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SEMINAR: Dadaab is a Place on Earth. New York University, 18th April 2017.
Dadaab is a Place on Earth, Architecture in the Twilight of the World’s Largest Refugee Camp. 18th April 2017, 6:00-8:00 P.M., New York University, 20 Cooper Square, 2nd Floor. As part of the African Cities Week, this moderated discussion concerns architecture and...
CfP: Polemic. Cambridge, MA, 14 October 2017
Call for Papers: Polemic. Cambridge, MA, 14 October 2017 The History, Theory, and Criticism program at MIT thus invites graduate students from architectural history, art history, communication studies, anthropology, and other related disciplines whose research broadly...
FELLOWSHIP: 2 to 4 fellowships in architectural history and preservation. The Italian Academy of for Advances Studies in America, New York.
Fellowships in architectural history and preservation. The Italian Academy of for Advances Studies in America, New York. The Italian Academy of for Advances Studies in America announces the establishment of the Weinberg Fellowships in architectural history and...
CONF: Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Reappraisals and Revisions. Oxford, 5–7 May 2017
Conference: Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Reappraisals and Revisions. Oxford, 5–7 May 2017. As the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth comes round in 2017, he appears omnipresent in his familiarity but difficult to assess compared to the other founders of...
CfP: Standard Architecture: From Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand to BIM. Frankfurt, 20-22 October 2017
Call for Papers: Standard Architecture: From Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand to BIM. Frankfurt, 20-22 October 2017. Standardization has played a key role in architecture and construction since the Enlightenment. It accelerates building production, reduces costs, and assures...
CfP: Aggression, Transgression, and the Avant-garde. Edinburgh, 6th June 2017
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...
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...
CONF: Toward a Geography of Architectural Criticism: Disciplinary Boundaries and Shared Territories. Paris, 3-4 April 2017
CONFERENCE: Toward a Geography of Architectural Criticism: Disciplinary Boundaries and Shared Territories. Paris, 3-4 April 2017. This international symposium is part of the ANR research project Mapping Architectural Criticism (http://mac.hypotheses.org), which aims...
Call for a new proofreader for Architectural Histories. The open access journal of the EAHN
Call for a new proofreader for Architectural Histories. The open access journal of the EAHN. Architectural Histories is the online open access journal of the EAHN, published by Ubiquity Press. Since its establishment in 2011, Architectural Histories has worked with...
Call for applications: book reviews editor for Architectural Histories. The open access journal of the EAHN
Call for applications: book reviews editor for Architectural Histories, the open access journal of the EAHN Architectural Histories is the online open access journal of the EAHN, published by Ubiquity Press. The Editorial Board of Architectural Histories seeks to...
JOB: Associate Professor in Theory and History of Architecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm
Associate Professor in Theory and History of Architecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm. KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm has announced a new Associate Professorship in Theory and History of Architecture. The subject encompasses studies of...