EAHN Annual Business Meeting, Glasgow

EAHN Annual Business Meeting, Glasgow, 20-21 February 2026
Participation is open to all members of the network. Please note that participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.

Glasgow School of Art (GSA), 167 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ
Bourdon Building, Seminar Room 2, First Floor

Thursday 19 February
20:00 Scottish traditional music session at the Ben Nevis Pub
1147 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8TB.
Participation is optional.

Friday 20 February (morning)
Arrival

14:00 Glasgow Walking Tour
Meeting point: Glasgow Central Station (not Queen Street Station), station hall, under the big clock.
Guide: Miles Glendinning (University of Edinburgh)
Participation is optional.

15:30-16:00 Coffee & Tea
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Seminar Room 2

16:00-18:00 Workshop “New directions in architectural history”
The workshop is intended as an EAHN forum for discussion. It is open to the public, and likely to be attended by a small group of interested colleagues and PhD students.

welcome by Prof. Sally Stewart (GSA), Head of the Mackintosh School of Architecture

19:30 Dinner
Venue: Red Onion, 257 West Campbell St, Glasgow G2 4TT (10 min walk)

Saturday 21 February
Business Meeting GSA, Seminar Room 2

9:00-10:30
1. Present and apologies for absence
2. Approval of the minutes of the previous Business Meeting
3. Information on current issues, introduction of new councilors and officers (Panayotis Tournikiotis, president to report)
4. Conference reports 2025 (Panayotis Tournikiotis, president/ chair, report)
5. Website, newsletter, communication policy (Fatma Tanış, Communications Lead, report and proposal)

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30
6. 2025 Financial Statement/2026 budget (Paul Bouet, treasurer, report)
7. Committee remit (Panayotis Tournikiotis, president, report/proposal)
8. Preparations thematic conferences/biennial conference 2028 (Panayotis Tournikiotis, president, Léa-Catherine Szacka, vice president, report)

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–14:00
Tour through Glasgow School of Art’s Reid Building (2012-14, Steven Holl) and outside viewing of the ruin of the Mackintosh Building (1897-1909, destroyed by fire in 2014 and 2018).
Led by Prof. Johnny Rodger, Glasgow School of Art

14:00-15:00
9. Architectural Histories(Markus Lähteenmäki, editor-in-chief and Laura diZerega, associate editor, report/ changes)
10. The 9th Biennial Conference, EAHN 2026 Aarhus, June 2026 (Kasper Lægring and Panagiotis Farantatos, chairs, report)

15:00–15:30 Coffee Break

15:30–16:30
11. Next Business Meeting
12. The future of EAHN (Ex-Com members, councilors, other participants)
13. Any other business

19:30 Dinner
Sylvan Restaurant, 20 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6UR (10 min walk)
Please note that the dinner is at the participants’ own expense.

Sunday 22 February
Opportunity to visit Hill House in Helensburgh (45 min by train from Glasgow), a middle-class residence built 1902-04 after a design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
9:56 Dep. Glasgow Queen St Low Level, 10.46 Arr Helensburgh Central, 30 min walk
13:25 Dep. Helensburgh Central 14:15 Arr Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
Off-peak return ticket £9 (trains run every 30 min), entry to Hill House approx. £15

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