Home Activities and Achievements Events Events Dep. Weddigen - Italy in a Global Context Department Weddigen Lecture Speaker: Tristan Weddigen Location: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome Neobaroque Modern: Oscar Niemeyer and the Construction of a Brazilian Identity Spring Term Opening Lecture Date: Feb 8, 2023 Time: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tristan Weddigen Location: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome Categories: Department Weddigen, Lecture, Dep. Weddigen - Italy in a Global Context Contact: freiberg@biblhertz.it The lecture explores the reuse of the colonial Baroque in the modernist discourse, and more specifically in Oscar Niemeyer’s early architectural work, as a means to forming Brazilian identity. [more]