Call for Papers: Aggression, Transgression, and the Avant-garde. Edinburgh, 6th June 2017. In the political tumult of the twentieth century, an era which saw humanity face the worst excesses of war, revolution, fascism, capitalism, and communism, the arts have...
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CfP: The Bauhaus in the Provinces. Oldenburg, 2-3 November 2017
Call for Papers: Das Bauhaus in der Provinz/The Bauhaus in the Provinces. Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Oldenburg, 2-3 November 2017. The research project “The Bauhaus in Oldenburg – Avant-garde in the Provinces” examines the history of cooperation...
CfP: Defense(less) city, RHA Revista de Historia da Arte.
Call for Papers: Defense(less) city, RHA Revista de Historia da Arte. The city is, by definition, alterity, difference. It is the human accomplishment par excellence, standing out from nature, isolating itself from it. The presumption of defense is inherent to the...
CfP: Portals as Places of Transformation (Bamberg, 11-14 January 2018)
Final Conference of the BMBF Project “Portals as Places of Transformation” The medieval church portal is in many respects a place of transformation. At the threshold of a church, various spheres converge and meet: secular – ecclesiastic, corporeal – spiritual, earthly...
CfP: Architectural Theory Review 22:1 Resist, Reclaim, Speculate (deadline 1 June 2017)
Resist, Reclaim, Speculate: Situated Perspectives on Architecture and the City Architectural Theory Review Deadline: June 1, 2017 In search of new forms of critical and creative resistance, the Editors of this issue of ATR call for situated, relational, and embodied...
CfP: The Art of Ornament (Lisbon, 23-25 November 2017)
The Art of Ornament. Meaning, Archetypes, Forms and Uses Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, November 23 - 25, 2017 Deadline: April 30, 2017 The topics suggested for proposals for participating in this Conference are generically the following, although others may be...
CfP: Drawing Millions of Plans Conference. Copenhagen, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), 1–3 November 2017
Call for Papers: Drawing Millions of Plans Conference. Copenhagen, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), 1–3 November 2017. This conference invites scholars and practitioners to investigate and discuss contemporary architectural drawing and, in particular, the...
Cfp: Studies in History and Theory of Architecture journal: Marginalia. Limits within the Urban Realm.
Call for Papers: Studies in History and Theory of Architecture journal: Marginalia. Limits within the Urban Realm. The journal studies in History and Theory of Architecture, published by the Department of Architectural History & Theory and Heritage...
CfP: The Middle Ages. A Global Context? (Lisbon, 13-15 December 17)
The Middle Ages. A Global Context? Lisbon, December 13 - 15, 2017 Deadline: June 15, 2017 This Conference will seek to provide a forum for scholars from all disciplines who are willing to examine the question whether or not it is possible to speak of a Global Middle...
CfP: Decor and Architecture (Lausanne, 16-17 November 2017)
Call for Papers for the Second International Conference Décor and Architecture: Between Adherence and Autonomy (16th and 17th Centuries) University of Lausanne, November 16 - 17, 2017 Deadline: April 30, 2017 During the Early Modern Period, décor was considered to be...
CfP: EXTENDED DEADLINE for 2017 Interstices 19 symposium. Surface – Pattern: a pursuit of material narratives. Auckland, 2–4 June 2017.
2017 Interstices 19 (Under Construction) symposium. Surface – Pattern: a pursuit of material narratives. 2 – 4th June 2017, Auckland, New Zealand. The University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Extended deadline for abstract submissions...
CfP: Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers. Porto, 28-29 April 2017
Call for Papers: 7th Euroacademia International Conference Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers, Porto, 28-29 April 2017 Here you can find the full calls for paper for the following panels at the 7th Euroacademia International...