CfP: Cold war urbanism: Histories of strategic plans, secure structures and technocratic politics in post-war Britain and beyond Session at the International Conference of Historical Geographers 2015, London, 5-10 July 2015 Convenors: Richard Brook (Manchester School...
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International Conference – Southern Modernisms: critical stances through regional appropriations . ESAP, Porto, 19-21 February 2015 (Call for Paper)
Issued by Project Southern Modernisms (FCT Exploratory Project EXPL/CPC-HAT/0191/2013) IHA | Instituto de História da Arte / FCSH-UNL CEAA | Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo / ESAP-CESAP The hegemonic definition of Modernism has been subjected to an intense critical...
CFP: Streitsache: Architecture as Matter of Contention
The interdisciplinary conference “Streitsache: Architecture as Matter of Contention” intends to probe the complex relation between architecture and conflict. There are numerous instances in which architectural objects become objects of conflict, ‘bones of contention,...
CFP: Streitsache: Architecture as Matter of Contention
The interdisciplinary conference “Streitsache: Architecture as Matter of Contention” intends to probe the complex relation between architecture and conflict. There are numerous instances in which architectural objects become objects of conflict, ‘bones of contention,...
Open: A Bakema Celebration. A conference organized by the Jaap Bakema Study Centre together with TU Delft and Het Nieuwe Instituut, 24-25 November 2014
The Jaap Bakema Study Centre organizes a special conference on the work of Jaap Bakema (1914-1981) and his idea to build towards an open society. The conference concludes the Dutch presentation for this year's Venice Biennale 'Open: A Bakema Celebration', which can be...
CFP: All-Ireland Architecture Research Group Annual Meeting (Dublin 30-31 Jan 2015)
AIARG 2015 All-Ireland Architecture Research Group Call for Papers Fourth Annual Meeting UCD Dublin January 30-31, 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Proposals for papers are sought for the fourth annual meeting of the All-Ireland Architecture Research Group on January...
CFP: From Distaste to Mockery: The city and its architectures ridiculed (AAH session, 9-11 April 2015)
AAH2015 41st Annual Conference & Bookfair Sainsbury Institute for Art, UEA, Norwich 9 – 11 April 2015 From Distaste to Mockery: The city and its architectures ridiculed Paper proposals, to be sent to the session convenor in accordance with proposal guidelines....
CFP: Critical Geographies of Urban Infrastructure (London, 6-7 Nov 2014)
Critical Geographies of Urban Infrastructure 2014 Conference of the Urban Geography Research Group 6-7 November 2014 at the Bartlett School of Planning deadline: 5 September 2014 Call for Contributions This year’s UGRG Conference will explore the relationship between...
CFP: Being Modern: Science and Culture in the early 20th century (London 22-24 April 2015)
Being Modern: Science and Culture in the early 20th century Institute of Historical Research, London 22-24 April 2015 Engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of “Being modern”, across culture in Britain and the western world in the years around the...
CFP: “Matrices” – 2nd International Conference on Architecture & Gender (18-20 March 2015, Lisbon)
Matrices Second International Conference on Architecture and Gender 18-20 March 2015 Department of Architecture & LABART, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal The Second International Conference on Architecture and Gender will address the theme of Matrices. This...
CFP: Manfredo Tafuri & the Crisis of Architectural History (Zürich, 6-7 Mar 15)
Manfredo Tafuri & the Crisis of Architectural History Zürich, Cabaret Voltaire, March 6 - 07, 2015 Deadline: Sep 14, 2014 Once upon a Time: Manfredo Tafuri and the Crisis of Architectural History Against the background of a general revision and critical reflection...
CFP: Architecture, Institutions and Change: The 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
Architecture, Institutions and Change: The 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Hosted by the Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia, 7-10 July, 2015 Call for papers: Abstracts...