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Job Opportunities: PROFESSORS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS & PROFESSORS in History, Theory and Criticism
Over the past 55 years, the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore (NUS) has seen steady growth, expansion and development that parallels the modernisation of the city-state of Singapore. Our Department has built and expanded on its long...
Professor of Heritage & Design, Delft (Managerial Positions, Engineering)
Job description The chair focuses on the architectonic design of heritage, with scientific research as the starting point. The programme, design concept and elaboration of the design evolve from an analysis of the original building and its context, taken from an...
Job Announcement: Assistant Professor in Architectural History, Columbia University
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Department of Art History and Archaeology, Assistant Professor, tenure-track, Architectural History, Renaissance/Baroque, 1420-1750. The committee is especially interested in candidates whose research engages the collections of the Avery Library...
Call for Paper: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ARQUITECTONICS NETWORK: MIND, LAND AND SOCIETY
ARCHITECTURE AND KNOWLEDGE: CRITICAL THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICES: FOR SETTINGS OF EDUCATION, FOR PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS AND FOR SETTINGS OF SOCIAL URBAN PLANNING PARTICIPATION Barcelona, 3‐4‐5 June 2015 Director: Josep Muntañola Thornberg Supported by: Research...
Casablanca Chandigarh / public seminar and book presentation
The Indian city of Chandigarh and Casablanca, the North African harbor town, were among the most important large scale urban projects after World War II. This book looks into the development of the two cities over the past fifty years, revealing an alternative...
Call for Papers Footprint #17
The ‘Bread & Butter’ of Architecture: Investigating Everyday Practices In his 1942 essay ‘Bread & Butter and Architecture’, architectural historian John Summerson called on practicing architects to face ‘the real-life adventures which are looming ahead’...
Doctoral Bursary in Architecture
http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/research-studentships-and-fees-only-bursaries/ The School of Art, Architecture and Design are pleased to announce one Doctoral bursary. This is a full time UK/EU fees only Ph.D. bursary in Architecture. The...
Chicago History Museum
November Urban History Seminar Thursday, November 20, 2014 Reception at 5:45 p.m.; Dinner at 6:15 p.m.; Program at 7:00 p.m. The Chicago History Museum invites you to join us for the next program in our 2014 Urban History Seminar series. Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole...
CfP: Production Sites (London/ Sidney, July/ Oct 2015)
Production Sites: Resituating the Culture of Architectural Knowledge The Bartlett/UCL London and University of Sydney, July 29 - October 30, 2015 Deadline: Jan 15, 2015 Production sites is a symposium that scrutinises new cultures of architectural knowledge by...
CfP: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Domestic Interior, Brighton 7-8 May 2015
Making A Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Domestic Interior Deadline: 30 November 2014 University of Sussex, Brighton, England 7-8 May 2015 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Flora Dennis, Senior Lecturer, Art History, University of Sussex I believe that one can never...
CfP: Architectural Theory Review 20.1, issue: Terra Firma
CfP: Architectural Theory Review 20.1, issue: Terra Firma The University of Sydney Deadline: Dec 31, 2014 Editor Jennifer Ferng 180 million years ago, Australia was once enmeshed as part of the Gondwanaland supercontinent, which included Africa, South America, and...
Call for Contributors: Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture 21st edition
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the University of London are collaborating on an exciting project to bring Sir Banister Fletcher’s renowned book, A History of Architecture, into the 21st century. Edited by architectural historian and broadcaster,...