Examining the German Ledigenheim: Development of a Housing Type, Position in the Urban Fabric and Impact on Central European Housing Reform By Erin Eckhold Sassin B.A., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000 M.A., The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Program in the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University Providence, Rhode Island May 2012 © Copyright Erin Eckhold Sassin, 2012 This dissertation by Erin Eckhold Sassin is accepted in its present form by the Department of History of Art and Architecture as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Date __________ ________________________ Dietrich Neumann, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate Council Date __________ ________________________ Carol Poore, Reader Date __________ ________________________ Eve Blau, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date __________ ________________________ Peter Weber, Dean of the Graduate School iii Erin Eckhold Sassin 6 Lincoln Avenue, Pawcatuck, CT 02790
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. Filing Dec. 2011 History of Art and Architecture Department, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Dissertation: Examining the German Ledigenheim: Development of a Housing Type, Position in the Urban Fabric and Impact on Central European Housing Reform Dissertation Director: Dietrich Neumann Colloquium Committee: Dietrich Neumann (Brown), Carol Poore (Brown), Eve Blau (Harvard/GSD) Oral Examination Fields: (Major) European and American Architecture and Urbanism, 1850-1950 (Minor) German Reform Architecture and Design, 1870-1914 (Minor) German History 1870-1993, with a Focus on the City and its Discontents A.M. 2004 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Concentrations: (1) Nineteenth Century Architecture (2) Northern and Italian Renaissance Art B.A.