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Find out what’s happening in the world of architectural history – including conferences, exhibitions, seminars, employment and news about recent publications. We welcome contributions. Please send items to be posted here to news@eahn.org
Co-opolis: The Collective Production of the City
As urbanization intensifies all over the world, so do contestations over how city space is produced.
EVENT: Close Readings: Alan Colquhoun 1921–2012. A Centenary Colloquium. Online, 25 June 2021
Event: Close Readings: Alan Colquhoun 1921–2012. A Centenary Colloquium. Online, 25 June 2021 06.00–12.00 US Pacific Time / 09.00–15.00 US Eastern Time / 14.00–20.00 British Summer Time / 15.00–21.00 Central Europe Time In June 2021 we celebrate the centenary of Alan...
EVENT: Symposium: Architectural History + Climate Emergency. Online, 16-18 June 2021
Event: Symposium: Architectural History + Climate Emergency. Online, 16-18 June 2021 This year's annual symposium is held in partnership with Architects Declare, ACAN, Heritage Declares, and the RIAS. Spread across two weeks the Symposium is convened by Prof Alex...
EVENT: Lecture: ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes. Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin America Modern Movement. Online, 11 June 2021
Lecture: ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes. Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin America Modern Movement. Online, 11 June 2021 The second lecture of the series, titled Germán Samper Gnecco: el intercambio desde Colombia, will take place in Spanish at 18:00...
EVENT: Lecture Series: Recovering Women’s Legacies: Artists, Dealers, Collectors, and Patrons. Online, Wednesdays in June, 12:00 EDT
<h4><strong>Event: Lecture Series: Recovering Women's Legacies: Artists, Dealers, Collectors, and Patrons. Online, Wednesdays in June, 12:00 EDT</strong></h4> <h6><strong>The Frick Collection</strong></h6> This June, the...
EVENT: Summer program: Re-enacting Tacit Knowledge: 20th Century Architecture Summer Schools. Rotterdam, 6-17 September 2021
Event: Summer program: Re-enacting Tacit Knowledge: 20th Century Architecture Summer Schools. Rotterdam, 6-17 September 2021 Organised by Hamish Lonergan (ETH Zurich) with Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete (ETH Zurich), Prof. Dr. Janina Gosseye (TU Delft) and Prof. Dr. Dirk van...
EVENT: Recognition: CAA/American Institute for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation. Online, 25 May 2021
Recognition: CAA/American Institute for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation. Online, 25 May 2021 14:00-15:00 EDT A free, virtual celebration of Dr. Nancy Odegaard, this year’s recipient of the CAA/American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Award for Distinction...
EVENT: Lecture: ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes. Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin America Modern Movement. Online, 28 May 2021
Lecture: ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes. Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin America Modern Movement. Online, 28 May 2021 Seven sessions on a monthly basis, presented by international researchers reflecting on some of the protagonists of the Latin...
EVENT: SAHGB Student Lightning Rounds: Visual Representation in Architectural History. Online, Friday 7 & 21 May 2021
EVENT: SAHGB Student Lightning Rounds: Visual Representation in Architectural History. Online, Friday 7 & 21 May 2021 Join the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain for an afternoon exploring architectural history through alternative media and...
CONFERENCE: Middle Class Urbanism: New Aesthetics of Difference and Detachment in Cities of the Global South. Online, 9-11 June 2021
CONFERENCE: Middle Class Urbanism: New Aesthetics of Difference and Detachment in Cities of the Global South. Online, 9-11 June 2021 The “Middle Class Urbanism” research project invites you to a 3-day online conference hosted by the National Museum of Denmark. During...
CONFERENCE: Work, Rest and Power: Architecture, Space and Political Life 1500-1815. Online, 27 May 2021
CONFERENCE: Work, Rest and Power: Architecture, Space and Political Life 1500-1815. Online, 27 May 2021 Online conference on 27 May exploring the relationship between domestic architecture and politics in the early modern period. Hosted by the University of York, this...
EVENT: Lecture: Culturalists or Progressists? Urban dilemmas of the second half of the 19th century. Online, April 2021
EVENT: Lecture: Culturalists or Progressists? Urban dilemmas of the second half of the 19th century. Online, April 2021 Speaker: Nuno Grande In the introduction text to her 1969 book The Modern City: Planning the 19th Century, Françoise Choay quotes Fernand Braudel:...