Student profile

Sydney Guy

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Sydney is a PhD student in the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Art History at Concordia University. Her research focuses on the impact of architecture on the reception and accessibility of performance spaces with Montreal's Place des Arts as a central case study. She holds a BA in art history from Concordia University (2022) and an MA in architectural history from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2024).

Thesis Title: TBD

Supervisors: Dr. Nicola Pezolet

Research Interests:

20th Century architecture
Architecture of performance spaces
Democratization of culture
Theatre theory
Reception studies

Teaching Assistantships:

ARTH 201 - Perspectives of Art History, Fall 2025 & Fall 2025
ARTH 202 - Perspectives of Art History, Winter 2025
ARTH 300 - Art Historical Methods, Winter 2026

Publications:

Guy, Sydney. “Effacé de l’Histoire? Le paradoxal destin de l’architecte Minoru Yamasaki.” L'atelier de recherche #2024, HiCSA, (in press, 2025).