For your info, I’m sharing a link to the Women in Preservation symposium. Thanks to independent scholar and activist, Sarah Marson for sharing.  https://nscda.org/wips2021/?fbclid=IwAR32H-qSl_yOLbEaTN6ouYWgck8WuyWC3HDLlDynmlJS7gaeV3G6d-njYGs

Tuesday, March 30, 12–2 PM EST
Counterparts: This Fragile Condition – Architecture, Autonomy, Allegiance
Lesley Lokko + Sumayya Vally

 The Cooper Union School of Architecture’s 2021 Eleanore Pettersen Lecture, co-presented with The Architectural League of New York, features Lesley Lokko & Sumayya Vally in conversation.

Counterparts presents a di…[Read more]

Minnette De Silva: Constructive DialoguesMinnette De Silva’s unique position in the mid-20th century exemplifies cultural and local specificity in dialogue with a global modern movement. Her architectural practice was expressive of the materials, techniques, and history of her native Sri Lanka as well as her participation in a network of i…[Read more]

Our Program March 2021: SAH WiA AG Celebrating Women’s History Month is commencing today. It is supported by the Society of Architectural Historians—please join us!

First SAH CONNECTS Webinar, “The Advent of Women Architectural Professionals, a US-UK Comparative Perspective,” March 8, 2021, 12:00–1:30pm CST, is scheduled to commemorate the…[Read more]

Bard Graduate Center Undergraduate Summer School in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture https://www.bgc.bard.edu/ug-summer-school announced a 2021 course introducing students to the history of design and fashion in the United States and Europe from the mid-nineteenth century to the present with a focus on how conceptions of race,…[Read more]

Please join the SAH Women in Architecture Affiliate Group and SAHGB’s Women’s Architectural Historian’s Network for a SAH CONNECTS virtual program.

The Advent of Women Architectural Professionals: A US-UK Comparative Perspective | Monday, March 8, 2021, 12:00 – 1:30 pm CST
https://www.sah.org/conferences-and-programs/sah-connects/the-advent-of-…[Read more]

SAH 2021 Virtual Conference Program; https://www.sah.org/2021-virtual-conference, last accessed on 2.2.2021.

Lynne Dearborn and Nastaran Shishegar Receive 2021 ARCC Awards

https://arch.illinois.edu/about-us/news/lynne-dearborn-and-nastaran-shishegar-receive-2021-arcc-awards/ 

2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education awarded to Kathryn Anthony

https://www.aia.org/press-releases/6356469-2021-aiaacsa-topaz-medallion-for-excellenc

Guggenheim free access event: “The World Around Summit 2021: Architecture’s Now, Near, and Next”

https://www.guggenheim.org/event/the-world-around-summit-2021-architectures-now-near-and-next?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=E_TWAAnnouncement_012021

Here is a new seminar at the Harvard GSD, 2021 Spring term (if anyone is interested in it):

“Hidden Figures: The City, Architecture and the Construction of Race and Gender

“By Hansy Better Barraza,
Visiting Professor in Architecture and Urban Planning and Design, spring 2021 term,

For more, please:…[Read more]

Beverly L. Greene and Norma Merrick Sklarek:
New Research in Black Women’s History in Architecture

Virtual event and discussion organized by the Columbia University, GSAPP Program on January 15, 2…[Read more]

Welcome to the SAH Architectural Studies Affiliate Group page.  We look forward to connecting with colleagues who direct or teach in interdisciplinary Architectural Studies program. But we want to underline that the group is open to any SAH member who wants to learn more about the joys and challenges of these programs.

Our goal is to create a…[Read more]

Now through 4.10.21: Engineer, Agitator, Constructor marks a recent transformative addition to MoMA from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, one of the great private collections of political art. Illuminating the essential role of women in avant-garde activities while mapping vital networks across Europe, the exhibition presents the social…[Read more]