The conference addresses scholars from different disciplines in order to trace the multiple aspects that accompany the transfer of architecture from antiquity to the present day.
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Monuments and Sites de-colonial! Methods and Strategies of Dealing with the Architectural Heritage of the German Colonial Era
Monuments and Sites de-colonial! will be dealing with the architectural relics of the German colonial era and investigating post-colonial strategies of appropriation and critical communication regarding these buildings. In addition to references to pre-colonial legacies, the focus lies primarily on the period of the German colonial era from around 1880 to 1920.
8th International Conference on Contemporary Religious Architecture: The Client
A closer look at the reasons that led to the final result -unfortunate or not- will shed light on relationships that have marked contemporary religious architecture, and from which we can always draw valid lessons for the future.
EAUH 2024 Conference: Cities at the Boundaries
The European Association for Urban History invites scholars to discuss both the boundaries of social and economic development related to cities and urban agglomeration, as well as a wide array of topics related to cities which lay on geographic-, state-, as well as other borders.
Society of Architectural Historians Virtual Conference Component
Virtual 2023 features a diverse range of sessions, discussions, and networking opportunities.
Value. Use. Property. On the Spatial Dimensions of Land Issues
Responding to increasing land prices and rents, for instance in Germany, a discussion about possible solutions and methods to avoid land speculation has evolved.
High-Tech Heritage: (Im)Permanence of Innovation
The conference focuses on High-Tech Architecture of the 1970s to the 1990s as heritage, aiming to create an architectural-historical basis for further research on their preservation.
The 2nd International Symposium on the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund
The aim of the symposium is to give an overview of the current state of research on Erik Gunnar Asplund.
(Un)Common Precedents, the Agora II International Symposium
The symposium tackles some critical questions, which are at the core of practice: How do architects build a frame of reference? Which are the under-acknowledged and (un)common precedents that inspire architectural design in terms of diversity, culture and socio-political contexts? Is there potential in seeking architectural precedents in adjacent disciplines such as literature, music, the culinary, visual, and performing arts, and beyond?
Celebrations at Court: Ephemeral objects, Materials, and Machineries in the Early Modern Period
This international conference will explore the appearances and functions of ephemeral objects, materials, and machineries used at court festivities, as well as their relations to spectacles and performances in general.
Listening In: Conversations on Architectures, Cities and Landscapes 1700-1900
This conference is envisaged as a listening exercise. The organizers regard a conversation as both codified practice as well as a specific act of verbal exchange, spoken or written, on a particular subject – here architectures, cities, and landscapes – occurring in a specific site, from street to salon, kitchen to court, construction site to theatre, field to church, or book to newspaper, to name but a few.
Emotion, Sense, Experience in British Art and Architecture
How can we revise the history of British art and architecture through the lens of the histories of emotions and senses? What can the history of British art and architecture add to our understanding of the histories of emotions and senses?