MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Shaping Our Built Environment
Documenting, Analyzing, and Celebrating Women’s Contributions to the Built Environment in Spain and Illinois

Monday, April 25, 2022. Event starts at noon CT.

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Landmarks Illinois director of advocacy Lisa DiChiera and researcher and educator Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno will lec…[Read more]

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SAH Member Meetup: Publishing in JSAH

Friday, March 11, 3:00–4:00 pm CST

Join JSAH Editor David Karmon and JSAH Associate Editor Alice Tseng for a conversation about publishing in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Bring your questions, and learn about the Journa…[Read more]

In July 1997, George P. Mitchell made a generous gift to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to establish the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors in honor of his wife.  The purpose of the fund is to assist in the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic interiors.Grants from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund…[Read more]

FIRST 500 Press Release follows (and attached):

FIRST 500, A Global Initiative Documenting the Achievements of Black Women Architects, Launches Official Website

The website and digital archive will raise awareness about Black women architects and their accomplishments, provide resources for students, practitioners and aspiring architects, and…[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]

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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.