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Associate Professor Dijana Alic

Associate Professor Dijana Alic

Associate Professor

PhD (UNSW), MArch (UNSW), BArch (Sarajevo)

Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

I am an Associate Professor at UNSW in the Arts, Design and Architecture faculty, and a UNSW Scientia Fellow. I have more than twenty years of academic experience, which underpin my appointment to leadership positions, as Program Coordinator for the Master of Architecture UNSW (2012-17), the Associate Dean of Education in the Faculty of Built Environment (2017 to 2020) and as a part of the UNSW Built Environment Executive team. The breadth and depth of my qualifications and experience provide me with a great deal of authority in this field and brings credibility to my academic work. 
Phone
9385 4817
E-mail
d.alic@unsw.edu.au
Location
Red Centre West Wing, Room 4025
  • Books | 2019
    Alic D; Jadric M, 2019, At Home in Vienna - Zuhause in Wien: Studies of exemplary affordable housing, TU Academic Press, Wien, https://www.tuwien.at/academicpress/en/product/at-home-in-vienna-zu-hause-in-wien/#
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Alic D; Jadric M; Yoon GJ, 2024, 'Hybrid Practice: Exploring the Complexities of Cross-Cultural Collaboration Through the Dialogue of Two International Practices', in Multimodality in Architecture, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 79 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49511-3_5
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Alic D, 2019, 'Mapping the War: Everyday Survival during the Siege of Sarajevo', in Pieris A (ed.), Architecture on the Borderline Boundary Politics and Built Space, Routledge, pp. 139 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315103419
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Alić D, 2019, 'Mapping the war', in Architecture on the Borderline, Routledge, pp. 139 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315103419-8
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Alic D, 2018, 'Constructive dialogue: In search of an alternative approach to architectural practice', in Ruan X; Ainslie M (ed.), Architecture by Hand & Mind, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Alic D, 2016, 'From Commemoration to Protest: Sydney’s Civic Heart', in O'Callaghan J; Hogben P; Freestone R (ed.), Sydney’s Martin Place, a cultural and design history, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp. 207 - 221
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Alic D, 2016, 'Historical Materialism: The Fabric of Communist Yugoslavia’s Architectural Aspirations', in Loschke SK (ed.), Materiality and Architecture, Routledge, New York, pp. 99 - 116, https://www.routledge.com/Materiality-and-Architecture/Loschke/p/book/9781138840652
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Alic D, 2016, 'The Making of Suburban Icons: The Case of the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Sydney', in Hadjigeorgiou N (ed.), Identity, Belonging and Human Rights: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 37 - 46, http://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/product/identity-belonging-and-human-rights-a-multi-disciplinary-perspective/
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Alic D, 2014, 'Ethnic Clubs: 'The dream of tomorrow'', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Leisure Space, The Transformation of Sydney 1945-1970, edn. 1, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, pp. 192 - 207, https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/leisure-space-transformation-Sydney/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Alic D, 2013, 'Bosnian Islamic architectural heritage, Modernism and socialism', in Suartika A (ed.), Vernacular Transformations: Architecture, Place, and Tradition, edn. Original, Pustaka Larasan, Bali, pp. 169 - 197
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Alic D, 2004, 'Ascribing Significance to Sites of Memory the Sarajevo`s Town Hall', in Somma P (ed.), A War with the City, edn. 1st, Urban International Press, Great Britain, pp. 64 - 85
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Alic D; Faleh M; Rashid M, 2023, 'Australia now has its own grand mosque: a brief history of how these buildings fold into the urban landscape', The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/australia-now-has-its-own-grand-mosque-a-brief-history-of-how-these-buildings-fold-into-the-urban-landscape-189554
    Journal articles | 2023
    Alic D; Faleh M; Rashid MM, 2023, 'Australia now has its own grand mosque: a brief history of how these buildings fold into the urban landscape', The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/australia-now-has-its-own-grand-mosque-a-brief-history-of-how-these-buildings-fold-into-the-urban-landscape-189554
    Journal articles | 2023
    Alic D, 2023, '‘Sarajevo and Its Satellites’: The Baščaršija’s Contribution to the New Master Plan of Sarajevo', https://docomomo.com/docomomo-journal/, https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/announcement/view/2
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alic D; Pernice R, 2022, '2022 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium', Fabrications, 32, pp. 511 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2022.2154428
    Journal articles | 2021
    Alic D; Drummond A, 2021, 'Leveraging the Capabilities of Sessional Teachers in Design Education', International Journal of Design Education, 15, pp. 131 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2325-128X/CGP/v15i01/131-143
    Journal articles | 2019
    Alic D; Tewari S; Lobo M, 2019, 'Multicultural Architecture Workshop', Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 29, pp. 424 - 426
    Journal articles | 2019
    Alic D, 2019, 'The Landscape of War and the Transformations of the Public Sphere', Open House International: War and Cities 2019, 44, http://www.openhouse-int.com/abdisplay.php?xvolno=44_2_7
    Journal articles | 2015
    Alic D, 2015, 'Vision of a nation: from Dušan Grabrijan’s notes on Plečnik and His School', Centropa, XV, pp. 86 - 90, http://www.artworlds.org/centropa/
    Journal articles | 2013
    Alic D, 2013, 'Designing for a Socialist Future: the Technology, Ideology and Meaning of Modern Architecture in Post-World War II Bosnia', Centropa, A Journal of Central European Architecture and Related Arts, 13, pp. 83 - 94, http://www.artworlds.org/centropa/
    Journal articles | 2012
    Alic D, 2012, 'Rendered Meanings The built fabric and visions of a new socialist society in the writings of Juraj Neidhardt and Dusan Grabrijan', FABRICATIONS-THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 21, pp. 113 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2012.10739947
    Journal articles | 2012
    Alic D, 2012, 'Rendered Meanings: The built fabric and the visions of a new socialist society in the work of Bosnian architects', Fabrications. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 2, pp. 110 - 129
    Journal articles | 2012
    Alic D, 2012, 'Violence Taking Place: The Architecture of the Kosovo Conflict.', International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 1, pp. 159 - 161, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000421411000010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Journal articles | 2012
    Montana A; King S; Benjamin R; Holden S; Alic D, 2012, 'Abstracts', Fabrications, 21, pp. 142 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2012.10739950
    Journal articles | 2007
    Alic D, 2007, 'Dare to be Similar: The Transformable house', Architect Victoria, pp. 4 - 5
    Journal articles | 2004
    Alic D, 2004, 'Glenn Murcutt, What does the Place Mean to Me? Everything', Oris, Journal of Architecture and Culture, 5 No 25, pp. 4 - 33
    Journal articles | 2003
    Alic D, 2003, 'A Man for all Seasons', UNIKEN, Summer, pp. 16 - 17
    Journal articles | 2002
    Alic D; Bertram C, 2002, 'Sarajevo: A Moving Target', Centropa, A Journal of Central European Architecture and Related Arts, 2, pp. 164 - 176
    Journal articles | 2002
    Alic D, 2002, 'Transposed eanings: The Town Hall in Sarajevo', Open house International, War and Cities, 27, pp. 20 - 31
    Journal articles | 1999
    Alic D; Gusheh M, 1999, 'Reconciling National Narratives in Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Bascarsija Project, 1948-1953', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, pp. 6 - 25
    Journal articles | 1999
    Alic D, 1999, 'From Ottoman House to Bosnian Style: Neidhardt`s Design for Workers Housing in Bosnia and Herzegovinia (1939to 1942)', InSite, 1, pp. 1 - 6
  • Conference Presentations | 2020
    Drummond A; Alic D, 2020, 'Developing the capabilities of sessional educators', presented at Architecture MPS 2019 Conference ‘Education, Design and Practice, New York USA, 17 April 2020 - 19 May 2020, https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/content/education-design-and-practice-understanding-skills-complex-world
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Alic D, 2016, 'Cultural coexistence of the city: a precious but resilient commodity', in Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: Gold. University of Melbourne,, Published in Melbourne, Australia, by SAHANZ, 2016, University of Melbourne, Australia, pp. 24 - 31, presented at Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: Gold, University of Melbourne, Australia, 06 July 2016 - 09 July 2016, http://sahanz2016.msd.unimelb.edu.au/papers/Alic_Cultural-Coexistence-of-the-City.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Alic D, 2016, 'The ‘Spirit’ of the City: a Precious but Resilient Commodity', in Goad P; Brennan A (ed.), GOLD: the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, GOLD: the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, pp. 24 - 31, presented at GOLD: the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, 06 July 2016 - 09 July 2016, http://sahanz2016.msd.unimelb.edu.au/papers/SAHANZ-2016-Front-Pages-and-Table-of-Contents.pdf
    Curatorial Outputs | 2015
    Alic D; Kirkman J; Wilson J, 2015, DISCO DOME- an after-dark walking tour through Parramatta, exhibited at: ICE (Information and Cultural Exchange) 8 Victoria Rd (Opposite Prince Alfred Park/Villiers St) Parramatta, 09 January 2015 - 24 January 2015, DISCO DOME- an after-dark walking tour through Parramatta, http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2015/disco-dome
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Alic D, 2015, 'Reflections on Martin Place', in Architecture, Institutions and Change, SAHANZ, 2015, Sydney, pp. 10 - 18, presented at Architecture, Institutions and Change, Sydney, 07 July 2015 - 10 July 2015
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2014
    Alic D; Wilson J, 2014, Dream Discotheques for Parramatta: An Exhibition of Design Ideas, Dream Discotheques for Parramatta: An Exhibition of Design Ideas, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE), 8 Victoria Road, Parramatta, 07 November 2014 - 21 November 2014, medium: exhibition drawings and models, at: http://www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org/component/option,com_events/Itemid,109/agid,14012/task,view_detail/
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Alic D, 2014, 'Transformed Icons: The architectural expression of Muslim religious buildings in Sydney', in Multicultural Conflict & Belonging: A Diversity & Recognition Project, 8th Global Conference Multiculturism Conflict & Belonging, Oxford, UK, presented at 8th Global Conference Multiculturism Conflict & Belonging, Oxford, UK, 11 September 2014 - 13 September 2014, http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/diversity-recognition/multiculturalism-conflict-and-belonging/programme-abstrats-and-papers/
    Curatorial Outputs | 2013
    Alic D; Quinlan, AM, 2013, Visualising Sydney's [Sub] Urban Communities, Your Community | Your City, exhibited at: Built Environment Gallery UNSW, 05 November 2013 - 12 November 2013, Visualising Sydney's [Sub] Urban Communities, Your Community | Your City, http://tv.unsw.edu.au/video/saf-visualising-sub-mp4
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Alic D, 2012, 'The power of a narrative: from architectural writing to a political vision', in Fabulation: Myth, Nature, Heritage, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, pp. 28 - 40, presented at 29th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Launceston, Tasmania, 05 July 2012 - 08 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Alic D, 2011, 'Plecnik and His School: Architecture and politics of the academy', in Audience Proceedings of the XXVIIIth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Austalia and New Zealand, Society of Architectural Historians, Austalia and New Zealand, Brisbane, pp. 1 - 10, presented at Audience, Brisbane, 07 July 2011 - 10 July 2011
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Alic D, 2010, 'Mapping the place and defining the space: exploring the interrelationships of context and program in a second-year architecture design studio', in ConnectED 2010: proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. paper no 78 page 1 - 5, presented at ConnectED 2010 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney UNSW
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Alic D, 2010, 'Re-defining the Ottoman architectural past to suit the modern architectural present', in Ist International Meeting EAHN European Architectural History network, European Architectural History Network, Portugal, pp. 84 - 91, presented at Ist International Meeting EAHN European Architectural History network, Gumaraes, Portugal, 17 June 2010 - 20 June 2010
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Alic D, 2008, 'The role of rational and scientific arguments in the promotion of ideology through architecture', in Innovation, Inspiration and Instruction:new knowledge in the architectural sciences, ANZAScz'08, Newcastle, Australia, presented at ANZAScz'08, Newcastle, Australia, 26 November 2008 - 28 November 2008
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Alic D, 2007, 'Following the traces: the role of historical studies in the architectural design studio', in ConnecED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, University of New South Wales, presented at ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, 09 July 2007 - 12 July 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Alic D, 2007, 'Political Secularisation & Architectural Abstraction: The Dialectics of the New Socialist Architecture', in Panorama to Paradise, XXIV Annual Confernence of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, SAHANZ, Adelaide, pp. paper no 36, presented at Panorama to Paradise, XXIV Annual Confernence of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 21 September 2007 - 24 September 2007
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Alic D, 2006, 'Dare to be Similar: The Transformable House', in Rehousing, UAL International Housing Conference 2006, Rehousing, UAL International Housing Conference 2006, Melbourne, presented at Rehousing, UAL International Housing Conference 2006, Melbourne, 05 October 2006 - 08 October 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Alic D, 2006, 'Marindvor Precinct and the design of the socialist modernism', in XXIVth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, pp. 9 - 14, presented at 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, 29 September 2006 - 02 October 2006
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Alic D, 2003, 'Grabrijan, Riegl and the Problem of Style', in TASA 2003, TASA 2003, Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, presented at TASA 2003, Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 03 October 2003 - 05 October 2003
    Conference Papers | 2002
    Alic D, 2002, 'Site of Memory and History: Sarajevo Town hall (Vijecnica)', in De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geograpghy, De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geograpghy, University of Adelaide, Australia, presented at De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geograpghy, University of Adelaide, Australia, 04 July 2002 - 06 July 2002
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Alic D, 1999, 'Changing Perspectives of Architectural Vernacular: Grabrijan and Sarajevo', in 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Launceston and Hobart, presented at 16th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Launceston and Hobart, 28 September 1999 - 01 October 1999
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Alic D, 1999, 'Sarajevo and the Making of Monuments (1945-1992)', in Ghandour M; Labban M; Lozanovska M (eds.), Sites of Recovery, The 4th `Other Connections` Conference, Sites of Recovery: The 4th International Other Connections Conference, Beirut, pp. 11 - 18, presented at Sites of Recovery: The 4th International Other Connections Conference, Beirut, 25 October 1999 - 28 October 1999
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Alic D, 1998, 'In the search of stabilising architectural principles: From the Ottoman house to Bosnian style', in 15th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Firmness commodity de, 15th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Firmness commodity de, Melbourne, presented at 15th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Firmness commodity de, Melbourne, 28 September 1998 - 01 October 1998
    Conference Papers | 1997
    Alic D; Gusheh M, 1997, 'The appropriation of the Ottoman heritage in Socialist Yugoslavia Bascarsija project (1948-53)', in Ott R; Young B; Gelsanliter TC (eds.), Building as a political act, Building as a political act, Berlin, Germany, pp. 179 - 184, presented at Building as a political act, Berlin, Germany, 31 May 1997 - 04 June 1997

I have a keen interest in exploring the connection between the built environment and its social, political, and cultural contexts. 
My current research is focused on a comprehensive survey of more than 60 buildings serving Sydney’s diverse immigrant groups. The work explores the relationship between multiculturalism and city-making, and how migrants influence and are influenced by the fabric of the city. 
My ongoing research interest in social and affordable housing was published in collaboration with the TU Vienna in At Home in Vienna - Zuhause in Wien: Studies of exemplary affordable housing (Alic & Jadric, 2019). 
My research on war and architecture is ongoing and has generated more than 20 publications, including the recent book chapter in Architecture on the Borderline: Boundary Politics and Built Space (Pieris, 2019). 

I am a long-term member of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand and have been a regular presenter at its annual conferences. I also support the wider scholarly community in peer reviewing local and international journals and conferences. 
I have an active role in the Accreditation Review Panel of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia. I am an assessor on the Council’s Overseas Accreditation and Accreditation Review Panel (Stage 1 and Stage 2). 

My Research Supervision

I am currently supervising four higher-degree research candidates, three PhD students and one MPhil.

My Teaching

My outstanding commitment to evidence-based teaching practices has been internationally recognised by the Higher Education Academy which awarded me a highly prestigious Senior Fellowship (SFHEA). I was also appointed as a UNSW Scientia Education Academy Fellow in 2018 (total of 40 academics at UNSW), recognising my commitment and contribution to architectural education. My interest in the intersection of architecture, politics and society, has placed me in a unique position to mentor students and create distinctive, interdisciplinary courses/projects.