An enduring intellectual and a perceptual rift divides the city from the natural world both in scholarship as well as in the public imagination. In the past three decades, humanities scholars working with social and natural scientists have challenged these assumptions by investigating the complex interaction and intersection of cultural and…[Read more]

This co-edited book will examine the role of race in the construction of historical narratives of ‘American architecture’ during the nineteenth century. Focusing on a relatively narrow group of people, structures, and landscapes, canonical surveys of American architecture written up through the 1930s continue to have substantial influence on our…[Read more]

In and Outside the Archive: Evidencing Spatial Performance, Performing Spatial Evidence (SAH Session at CAA 2022)
The following is the call for participation for the SAH session “In and Outside the Archive: Evidencing Spatial Performance, Performing Spatial Evidence,” which will be presented in-person at the CAA 2022 Annual Conference in Chicago,…[Read more]

The IAWA Center announces the 2021 IAWA Kristine Fallon Prize of $5000, inviting professionals and scholars to extend research into an important arena – women in architecture who have made significant contributions to the field through their work practicing at large U.S. firms in the second half of the 20th century. With important contributions m…[Read more]

In keeping with the central value the Society places on bibliography as a critical framework, the BSA funds a number of fellowships to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. Bibliographical projects may range chronologically from the study of clay tablets and papyrus rolls to…[Read more]

In keeping with the central value the Society places on bibliography as a critical framework, the BSA funds a number of fellowships to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats.Bibliographical projects may range chronologically from the study of clay tablets and papyrus rolls to…[Read more]

Electric Interiors from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Session at the SAH 2022 Pittsburgh conference. The submission deadline has been extended to Tuesday, June 8, at 11:59 pm CDT.

How did the introduction of electricity and subsequent development of electronics transform the design, use and experience of interiors? Science has…[Read more]

Women in Architecture: The African Exchange

(Session at the SAH 2022 Pittsburgh conference. The CFP deadline has been extended to Tuesday, June 8, at 11:59 pm CDT.)

In recent years there has been an international resurgence of interest in modern architecture and urbanism in Africa. In books, articles, lectures, and conferences, much has been…[Read more]

The following paper sessions (and others not included here) may be of interest to members of the SAH Climate Change and Architectural History Affiliate Group. The deadline for the 2022 Call for Papers has been extended to Tuesday, June 8, at 11:59 pm CDT. https://www.sah.org/2022/call-for-papers

Architectural (Hi)stories of Climate Change and…[Read more]

The ACSA webinar, “Lessons in Anti-Racist Design Pedagogy,” a collaboration with Dark Matter University, took place on May 20, 2021.

The recording and program description are available at: https://www.acsa-arch.org/webinars/dark-matter-university-lessons-in-anti-racist-design-pedagogy/