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CFP: Theaterbau und Stadt in der Moderne (Berlin, 12-13 January 2017)
Theaterbau und Stadt in der Moderne Symposium Berlin, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 12. 13 January 2017 Deadline: June 23, 2016 Organisation: Dr. Frank Schmitz, Freie Universität Berlin Veranstaltungsort: Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin-Wilmersdorf...
CFP: Synagogue and Museum (Braunschweig, 21-23 November 2016)
Synagogue and Museum Braunschweig, Germany 21 - 23 November 2016 Since antiquity and especially since the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in the year 70 CE synagogues have become the central places of gathering of Jewish communities. They are complex, highly...
Guided tour of the Eileen Gray Exhibition
Guided tour of the Eileen Gray Exhibition on Saturday July, 4th at 3pm, National Museum, Collins Barracks http://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Eileen-Gray The number of places is limited, so please contact Sabine von Fischer...
CONF: The Medium and the Message (Birmingham, 1-2 July 2016)
The Medium and the Message: Re-evaluating Form and Meaning in European Architecture c. 1400-1950 Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, July 1 - 2, 2016 Location: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B152TS...
CFP: Urban Studies beyond the Aestheticized Object (Chicago, 30 March – 1 April 2017)
Urban Studies beyond the Aestheticized Object RSA 2017 Chicago Chicago, The Palmer House Hilton, 30 March–1 April 2017 Sponsored by the European Architectural History Network Traditionally, urban historians relied on systems and patterns to analyze cities as aesthetic...
CFP: The Historiography of Early Modern Architecture (Chicago, March 30 – 1 April 2017)
The Historiography of Early Modern Architecture Renaissance Society of America 2017 -- Chicago, The Palmer House Hilton, 30 March–1 April 2017 Since the Renaissance itself, the history of early-modern architecture has been a multifaceted discipline. Antonio Manetti...
Fellowship: H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship
H. Allen Brooks Travelling FellowshipDeadline October 3, 2016The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting applications for the 2016 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship of $50,000 will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to...
Event: V&A/Royal College of Art, History of Design + new MRes (New York,13-14 June)
History of Design, New MA Programme + MRes Humanities Launch British Council, New York Office, British Consulate General, 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 13-14 June 2016 The RCA’s School of Humanities offers interdisciplinary training in critical, curatorial,...
Summer School: Real Estate Architecture (Liege, 20-27 August 2016)
Real Estate Architecture - Revisiting the apartment building The international Summer School will take place in Liège from from August 20th to 27th. Forty students and recently graduated architects will be invited to rethink the future of the apartment buildings,...
CONF: Modelling Medieval Vaults (London, 14 July 2016)
The University of Liverpool in London, Finsbury Square. Seminar Room 4, July 14, 2016 Registration deadline: July 7, 2016 The use of digital surveying and analysis techniques, such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, 3D reconstructions or reverse engineering offers the...
CFP: Romanticism and the Peripheries (Lisbon, 5-7 December 2016)
Romanticism and the Peripheries: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, December 5 - 7, 2016 Deadline: July 30, 2016 "The Romantic phenomenon seems to defy analysis, not only because its exuberant diversity resists...
CFP: Architecture and Capitalism – Solids and Flows (due 31 May 2016)
Architecture and Culture Vol. 5, Issue no. 2, July 2017 Catharina Gabrielsson and Helena Mattsson, Editors. ‘Capitalism is back!’ Nancy Fraser, “Behind Marx’s Hidden Abode: For an Expanded Conception of Capitalism”, New Left Review 86 (2014) p. 55 The aim of this...