Proposed themes & strands

1.5. [100th Anniversary of the Bauhaus Foundation]: Tracing the Map of the Diaspora of its Students

Scientific coordinators: Oscar Salinas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Pekka Korvenmaa (Aalto-yliopisto, Helsinki) and Haruhiko Fujita (Ōsaka daigaku)

The Bauhaus opened its Weimar school in 1919. Its existence and legacy had a far-reaching influence around the world as a result of its intense promotion by Gropius after World War II. However, the Bauhaus was already influential in some parts of the world because its community of lecturers, teaching assistants and students from all over the world spread its teachings and legacy when they returned home. This relatively little known but widespread pattern of influence complemented the spread of main Bauhaus ideas through the exile of its key figures to the United States. On the other hand, some teachers decided to remain in Germany, which was on its way to becoming a Nazi country, and later on, during the War. Were they also a source of influence for Bauhaus ideas and work?

Papers that address such patterns will be welcome. Those that review recent research on the school and discuss new interpretations of its experience will also be embraced.