Bard Graduate Center 

A research symposium

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500–1800, this symposium brings together historians of food, culture, and print to further explore the themes of performance on and around the table. Talks will consider English coronation feasts, German court carvers, musical acc…

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SAH 2023 Montreal HIG events – Please note updated times:

• April 12-15: SAH Annual Meeting in Montreal
  • Friday: HIG Business Meeting/Announcement of Election for HIG Chair 2023-2025, 1:30-2:30 pm
  • Friday: HIG-endorsed Session: Material Religion through the Sacred Interior, 3-5:10 pm – more details in this post
  • Saturday: HIG Montreal E…

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Emerging Scholars Working Committee: Lauren Drapala, Vanessa Vanden Berghe and Michelle Jackson Beckett

Mission:To foster exchange among and showcase the work of Emerging Scholars in the field of historic interiors broadly defined, encompassing current graduate students and early-career professionals within 5 years of completion of a terminal…[Read more]

Launched in April 2020 as a social media initiative highlighting Frank Lloyd Wright-designed public sites that were closed due to the pandemic, Wright Virtual Visits will begin a fourth iteration on February 9, 2023. As sites have reopened to visitors, the format has adapted in order to continue to foster public engagement and visitation. In e…[Read more]

Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
Out and About Wright: Portland & the Willamette Valley
Tour program May 5-7 features Frank Lloyd Wright’s Gordon House (1956) & other highlights of Portland and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Registration is now open to everyone.
Portland, Oregon
May 5-7, 2023
The Conservancy’s spring tour program will c…[Read more]

Kathryn Santner’s recent article for JSAH 21(4) titled “Money and a Room of One’s Own: Convent Cells and Self Fashioning in Colonia Peru” presents some intriguing material for the History of Interiors. I would be interested to learn how other HIG members have responded to the essay.

To start, I am especially interested in Santner’s identification…[Read more]

Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) of the Society of Architectural Historians              

Spring Newsletter and Calendar    …[Read more]

HIG at the Met’s Rethought Period Rooms: Drinks and Discussion

Beyond CAA

Metropolitan Museum of Art

5:30 pm, Saturday, Feb. 18, 82nd and Fifth, NYC

5:30 pm meet sharp at the Great Hall Group Tour desk. We must enter as a group. CAA conference registration covers free admission to the Museum.

After the College Art Association Conference c…[Read more]

Symposium to Investigate Public Interiority
The School of Interior Architecture at the UT College of Architecture and Design is pleased to announce the Public Interiority Symposium + Exhibition.

Led by Liz Teston, associate professor, School of Interior Architecture, and others, the Public Interiority Symposium + Exhibition will be held in person…[Read more]