Author
Dr. Andrew Law
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle University
Dr. Andrew Law is Senior Lecturer in Town Planning at Newcastle University, UK. His research examines the way in which societies, governments, social movements, sub-cultures, communities and individuals construct their pasts; in exploring these themes he has conducted research on social theory, the history of ideas, historical imaginaries, historical memory, nostalgia, remembering and forgetting, national myths and narratives, the politics of history and the uses and abuses of history and/or the past more broadly. In his career, he has often examined these themes in relation to architecture, townscapes, urban conservation, built heritage, intangible heritage and urban place branding. While his early research explored British/English cases, since 2010 Dr. Andrew has investigated Chinese case studies.