Olga Touloumi

Olga Touloumi is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at Bard College. Her research concerns the role of architecture and media in twentieth century forms of liberal internationalism. Her book project The Global Interior: Modern Architecture and Worldmaking in the United Nations concerns the design and building of twentieth century public platforms for multilateralism and international relations. Touloumi has co-edited Sound Modernities: Architecture, Media, and Design and Computer Architectures: Constructing the Common Ground, 1945-1980 (Routledge, 2019). She has presented her work internationally and written for journals and edited volumes, among them the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Buildings & Landscapes, Journal of Architecture, and Harvard Design Magazine. Her research has been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, the Canadian Center for Architecture, and the Propondis Foundation. Touloumi is the co-founder of the Feminist Art and Architectural Collaborative (FAAC) and Board Member of the Center for Critical Studies in Architecture.