“Ideal” homes? A history of the home, 6 May 2016 London Metropolitan Archives, London, UK Inspired by material from the Ideal Home Show found in the recently deposited Earls Court and Olympia Collection, this day of talks and document viewings will explore how the...
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CFP: Islamic Art – Mudejar Art (Cordoba, 18-20 November 2016)
Artistic Dialogue during the Middle Ages. Islamic Art – Mudéjar Art Córdoba, Casa Arabe, November 18 - 20, 2016 Deadline: April 30, 2016 Organized by: Prof. Dr. Alberto León (Universidad de Córdoba), Prof. Dr. Francine Giese (Universität Zürich), Casa Arabe The...
CFP: Collections in the Habsburg Court (Madrid, 27-28 May 2016)
International Congress Display, Access to, and Contemplation of Collections in the Habsburg Court, 1516-1700 Museo Nacional del Prado, Auditorio Madrid, Spain, June 27 - 28, 2016 Deadline: May 1, 2016 Directed by: Miguel Falomir. Associate Director of Research and...
CFP: Artists' Critical Interventions (Coventry, 15-16 July 2016)
Artists' Critical Interventions into Architecture and Design, 1960 – 2016 University of Warwick, History of Art Department, July 15 - 16, 2016 Deadline: April 15, 2016 What happens when fine artists engage with architecture and design? What forms can such engagements...
CFP: Dust & Data, Young Bauhaus Research Colloquium (Weimar, 25-26 October 2016)
Dust & Data, Young Bauhaus Research Colloquium Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, October 25 - 26, 2016 Deadline: April 1, 2016 The Young Bauhaus Research Colloquium, Dust and Data, hosted by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar as part of the XIII. International Bauhaus...
CFP: The Art of Architecture: Hand Drawing and Design (Notre Dame, 29 September – 1 October 2016)
The Art of Architecture: Hand Drawing & Design. A conference exploring the role of hand drawing in architectural history, education, & practice. University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2016 Conference Rationale: From the time...
CFP: Modelling Medieval Vaults Symposium (London, 14 July 2016)
Modelling Medieval Vaults Symposium University of Liverpool in London, UK, July 14, 2016 Deadline: April 30, 2016 The use of digital surveying and analysis techniques, such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, 3D reconstructions or reverse engineering offers the...
CFP: Visions of Ancient Cities (Toronto, 5 – 8 January 2017)
Visions of Ancient Cities, sanctuaries and Landscapes in the Literature, and in Art and Coinage Paper Session Organized by the Friends of Numismatics SCS Annual Meeting, Toronto, January 5-8, 2017 We invite proposals for papers (15-20 minutes each) presenting evidence...
Symposium & CFP: A Sense of Proportion: Architect-Designed Objects, 1650-1950 (Houston, 23 – 24 September 2016)
A Sense of Proportion: Architect-Designed Objects, 1650-1950 Rienzi Symposium, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - September 23 - 24, 2016 Rienzi, the house museum for European decorative arts of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents its biennial symposium to...
CFP: Urban Art: creating the urban with art (Berlin, 14-16 July 2016)
URBAN ART: CREATING THE URBAN WITH ART Humboldt University Berlin, July 14 - 16, 2016 Deadline: April 1, 2016 Keynote: Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) The conference deals with Urban Art, a new form of art and activism, that occurs in urban areas...
CFP: From Xenakis to the present: the Continuum in music and architecture (Cyprus 12 June – 14 June 2016)
Continum 2016: From Xenakis to the present: the Continuum in music and architecture 12 June – 14 June 2016 Abstract submissions are welcome for consideration for the Continuum2016 conference which will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus on the 12th - 14th of June 2016. The...
CFP: The Royal Palace in the Europe of Revolutions
Deadline: 1 May 2016 Centre André Chastel, Paris, France 28-29 October 2016 Organized by Basile Baudez and Adrián Almoguera Since the publication of Nikolaus Pevsner’s History of Building Types in 1976, architectural historians have been alert to the importance of...