Wir laden herzlich zum öffentlichen Vortrag von Waltraud P. Indrist in Vilnius ein, der von unserer dortigen Außenstelle organisiert wird.

Waltraud P. Indrist ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Kunst und Architektur der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien.

March 10, 2025 | 5 p.m.

University of Vilnius, Faculty of History, Room 211

Dr. Waltraud P. Indrist
„To “Secure the German Reich”: – Biopolitical Designing ± Planning Forces by NS-Institutions in the Baltic “.

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Marija Drėmaitė (Vilnius University)

From 1942 at the latest, the Nazi-Regime was pushing for further “East,” way past Poland. The lecture is going to elaborate on these multi-faceted strategies deployed by NS-institutions to design ± plan the future Baltic; particularly by means of the visually articulated dispositif.

Waltraud P. Indrist currently holds a university assistant position (cf. assistant professor) at the Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology (recent publication »Topographie des Widerstands«). Together with Angelika Schnell (PI), Ingrid Holzschuh and Monika Platzer, Indrist got granted the FWF stand-alone project »Ambivalences of Modernity. The Architect and City Planner Roland Rainer between Dictatorship and Democracy« (P34938); 2022.