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Job: Assistant Professor History of Art and Architecture, UC Santa Barbara
RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open Aug 25, 2014 through Oct 18, 2014 DESCRIPTION Assistant Professor Architecture, Urbanism and Visual Culture of the Ancient World The Department of History of Art & Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications...
ÁLVARO SIZA DONATION TO THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE
Montréal, 24 July 2014 – Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, recipient of the Pritzker Prize, has donated a large part of his architectural archive to the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal (CCA). In a statement this week, Siza announced his decision to place...
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...
Cairobserver – Call for participation
Call for participation Cairobserver will begin working simultaneously on two new publications. One will have a focus on universities and the other will focus on downtowns. Both Cairobserver issues will expand the scope of the themes beyond Cairo to include stories...
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...
Job: Assistant Professor in the Architecture and Art of the Islamic World
The Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field Architecture and Art of the Islamic World. The geographical area of...
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...
Research Grants, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB)
Research Grants, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) Scope Research grants may cover: travel building survey photography conference attendance Research grants may not cover: maintenance at home purchase of books or equipment secretarial help...