Greetings, many of you have seen and completed this survey about member interests. We are learning that many of you would like to gain intellectual community, talk about ways to incorporate climate change into your history teaching, and participate in workshops or panels.  We are looking at a virtual event Mid-November, perhaps starting with a r…[Read more]

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]

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/

SAH Archipedia features PDF lesson plans for K-12 and higher education. More teaching resources are being developed and will be added to the site.

https://sah-archipedia.org/content/Teachers

“Race &” is a podcast sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians that explores the influence of race and race thinking on the built environment. Follow co-hosts Charles Davis (SUNY Buffalo) and Maura Lucking (UCLA) as they conduct interviews, roundtable discussions, and conversations with the foremost academics of the arts and sciences…[Read more]

Welcome to the Teaching Resources group!

Please use this group to share teaching resources such as lesson plans, syllabi, webcasts, podcasts, videos, research guides, and other materials that may be of interest. Thank you for contributing.

The following is republished from https://architecture.barnard.edu/building-solidarities-0. 

About Building Solidarities

Building Solidarities is a form of mutual pedagogy between the Barnard / Columbia campus and the public, through student-led dialogues on urgent questions about constructed environments, urban life, and…[Read more]

About GAHTC

The ambition of the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC) is to address the needs of educators in diverse disciplinary contexts by providing practical lecture materials for teaching global architectural history at the survey and introductory level. This effort does not preclude more advanced level education, b…[Read more]