Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu
Senior Lecturer in Architectural History · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu is Senior Lecturer in Architectural History at University of Edinburgh. Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Petcu invites applications from prospective M.Sc. and Ph.D. candidates in her various areas of research, including the architectural culture of early modern Europe and colonial Latin America, the intersections between the history of architecture and the history of science, and the historiography of European architecture before 1800.
Research interests
the intersections of visual and scientific inquiry in the artistic and architectural culture of the early modern world; how investigative practices and beliefs concerning nature are formed and mediated through images; the art and architectural culture of northern Europe and colonial Latin America and their entanglements with the natural sciences; the rapport between the research practices of art, architecture, and science at the start of the modern period and within colonial contexts; the deep historical conditions of current epistemological and environmental predicaments; early modern architects in Europe and its colonial contact zones and their formation of modern concepts of nature; how humanity shapes the natural world
Selected publications (since 2023)
The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science: Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Frequently asked questions
Is Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Petcu invites applications from prospective M.Sc. and Ph.D. candidates in her various areas of research, including the architectural culture of early modern Europe and colonial Latin America, the inte.
What does Dr Elizabeth J. Petcu research?
the intersections of visual and scientific inquiry in the artistic and architectural culture of the early modern world; how investigative practices and beliefs concerning nature are formed and mediated through images; the art and architectural culture of northern Europe and colonial Latin America an
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