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Colette D. Apelian
Berkeley City College
Occupation
Instructor
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ABOUT
Colette Apelian teaches art history at Berkeley City College in Berkeley, California; and is an affiliated scholar at the Centre Jacques Berque in Rabat, Morocco. Topics of her research include urban and architectural histories and visual cultures in modern and contemporary Morocco. She is has previously published on amateur photography and the electrical infrastructure of the French colonial Fez madina.
Discipline
Art/Art History
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
History Of Architecture
Identity/Representation
Maghreb Studies
Colonialism
Modernization
Media
Geographic Areas of Interest
Islamic World
Maghreb
Specialties
Urban Histories
Senses Of Place
Art And Architectural Histories
Languages
Moroccan (advanced)
French (advanced)
Turkish (elementary)
Spanish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2005 | Art Hist | UCLA
Abstracts
Locating Culture: What the Morocco Mall Says about Moroccan Identity Today Photography and Social Space at the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat Stickers and Eyelashes: Automobile Decoration in Moroccan Cities