Joss Kiely, visiting instructor of architecture, will present a School of Architecture lecture titled “Itinerancy: Architecture between mobility and displacement” at the LSU College of Art & Design at 5 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2018, in the LSU Design Building Auditorium (room 103).

Joss Kiely, Ph.D., is a visiting instructor in architecture at Louisiana State University where he teaches courses in architectural studio, history, and representation at the undergraduate and graduate level. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Connecticut College in French language and literature and architectural studies, as well as a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in architectural history and theory from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

His doctoral  dissertation entitled, “Itinerant Architecture: Global Politics and World Building in the work of Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, 1951-86,” examines the close relationship between commercial aviation and the rise of the postwar, global architectural practice focusing on Detroit-based architecture firm of Minoru Yamasaki and Associates. Prior to joining LSU, Kiely directed ArcStart, an intensive, architecture high school summer program at the University of Michigan for the past five years. In addition, he maintains a creative graphic design collective, Studio Jot.