Book launch

16 October, 4-6pm, Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School

Please join us for the launch of Dr Stephan Ehrig’s (School of Modern Languages and Cultures) latest monograph, ‘Neubau Atmospheres. East German Cultural Remediations of Modernist Architecture’ (Berghahn, 2025), with a special guest introduction by Dr Andrew Hoolachan (Urban Studies).

The launch will be followed by a reception in the foyer.

Description:

“The artistic potential modern, urban housing (“Neubau”) offered to writers and directors in East Germany from the 1960s to 1980s remains underexplored. Neubau Atmospheres seeks to bridge that gap by providing an incisive analysis of East German cinematic, literary, and architectural case studies, highlighting how the modernist housing of the GDR provided a potent vehicle for mediating the emotional and social experience of its denizens. Considering how these cinematic and literary representations focalized ideas of class, gender, and age, author Stephan Ehrig makes a compelling case for viewing this engagement with the urban environment as a cultural genre in its own right.”