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Curriculum Vitae
Title(s), initials, first name, surname:
Drs. P.A. (Petra) Brouwer
Date and place of birth: August 02 1969 Frankfurt am Main
Nationality: Dutch
Email: p.brouwer@let.vu.nl
Masters
University: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Architectural History and Physical Planning
Date: 1996
Main subject: Town planning of Lelystad and Almere 1959-1974
Doctorate
University: Free University Amsterdam
Date: September 2003
Title of thesis: Historiography of Dutch Architectural History in the 19th Century (working title)
Work experience
1996 - current: assistant surveyor Free University Amsterdam
Brief summary of research over last five years
Research for a thesis on Dutch 19th century history of
International activities
The Unreliable Eye. Lecture for the conference Discourses of the Visual, London April 19th and 20th 2001, University of Westminster.
Form follows lifestyle. Origins of the Dutch Debate on the Metropolitan Region with Almere as Casestudy. Lecture for the conference Stadt schafft Landschaft. International Conference on the future of the public domain, Potsdam September 7th-9th 2001.
Other academic activities
1998-present: permanent correspondent architecture of De Witte Raaf Flemish-Dutch magazine for modern art and art theory
1999-present: coordinator and lecturer in Text analysis at the Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam.
2000-present: board member Cuypersgenootschap, society of the preservation of 19th- and 20th century heritage in the Netherlands.
Books
De stad wordt gemaakt, Bussum 1997, with J. de Vletter
Van stad naar stedelijkheid. Planning en planconceptie van Lelystad en Almere, Rotterdam 1997
Contributions to books
"Almere 1977. Ontwerp-structuurplan", in: K. Bosma and H. Hellinga (ed.),De regie van de stad. Noord-Europese stedebouw 1900-2000, Rotterdam 1997, 338-345
"Lelystad 1964. Stedebouwkundig Plan voor Lelystad", in: K. Bosma and H. Hellinga (ed.),De regie van de stad. Noord-Europese stedebouw 1900-2000, Rotterdam 1997, 316-323
"De eerste ontwerpen van Lelystad en Almere", in: G.H.L. Tiesinga (ed.),In Flevoland verzameld. Cultuur Historisch Jaarboek voor Flevoland, Lelystad 1998, 77-87
International (refereed) journals
"Boomtown Almere. Form follows lifestyle", Archis, (1999) 12, 10-23
"Stedelijke netwerken/Urban networks. IFPH congres", Archis, (2000) 11, 76-78
National (refereed) journals
"Een souvenir uit Cardiff. Over geschiedenis, massa en waarneming in de negentiende eeuw", Feit & Fictie, (2000) 4, 75-92
"Spilzucht van tijd. Over nut en noodzaak van anachronismen", De Witte Raaf, (2001) 94, 11-12