Erinnerungskultur, Bayreuth, June 2019.

"Bauliches Erbe in der Besatzungspolitik der Westalliierten in Deutschland nach 1945".  Habilitation lecture, University of Bamberg, April 2019.

"Architecture and Reorientation: The Special Projects Program of the American High Commissioner for Germany".  Urban Renewal and Resilience: Cities in Comparative Perspective.  European Association of Urban Historians (EAUH) 14th International Conference, Rome, September 2018.

"Die Denkmalpflege und das Digitale".  Das Digitale und die Denkmalpflege. Annual Conference of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation, Weimar, September 2016.

"Konversion und Konservierung: Der Erinnerungswert ehemaliger Militärstützpunkte und die Möglichkeiten seiner Erhaltung und Realisierung".  Workshop Ehemalige militärische Liegenschaften im urbanen Raum – Konversion für die Zukunftsstadt?, Bonn, May 2016.

"Was nach dem Kalten Krieg übrig bleibt.  Umnutzung und Umdeutung der gebauten Hinterlassenschaften der amerikanischen Präsenz in Deutschland vor und nach 1989".  Strukturwandel - Denkmalwandel. Umbau, Umnutzung, Umdeutung. Annual Conference of the Working Group on Theory and Education in Heritage Conservation, Dortmund, October 2015.

"Photography and Memory in German Cities after 1945".  Symposium Remembering Bombed Cities. Competing narratives and transnational perspectives.  NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam, September 2015.

"Germany's Amerika-Häuser: Architecture in the Battle for Hearts and Minds".  Lecture series Making America, presented by the Department of American Studies.  University of Bamberg, June 2015.

"American Cultural Diplomacy and the Rebuilding of Germany after 1945".  ESALA Research Seminar Series.  Edinburgh University, October 2014.

"Urban Photography, Memory and the Simultaneity of Past and Present in German Cities after 1945".  EAUH 12th International Conference on Urban History: Cities in Europe, Cities in the World.  Lisbon, September 2014.

"Architektur als Medium amerikanischer Kulturdiplomatie in Deutschland nach 1945: Die Dominikanerkirche in Bamberg".  Bamberg: Militär und Stadt. Öffentliche Vortragsreihe zur Bamberger Militärgeschichte anläßlich der Konversion.  University of Bamberg, June 2014.

"Heritage in Ruins: Historic Preservation and the Legacy of World War II in Germany".  Symposium Ruination and Conservation: Practical Perspectives on the Management of Architectural Heritage.  University of Aarhus, September 2013.

"Architecture of the 1960s in Germany: A Difficult Heritage".  Colloquium Modernism at Risk: 1960s Modern.  University of Lund, February 2013.

"St. Kolumba in Cologne, Germany: A case of the elaboration or the elision of memory?"  European Architectural Historians Network Second International Meeting.  
Brussels, May 2012.

"Peter Behrens and the Modern Theatre".  Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Symposium 2012.  Cambridge University, April 2012.

"Reconstructing Identity in Architecture: Cologne's Romanesque Churches after 1945".  German Studies Association Conference.  St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2008.

"Berlin and Dresden: Museum Architecture in Context".  
Conference Strategies for the Future of Culture: Dresden in Global Context.  Dresden, October 2005.

"'Persistent Revivalism' and the Problem of the Past in German Medieval Architectural History after 1945".
 College Art Association 91st Annual Conference.  
New York City, February 2003.

Master's theses - first supervisor

Bayoumi, Salma Hesham (2024). Activist Archives and Exhibitions as Sites of Memory: The Case of an Egyptian Feminist Archive.
Joint Degree Master’s Programme in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of TechnologyCottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Mary Missak Kupelian, Helwan University, Cairo

Kotobelli, Robin (2024). Reactivating Heritage: Adaptive Reuse as an Instrument for the Conservation of Ruins.
Master’s Programme in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. phil. Alexandra Skedzuhn, BTU

Mansouri, Mahsa (2024). Adaptive Reuse of Historic Houses: The Exploration of Sustainable Urban Regeneration through Heritage Conservation in Isfahan.
Master’s Programme in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Susan Draeger, BTU

Rizov, Martin (2024). Uses of Heritage Restoration and Heritage Creation: The case of North Macedonia.
Joint Degree Master’s Programme in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Mary Missak Kupelian, Helwan University, Cairo

Tabassum, Humaira (2024). Remembering the Past, Redefining the Future: Adaptive reuse of St. Laurentius church in Glücksburg, Germany.
Joint Degree Master’s Programme in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Mona M. Raafat El-Sayed, Helwan University, Cairo

Thiel, Maria (2024). Leben und Werk des Architekten Paul Thiel (1878-1911).
Master’s Programme in Building and Conservation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Alexandra Skedzuhn, BTU

Ajo Sagredo, Diego (2023). Enhancing the value of a historic industrial heritage site: The case of the Fábrica de Papel y Cartón Wilhelm Schaub in Chiguayante, Chile.
Joint Degree Master's Program in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt
Secondary supervision: Dr. Mary Missak Kupelian, Helwan University, Cairo

Alves Ernst, Brenda (2023). Changing Meanings of Public Art in Changing Urban Space: The example of “Monovolume: Liberdade em Equílibrio” by Mary Vieira in Belo Horizonte.
Joint Degree Master's Program in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt
Secondary supervision: Prof. Rasha Metawi, Helwan University, Cairo

Asaeed, Saeed (2023). Using the Intangible to Rebuild the Tangible: Post- Armed Conflict Urban Heritage Reconstruction in the Al-Jdeideh Quarter of the Ancient City of Aleppo.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Elke Richter, BTU

Daitche, Julia (2023). Becoming Heritage. Change and transformation on the Teufelsberg in Berlin.
Double Degree Master's Program in World Heritage Studies und Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Deakin University in Melbourne
Secondary supervision: Dr. Virginie Rey, Deakin University, Melbourne

Engida, Bisrat (2023). Layers of Addis Ababa: Assessing the status of pre-1886 heritage sites in the heritage scene of Addis Ababa.
Double Degree Master's Program in World Heritage Studies and Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Deakin University in Melbourne
Secondary supervision: Dr. Virginie Rey, Deakin University, Melbourne

Fahami, Mahlaqa (2023). The Former Chemiewerk Factory at Rüdersdorf, Germany: An Alternative Conservation Approach for a Former Industrial Site.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Leo Schmidt, BTU

Hoffmann, Rabea (2023). Worth preserving? An Examination of the Built Heritage of Slums and Concepts to preserve its Cultural Value.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Katelyn Williams M.A., CIEE Global Institute Berlin

Lee, Anna (2023). Heritage in Transition: Adapting historic public libraries to meet modern needs.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir, BTU

Vowles, Emily Jane (2023). Senzeni Na? Why Rhodes must continue to fall: In defence of decolonial fallism.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Dr. Miriam Friz Trzeciak, BTU

Al Hasan, Mohammad Abu (2022). 60 Years of Antarctic Heritage under the Antarctic Treaty: Designation and Protection of Human Heritage in Antarctica.
Joint Degree Master's Program in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt
Secondary supervision: Prof. Mona M. Raafat El-Sayed, Helwan University, Cairo

Kadu, Mangesh Madhav (2022). Calendrical Systems as a Subdomain of Intangible Cultural Heritage According to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision:  Dr. jur. Thomas Köstlin M.A., Exponatus Ausstelllungsmanagement

Kleftogeorgou, Vasileia (2022). Athen - Die Industrieerbe und die Reaktivierung des Zentrums der Stadt.
Master's Program in Architecture, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Roland Bondzio, BTU

Montero Andrade, Cuayautitlali (2022). Traditional Cuisine of Michoacàn in the Era of Globalization: Survival and Transformations. The case of Tzintzuntzan.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Katelyn Williams M.A., CIEE Global Institute Berlin

Quin Briceno, Maria (2022). Analyzing the relationship between tangible and intangible cultural heritage through the case study of the “Gaitas Zulianas” musical tradition in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision: Katelyn Williams M.A., CIEE Global Institute Berlin

Segers, Maria (2022). The Memoralisation of “asozialen” Women in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision:  Dr. Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir, BTU

Sutthanonkul, Supitcha (2022). Teak Industrial Heritage in Phrae Province, Thailand: An Approach to Bridging the Gap Between Nature and Culture in Heritage Conservation.
Master's Program in World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Secondary supervision:  Dr. Clara Rellensmann, BTU

Szpoganicz, Monique (2022). Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings in Brazil: A Critical Analysis.
Joint Degree Master's Program in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt
Secondary supervision: Dr. Nevine Nizar Zakaria, Helwan University, Cairo

Bauch, Anastasia, und Tamara Winkhardt-Möglich (2021). Ein US-amerikanisches Aufbauprojekt des Kalten Krieges in Deutschland: Der ‚Wooden Church Crusade‘.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Friedemann Zeitler, Hochschule Coburg

Klischies, Sina (2021). Englische Landschaftsgärten in Franken: Betrachtung ausgewählter Beispiele aus denkmalpflegerischer Sicht.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Roger Karbe, Hochschule Coburg

Ruf, Clara (2021). Die Konversion von ehemaligen Militärliegenschaften in Deutschland als Herausforderung für die Denkmalpflege: Erbe, Erinnerung, Erhaltung.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Matthias Jagfeld, Hochschule Coburg

Berger, Farah Marie (2020). Denkmalpflege zwischen Vorstellung und Realität: Denkmalwerte- und Denkmalverlust des industriellen Erbes in Bayern am Beispiel der Maxhütte im oberpfälzischen Sulzbach-Rosenberg.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision:  Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Kaiser, Mareike, und Nadine Simon (2020). Die "Autogerechte Stadt" der Nachkriegszeit in Deutschland als Herausforderung für die Denkmalpflege.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Friedemann Zeitler, Hochschule Coburg

Konsbruck, Lynn (2020). Baracken als Notbehausungen im kriegszerstörten Luxemburg ab 1945 – Geschichte und Bestandserfassung.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Lautner, Theresa (2020). Immaterielles Kulturerbe und seine Materialität. Eine Hinterfragung am Beispiel Alpiner Kletterrouten.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Friedemann Zeitler, Hochschule Coburg

Miemietz, Oliver (2020). ‘Lost Places’ und ‘Urban Exploration’: ein emotionaler Zugang zum gebauten Erbe der Moderne?
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Müller, Janin (2020). Vermittlungsarbeit in der Gartendenkmalpflege in Deutschland. Vergleichende Analyse aktueller Methoden und Medien mit dem Ziel der Formulierung erfolgsversprechender Ansätze.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Holger Falter, Hochschule Coburg

Rothweil, Ronja (2020). Wertezuschreibungen in der Schadenserfassung, Trümmerräumung und Trümmerverwertung in und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: das Beispiel Stuttgart.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision:  Prof. Dr. Olath Huth, Hochschule Coburg

Werner, Sarina (2020). Grundlagenermittlung für den Wiederaufbau nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: die Schadenserfassung der Stadt Schweinfurt.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Friedemann Zeitler, Hochschule Coburg

Wich, Alena (2020). Modellschulen des US-amerikanischen Special Projects Program in Deutschland (1949-55): Beispiele in Franken.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision:  Prof. Dr. Olaf Huth, Hochschule Coburg

Zesewitz, Kirsten (2020). Nachverdichtung denkmalgeschützter Siedlungen der Nachkriegsmoderne: die Parkwohnanlage West in Nürnberg.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Alfes, Fiona (2019). Die Bauten der Internationalen Bauausstellung (IBA) 1987 in Berlin-Tegel: Geschichte, Bestandsaufnahme und Beurteilung der Denkmalwerte.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Friedemann Zeitler, Hochschule Coburg

Gehrmann, Janina (2019). Vom ungeliebten zum geliebten Erbe? Die Entwicklung der Mainzer Altstadt seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Harmuth, Ramona (2019). Wiederaufbau in Nordnorwegen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Secondary supervision: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Troi, Hochschule Coburg

Master's theses - second supervisor

Abdelsayed, Nancy Stafanos (2024). Demolition and New Development Plans: The Case of Historic Cemeteries of The City of The Dead in Cairo. 
Master’s Programme in Heritage Conservation and Site Management, Helwan University, Cairo
Primary supervision: Dr. Mary Missak Kupelian, Helwan University, Cairo

Atan, Ecem (2024). Das Gutshaus in Hohenahlsdorf: Analyse und Nutzungskonzept.
Master’s Programme in Architecture, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Alexandra Druzynski von Bötticher, BTU

Brell, Stephan (2024). Zahnklinik Süd. Umbau und Erweiterung des Berliner „Maüsebunkers“. 
Master’s Programme in Building and Conservation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Per Pedersen, BTU

Marquardt, Nina (2024). Die Baukultur der Braunkohle-Industrie in der Lausitz.
Master’s Programme in Climate-adapted Construction and Operation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Susan Draeger, BTU

Megrelishvili, Sophia (2023). Living Culture Renaissance - Zwischen dystopischer Ruine und kulturellem Erbe.
Masterstudiengang Architektur, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Dr. Sylvia Claus, BTU

Petrovic, Danica (2023). Das Kino und Hotel „L'Aiglon“ in Berli-Wedding: Analyse eines Bauensembles der 1950er Jahre mit Vorschlägen für seine bestands- und denkmalgerechte Nachnutzung.
Masterstudiengang Architektur, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Dr. Ilija Vukorep, BTU

Hennig, Julia, und Carolin Oberst (2020). Dokumentation, Nutzungs- und Sanierungskonzept der ehemaligen Dragoner Kaserne aus dem 18. Jahrhundert in Forchheim.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Markus Schlempp, Hochschule Coburg

Meyer-Günderoth, Caroline (2020). Dokumentation und Nutzungskonzept in der Lagarde-Kaserne in Bamberg.
Master's Program in Heritage Conservation, University of Bamberg
Primary supervision: Prof. Markus Schlempp, Hochschule Coburg

Doctoral dissertations - second, third or external evaluator

Williams, Katelyn (2024). Reclaiming Continuity: Lessons from the Recovery of Islamic Heritage in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. em. Dr. Leo Schmidt, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Battis-Schinker, Eva (2023). Assessing Authenticity in Heritage Conservation. Case Study: Architectural Conservation in Bahrain.
Doctoral degree in Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. em. Dr. Leo Schmidt, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Rellensmann, Clara (2022). Appropriating Sacred Spaces: An Investigation of Bagan’s Transformed Landscape.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Primary supervision: Prof. em. Dr. Leo Schmidt, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Pilia, Elisa (2017). Urban Ruins. Memorial Value and Contemporaneity.
Dottorato in Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Primary supervision: Roberto Deidda, Università degli Studi di Cagliari