Below are the SAH regional chapter news updates received by the liaison during the months of November and December 2023.
Subject:This Sunday! Geva on Modern Synagogues, 1950s-1960s AUTHORS ON ARCHITECTURE:Geva on Modern Synagogues, 1950s-1960sZoom PresentationSunday, November 12th, 1:00 PM PSTJoin author/editor Anat Geva as she explores the architecture of Modern synagogues across America. Learn how these expressive Modern buildings served the communities in which they were built. Read more…Have a conflict for Sunday? Buy a ticket and we will send you a link to the recorded program you can watch at your leisure…Read more…Purchase $5 ticket!
SESAH will hold its annual meeting and conference in Marietta, Georgia, October 2-5, 2024. Marietta is a vibrant, historic city about twenty miles north of downtown Atlanta. The sessions and other events will be hosted at the Department of Architecture at Kennesaw State University, Marietta Campus. Formerly the home of Southern Polytechnic State University that merged with KSU in 2015, the Marietta campus is a mid-to-late 20th century campus with award-winning architecture, including the 2002 Architecture Building designed by Heery International.
The SESAH Board Meeting and dinner will be held on Wednesday, October 2. Paper sessions will begin Thursday morning and continue through Friday afternoon. Mark C. McDonald, former president and CEO of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and editor of The Architecture of the Last Colony: Georgia’s Historic Places, 1733-2000 (2023), will give the keynote address on Thursday evening. The study tour on Saturday, October 5 will include historic and architecturally significant places around the Atlanta area. There will be a SESAH block of rooms for $189.00/night at the nearby Marietta Hilton with regular shuttles to campus. More details to follow soon.
2023 Annual Campaign
Last year’s annual campaign exceeded all expectations. We raised over $5,800 with donations from members living across the country. For the 2023 annual campaign, we set a modest goal of raising $3,000. So far, we have received $1,750 so we need another $1,250 to reach our goal. All donations—big and small—enabled us to assist students and young professionals by:
Waiving registration fees for 12 students from across the U.S. to attend the 2023 conference in Little Rock.
Awarding $2,000 for a student from UVA and a student from South Dakota State University to travel to the 2023 conference.
Awarding a $1,500 fellowship for graduate student research at the University of Georgia
As we look forward to the new year, we hope that you will contribute to help us build upon these successes. With your gift, we will be able to offer waived registration fees for students at the 2024 conference in Marietta, Georgia, and provide travel grants and research fellowships for students and young professionals. We are also offering the opportunity to make donations in honor of friends, colleagues, and loved ones. Click HERE to donate or for instructions on donating by mail. SESAH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization so all contributions made by December 31, 2023, are tax deductible. If you need a receipt or more donation information, please contact the treasurer at treasurer@sesah.org
Thank you for supporting SESAH!
Call for Editors of Arris, the Journal of SESAH
Deadline March 1, 2024
SESAH (Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians) seeks an Editor or Co-editors (2024-26) for two issues of its peer-reviewed journal, Arris (issues #36 and #37). Scholars and researchers are invited to respond to this call by March 1, 2024. Editorial positions are unpaid and would begin with work on volume 36 (2025) during the spring of 2024 under the current editors and end with the completion of volume 37 (2026). One of these issues may be based on a theme, chosen by the Editors and approved by the Arris Editorial Committee, that addresses particular theories, methodologies, or perspectives in the history and/or preservation of the built environment.
Founded in 1989, Arris publishes original scholarship on all aspects of the history and preservation of architecture, urbanism, and landscape. It has a particular interest in new perspectives on the American South; at the same time articles are not limited geographically or temporally. The journal consists of research articles, field notes, and book reviews. Since 2019, Arris has been published in partnership with the University of North Carolina Press (UNC Press).
Issues of Arris are typically produced by a single Editor or two Co-editors who are responsible for soliciting, reviewing, and editing manuscripts, and a Book Review Editor who selects books for review and reviewers. The Editors work in collaboration to establish the content for each issue, which goes to UNC Press for production and publication. Other matters that arise in creating the journal—e.g. administrative and financial—are addressed by the Arris Editorial Committee (which includes the Editors). Communication among the Editors, UNC Press, and the Committee occurs regularly in order to facilitate the process of creating the journal. The Editor (or, in the case of Co-editors, one of the Co-editors) sits on SESAH’s Board of Directors as an ex officio voting member.
Editors must maintain SESAH membership. They may reside outside its twelve-state territory. They may be academic or independent scholars, researchers, preservationists, or curators, and may be early in their professional careers as long as they have publication experience. Editors may not simultaneously hold an editorship position for another journal.
Applicants should send a CV, a Letter of Interest, and names of two references to Kathy Wheeler (kwheel24@utk.edu), chair of the Arris Editorial Committee, by March 1, 2024. The letter should state the position being applied for (Editor or Co-editors). It should include information on publication and/or editorial experience, a brief proposal for a themed issue (optional), and thoughts concerning future directions of Arris. Any questions may be directed to Prof. Wheeler. See the website for further information on Arris and SESAH.
San Gemini Preservation Studies 2024 Summer Field School accepting applications.
San Gemini Preservation Studies is a summer field school located in Central Italy that organizes lectures, research, fieldwork, workshops and field trips in the disciplines of historic preservation, restoration and conservation. They are now accepting applications for summer 2024.
These courses focus on the study of: historic buildings preservation, traditional forms of painting, conservation of archaeological ceramics, the restoration of books and paper in archival material. The various field projects include: documentation and restoration of medieval public buildings in San Gemini, the archaeological excavation in the ancient Roman city of Carsulae, as well as conservation work on the local historic archives. The SGPS program is a collaboration between scholars from various universities and local preservation groups, fostering a multidisciplinary approach to historic preservation. All academic activities are held in English.
An academic relationship has been established with West Virginia University that offers students the opportunity to apply for and receive credits through the WVU Art History Department. Applications are due March 15th. Find more information here.
Arris, the journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, is accepting submissions for articles and field notes to be published in upcoming issues.
Articles generally run from 5,000-7,000 words and are blind peer-reviewed. They should demonstrate a rigorous mastery over the scholarly literature, research methods, field work (if applicable), and available primary sources of the subject. Articles should proceed beyond a descriptive approach to draw new conclusions or present new theoretical paradigms.
Field notes are shorter contributions, approximately 2,500 words in length, and are blind peer-reviewed. These notes discuss significant ongoing field work or other research of interest to SESAH members.
Only original work neither published previously nor under review for publication elsewhere will be considered.
There is no specific deadline for submissions, which are accepted on a rolling basis. If an article or field notes is accepted, but the issue in progress already has a sufficient number of them, it will be published in the next issue.
Danielle Willkens Featured in Architectural Digest Article on Historic Site Tourism
Danielle Willkens was featured in an Architectural Digest article looking at the effects of tourism on historic sites. Wilkins referenced her time as the 2015 H. Allen Brooks Traveling Fellow which she spent traveling the world to visit heritage sites. Read more here.
Does your institution subscribe to Arris???
If not, encourage them to subscribe in one of 3 ways:
Print subscription for $50 annually (1 issue) through UNC Press’s subscription fulfillment partners at Duke University Press. Contact:
Phone toll-free in the US and Canada (888) 651-0122
Phone (919) 688-5134
Digital subscriptions for $50 to Arris’s full catalog are available through ProjectMUSE. Arris is on their Hosted platform, so they will need to get a single title subscription through ProjectMUSE.
For both print and digital subscriptions for $60/year, reach out to Duke University Press at the contact info above.
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LECTURE REMINDER!Don’t forget to register online (link below) and join us next Tuesday, 1/16, for our first event of 2024:“The Contract, the Contractor, and the Capitalization of American Building, 1870-1930”Chelsea Spencer2022 John Coolidge Fellowship RecipientTuesday, January 16, 2024 7:00pmPresented via ZoomAttendance is free, but preregistration is required. Please register here.The 2022 John Coolidge Research Fellowship supported Chelsea’s archival fieldwork, sending her to Pittsburgh to study the construction records of the Frick Building, a twenty-story office building still standing in Downtown Pittsburgh. Managed by the George A. Fuller Company, construction of the Frick Building began in 1901 and was completed by 1903, leaving behind an unusually voluminous archive and an acrid dispute between the Fuller Company and its client, the wealthy industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Chelsea used this archive as a window onto the operations of what was then the largest, most well-capitalized construction company in the United States at a pivotal moment in the firm’s history. On January 16th she will give a virtual talk to share more about what she found in the archive and how it will contribute to her dissertation project.Chelsea Spencer is a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT. Her dissertation traces the rise of general contracting in the United States.NESAH website
In-Person SymposiumHousing Vienna: Lessons For LASaturday, January 27th, 9:00 AM PSTThis event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.This event is hosted by the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design and Friends of Residential Treasures (FORT:LA). It features speakers including John Ellis, AIA; Frances Anderton; and Anthony Fontenot…Read more! Reserve a space now!
Jan – March, Quarterly E-newsletter 2024 | Download the .pdf nowIn This IssueUnion Station TourHavana ModernWhen Eero Met His MatchBunshaftPeter J. Weber TourQuick LinksSAH/SCC Book ReviewsBrochures from Past EventsAbout UsBecome a MemberFull Printable Newsletter HerePresident’s LetterOur AdvertisersAD&D MuseumUnion Station: Behind the ScenesSAH/SCC On-Site Tour, DTLAFriday, January 19, 2024, 11 AM-1 PMSAH/SCC Life and Patron Members will join us for a very special, behind-the-scenes tour of Union Station from longtime SAH/SCC member George Meyer, Vice President/General Manager at Morlin Asset Management, the property and project management firm for the complex. Union Station (Parkinson and Parkinson, 1939) is nationally recognized as the last major train station built in the 20th century, is LA Historic-Cultural Monument #101, and has won numerous preservation awards. Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Tom BonnerGallo/Caballero on Havana ModernSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, January 28, 2024, 1-2:30 PM Pacific In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting both native talent and leading international architects. Havana Modern: Critical Readings in Cuban Architecture (Arquine, 2023) examines Cuban modernism’s highlights with a wealth of archival materials, photos, and new scholarship. Read More…Authors on Architecture: Hagberg on Aline & EeroSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, February 11, 2024, 1-2:30 PM PacificCelebrate an architectural love story for the ages when Eva Hagberg discusses her book When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect (Princeton University Press, 2022). Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Eva Hagberg. Authors on Architecture: Adams on BunshaftSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, March 17, 2024, 1-2:30 PM PacificJoin author Nicholas Adams as he shares his book Gordon Bunshaft and SOM: Building Corporate Modernism (Yale University Press, 2019). Adams explores the contested line between Bunshaft’s ambition for acclaim as a singular artistic genius and the collaborative structure of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) architectural partnership. Read More…Photo: Bunshaft Book coverPeter J. Weber: Architect & CraftsmanSAH/SCC On-Site Tour, RiversideSaturday, March 3, 2024, 10 AM-1 PM SAH/SCC goes to the Inland Empire to learn about the life and work of Peter J. Weber (1893-1983). We’ll get a special tour of the architect’s work on the Mission Inn (Arthur B. Benton, 1903 and 1910; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, 1914; G. Stanley Wilson, 1932) in Riverside as well as a tour of the home Weber built for himself (1932-1938). Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Davestolt
Dear NCCSAH members,
I am writing today to encourage you to look at the City of San Francisco’s implementation plan for its Housing Element in the form of Zoning Amendments. Here is a link to the map showing upzoning and increased heights across the city. It is worth studying closely and looking for proposed changes in your neighborhood.
Here is a link to a survey you can take about housing choice in San Francisco:
Please fill out this online survey by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd linked here in multiple languages: Fall 2023 Survey here!
LECTURE: “The Contract, the Contractor, and the Capitalization of American Building, 1870-1930”Chelsea Spencer2022 John Coolidge Fellowship RecipientTuesday, January 16, 2024 7:00pmPresented via ZoomAttendance is free, but preregistration is required. Please register here.The 2022 John Coolidge Research Fellowship supported Chelsea’s archival fieldwork, sending her to Pittsburgh to study the construction records of the Frick Building, a twenty-story office building still standing in Downtown Pittsburgh. Managed by the George A. Fuller Company, construction of the Frick Building began in 1901 and was completed by 1903, leaving behind an unusually voluminous archive and an acrid dispute between the Fuller Company and its client, the wealthy industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Chelsea used this archive as a window onto the operations of what was then the largest, most well-capitalized construction company in the United States at a pivotal moment in the firm’s history. On January 16th she will give a virtual talk to share more about what she found in the archive and how it will contribute to her dissertation project.Chelsea Spencer is a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT. Her dissertation traces the rise of general contracting in the United States.2024 NESAH Fellowships – APPLICATIONS OPEN!The New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians invites applications for the Robert Rettig Student Annual Meeting Fellowship and the John Coolidge Research Fellowship. Applications are due by February 1, 2024, at 11:59pmThe Rettig Fellowship provides financial assistance for graduate students and emerging professionals attending the Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). The fellowship include support of up to $500, plus a registration fee waiver. This year’s annual meeting will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 17–21, 2024.The John Coolidge Research Fellowship assists graduate students at a New England college or university working on topics in architectural history, the built environment, or a related field through an award of $1,000 to support their research. More information about the fellowships, and application details, can be found on our website.2024 Call for New Board MembersDo you have ideas for tours, speakers, and advocacy for the New England chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (NESAH)? Do you want to help shape the future direction of the organization? NESAH is looking for new members for its board, and hereby issues a call for nominations and self-nominations. Potential board members should be engaged in scholarship, practice, or preservation related to the built environment, and should be motivated, dynamic, and looking to contribute to the future of our regional chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.NESAH is a coalition of practitioners, scholars, and enthusiasts from across New England that promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes, and cultural heritage for the benefit of all. Our goal is a deeper understanding and appreciation of our architectural heritage. For more information about our organization, please visit our website.To express your interest, or to nominate someone else, please send an email outlining the qualifications of the nominee to nesah.president@gmail.com by January 15, 2024.Calling Architectural Historians of Dedham, MA!image: 1908 postcard picturing downtown Dedham, MAThe Dedham Public Library is seeking presenters on the architectural history of Dedham, MA. If you have expertise in the architecture of this historic Massachusetts town, please contact Michaela Calderwood, Adult Services Librarian at Dedham Public Library: mcalderwood@minlib.net. NESAH website
In-Person Booksigning in Silver LakeUCSB Exhibit: Helena ArahueteSaturday, December 9th, 3:00 PM PSTJoin us on Saturday, December 9th at the Neutra Office Building in Silver Lake to celebrate the release of the exhibition catalog: From Within: The Architecture of Helena Arahuete (ArtEZ, 20203). Architect Helena Arahuete will be joined by architectural historians and contributors to the catalog, Mimi Zeiger and Alan Hess, in discussion moderated by curator Silvia Perera on the present and future of organic architecture.This event is free to the public!Reserve a space now and include “Helena Arahuete Event” in the subject line!
LANDSCAPE HISTORY CHAPTERof the Society of Architectural Historians November 2023The Blackfeet Nation releases a herd of bison into the wild in 2023, the first time bison have freely roamed the landscape in 150 years. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
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Best, Thaisa et al… Director | Garden & Landscape Studies | Dumbarton Oaks | Trustees for Harvard University _________________________________ OF NOTE…._____________________________________ Jefferson and Native Americans In observance of National Native American History Month, we invite you to explore our resources on Native American history at Monticello and Thomas Jefferson’s complex legacy regarding Indigenous peoples. Learn more about Jefferson’s varied views on Native Americans, the dynamics between colonists and Indigenous tribes, and the lasting impact of this history on our world today.CLICK TO CONNECT ______________________________________
2024 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize and David R. Coffin Publication Grant The University of Virginia Center for Cultural Landscapes invites you to submit publications for this year’s 2024 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize and David R. Coffin Publication Grant. We welcome nominations for the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize and the David R. Coffin Publication Grant from both publishers and authors. The John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize will be awarded to a book published in the last three years (2021, 2022, 2023) that has made a significant contribution to the study and understanding of garden history and landscape design. The prize winner will be invited to give a book talk at the University of Virginia and presented with a monetary award. The application deadline for the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize is May 1, 2024. Note, the change in this deadline from previous years is to better align with the academic calendar and availability of the jury. The David R. Coffin Publication Grant supports the production of a future publication of a manuscript under contract in the field of landscape studies. The application deadline for the David R. Coffin Publication Grant is January 1, 2024. Detailed descriptions of the eligibility requirements, application procedures, and past winners for each award can be found on the Center for Cultural Landscapes website. Note that a single winner will be chosen for each prize in 2024, a change from past years. Please submit all inquiries to Lsibookprize@virginia.eduwith the subject heading: 2024 Book Prize Nomination.
_____________________________________________CALL FOR PAPERS_____________________________________________4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture and Urban Planning Historians (AhAU – Spain), We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers of the 4th International Conference of the Association of Architecture and Urban Planning Historians (AhAU – Spain) with the title “City and Nature. Approaches from an environmental-history angle”, that will take place on October 24th and 25th 2024 at the Real Colegio María Cristina, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid.Deadline for abstract submission: 20 November 2023Please visit https://ahau.es/congreso/iv-congreso-internacional-de-la-ahau-otono-2024/ for the call, guidelines for authors and a brief explanation of the review and selection process for abstracts and full papers (papers are accepted in both Spanish and English).
_____________________________________________Landscape Journal Landscape Journal welcomes submissions of original manuscripts that advance our understanding of land planning, design, policy, and management practices as well as their consequences. Manuscripts examining land planning, design, policy, and management outcomes over a range of geographic contexts and spatiotemporal scales are especially welcome. Contributions are invited from any disciplinary perspective.
Article Types Landscape Journal strives to publish a diverse mix of articles and critical reviews.
1. Original Research (5,000–8,000 words) Quantitative and qualitative empirical research, including historical analyses and rigorous comparative analyses of multiple case studies.
2. Systematic Literature Reviews (5,000–10,000 words) Syntheses of landscape theory and state-of-the-art design teaching, research, and professional practice. Systematic reviews identify knowledge gaps and inform research agendas.
3. Perspective Essays (2,000–5,000 words) Perspectives from Practice essays reflect on contemporary practice advances, challenges, or opportunities—and comment on implications for teaching, research, and design practice.
4. Policy Briefs (3,000–6,000 words) Evidence-based analyses of current policies and policy alternatives—whether enacted by governments, professions, or other institutions.
5. Critical Reviews (500–2,500 words) Critical reviews of books, films, videos, conferences, websites, and software are welcome. Most book reviews are written within one year after the book’s publication date.
Authors who are interested in writing a critical review or perspective essay should first contact the editorial office. Proposals for special issues are also welcome. ___________________________________ Journal of the studies in History and Theory of ArchitectureThe journal of studies in History and Theory of Architecture ( https://sita.uauim.ro/ ), published by the Department of Architectural History & Theory and Heritage Conservation at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, Romania, invites submissions for the 2024 issue
Landscape as Horizon
In the last chapter of L’architecture au futur depuis 1889, Jean-Louis Cohen listed several “vanishing points” that, although barely visible in the distance, would allow architecture to escape the unrelenting aspiration for originality, newness, monumentality, ornament, in the end only engendering desolate, generic, ultimately boring spaces, devoid of life. The topics mentioned by Cohen indicate instances that allow the architectural profession to aspire to a type of social, political, or indeed cultural relevance in the contemporary world. Their singularity resides in that they are often examples led by practice, yet to be absorbed in the more theoretical strata of architecture. Among the different such vanishing points the one entitled Landscape as horizon seems to be one of the most challenging, all the while holding the promise to branch out into many critical contemporary topics.
For the next issue of sITA, we invite contributions that look into general or detailed topics concerning: * landscape as subversion, alternative or complement to mainstream urbanism; * questioning the traditional limits between the rural and the urban, between countryside and the city, between the natural and the manmade; * landscape as unlimited territory for new approaches, habits, social responsibilities, and openings to new cultural horizons; * historical and/or emergent approaches in theory and practice related to landscape; * new topics and paradigms in practice: agro-culture, post-Covid behaviors, urban acupuncture … * planning non-intervention to preserve landscape with its non-artificial, self-regulating and constantly changing components, incompatible with the fundamentally human endeavor of making things last longer.Preliminary abstracts of 200 – 250 words are to be submitted online https://sita.uauim.ro/call-for-papers, no later than December 8, 2023. Contact Information: The journal of sITA (studies in History and Theory of Architecture) ( https://sita.uauim.ro/) is published by the Department of Architectural History & Theory and Heritage Conservation at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest. sITA (studies in History and Theory of Architecture) is a peer-reviewed open access journal, with both online and print versions, indexed in Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science), Scopus,EBSCOhost, Index Copernicus, CEEOL, ERIH PLUS, DOAJ, ProQuest/Ulrichsweb, Scipio, Google Scholar, and WorldCat. ____________________________________________ Plants and Animals Editors: Susan McHughPatrícia VieiraPlants and Animals: Interdisciplinary Approaches aims to publish scholarly work that addresses common challenges across the fields of plant and animal studies from interdisciplinary perspectives. The series welcomes monographs and edited collections that focus and reflect upon interactions of plants, animals, and humans in innovative ways. At a time of large-scale anthropogenic species extinction, there is a pressing need to promote scholarship that can help us envision more equitable and harmonious forms of coexistence on the planet. The series therefore encourages submissions explicitly geared to build bridges not only between plant and animal studies, but also leading-edge research on other forms of life or ways of being, including fungi, lichens, algae and other microorganisms, as well as scholarship on fantasy creatures, cryptids, semi-living beings, and even non-living forms of existence. The goal is to abolish an artificially compartmentalized view of the world in order to add to the ways of knowing that are beginning to grow through the interconnections between these related fields of study. Grounded in the humanities, Plants and Animals welcomes trans-disciplinary perspectives that engage with scholarship in the social sciences and in the natural sciences.____________________________________________Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and presentSTAM Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 11-12 April 2024Call for Papers (deadline: December 1st 2023)Crossing present-day debates on land-based food supplies with different configurations of urban land and landownership in the past, this conference welcomes contributions from different geographic regions and different time periods, and how such experiences might find inspiration in the past.Not so long ago, agricultural land was by far the most important of capital. Given the importance of agricultural land as capital it is no wonder that urban based institutions and families accumulated more and more agricultural land as time progressed. In highly urbanized regions like the Low Countries or Italy, urban monasteries, churches, and charitable institutions easily controlled 20 to 30 percent of the land in the wide surroundings of the city, and this share was matched by private owners.At a moment when both the financialization of urban real estate and the market-dependency of urban food supplies are hotly debated, this conference aims to question the alternative and complementary functions of urban land and landownership:How important was urban ownership of (farm-)land? Who owned farmland? Only institutions and the upper class? Or also middling groups or commoners?Did farmland generate direct flows of food ‘from farm to fork’, either on a structural base or in times of food crises (food security)?How important were these land-based food supplies for the food-provisioning of cities?Which other functions did urban farmland have (ex. As leisure and holiday estate, for social prestige, as capital buffer in times of crisis etc.)?What was the impact of urban land and landownership for the rural economy? Did urban capital spur agricultural innovations or scale enlargement? Did urban landownership act as insurance mechanism (ex. rebuilding farms after calamities)?Did urban landownership help to strengthen the bounds between farmers and the city? How did these bounds materialize? By providing easier access to the city?We accept scholars at all career stages, including early career. Papers will be selected by an international committee, and with the aim of ensuring a broad spread of topics for the conference.Submissions should include:Title and abstractA short bioSend all submissions by email to: cecile.bruyet@uantwerpen.beDeadline for Submissions: 1 December 2023. The conference will take place at the city museum STAM in Ghent, Belgium, on 11-12 April 2024. This conference is the result of a collaboration between the University of Antwerp, the University of Ghent, STAM Ghent and the KULeuven Interfaculty Centre for Agrarian History.
____________________________________________Online Journal Arcadia: Exploration in Environmental HistoryArcadia (ISSN 2199-3408) is now inviting new submissions. Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines. Each peer-reviewed article includes a profile of the researcher, links, and suggested readings.Contributors are free to choose their own environmentally themed topics, but for this volume we especially welcome submissions on historical events in Southeast Asia, North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, and other areas currently underrepresented on this map.Contact Information: To submit, simply send a filled-out version of the sumission form, which you can find on our website here, together with your draft submission to Arcadia’s managing editor, Pauline Kargruber (arcadia@carsoncenter.lmu.de)—guidelines are included in the form. Your email should also include 2–5 images and/or multimedia (with permissions if necessary) and a profile photo. https://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/contribution ___________________________________ GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS ____________________________________ Dumbarton Oaks “Democracy and Landscape” FELLOWSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY Dumbarton Oaks, a research institute of Harvard University located in Washington DC announces a post-doctoral fellowship position in Democracy and Landscape. This is intended for an early career postdoctoral fellow in environmental history with a research focus on race, indigeneity, and/or settler colonialism as revealed in place and on land.
___________________________________ Editor-in Chief and Editorial Assistant of Architectural Histories Architectural Histories, the international, blind peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal of the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) is now seeking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Assistant to start on 1 January 2025, each for a four-year term. The new appointees will start working with the current team from 1 September 2024 and gradually take over their duties.
The positions of Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Assistant are not remunerated and expenses are not covered. The Editor-in-Chief’s average workload is one day per week, and the Editorial Assistant’s is 4 to 8 hours per week; both are subject to fluctuation.Application Applications should consist of a CV (max. 3 pages) and a cover letter (max. 2 pages) specifying the candidate’s motivation, skills and qualities. Applications should be emailed to the Editorial Search Committee by 31 January 2024, by care of secretary@eahn.orgMore information; https://eahn.org/2023/10/call-for-applications-for-editor-in-chief-and-editorial-assistant-of-architectural-histories/ ___________________________________ NEH Landmarks Program Applications to direct a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture program in 2025 are now open. We hope the following snapshot of the Landmarks program and its focus, along with tips and resources, are helpful as you think about creating your own program. WHAT DOES THE LANDMARKS PROGRAM DO? Landmarks of American History and Culture programs for K-12 educatorsand higher education and humanities professionals situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions. LANDMARKS PROGRAMS:Engage in humanistic inquiry, experiential learning, lectures, archival work, and meetings with community membersInclude place-based learning activities, such as visits to museums, libraries, historic homes, national parks, cemeteries, archives, and a range of other sitesConsider how monuments, markers, and memorials represent events, eras, individuals, and/or groupsExamine the importance of memory, unmarked sites of cultural and historical significance, and how places change over time ____________________________________ The National Park Service (NPS) Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: Examining the Intersections of Indigenous Collections, Context, and Contemporary Art Postdoctoral Fellow – Cambridge, MA – ACE is sponsoring a Mellon Fellowship at Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, MA. Application deadline for this post-doc is December 1, 2023. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://usaconservationmellonfellowships.applicantpool.com/jobs/1034354__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nvROKJ6Jg48HQHMs_bBi-__HuK8xcczF2M2jeRTo__87VY70oPhPcLBe4lOF8PGBIqOCjOKc3j4DiZCTsw$
NPS places recent humanities PhDs with NPS sites and programs across the agency. In collaboration with NPS staff and partners, the incoming cohort of Mellon Humanities Fellows will complete original research projects, and develop new interpretive and educational programming, helping the agency connect more people to places that matter by incorporating new sources and perspectives into its storytelling.The Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a signature element of the National Park Service’s commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, during which the Park Service will join with other agencies and all Americans to celebrate and contemplate the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and its relevance to our lives today. As the steward of our nation’s parks, heritage sites, and special places, NPS is committed to learning from the complex and challenging histories contained within them, building toward a future of freedom and possibility for all Americans.This opportunity is generously supported by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation through the National Park Foundation (NPF). The project is administered via a three-way agreement among NPS, National Park Foundation (NPF), and American Conservation Experience (ACE). ___________________________________________ 2024 Practice Grant The Practice Grant opens access and expands approaches to landscape design through its direct funding to individuals and groups committed to applied land-based practice. Past award winners are an excellent reference for the type of work they support, which ranges from design, ecology, gardening, farming, restoration, and conservation. All this information along with the application can be found on the Practice Foundation website.
The application is simple and straight forward and is open now until December 1, 2023.
Additionally, the team at Practice Foundation is always happy to answer any questions. You can find them at grant@practicelandscape.com
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CONFERENCES _____________________________________________ Writing Land into Architectural HistoriesDates: 22 – 22 Mar, 2024Location: Ithaca, New York, United StatesAddress: 921 University AveContact: Qianye YuEmail:qy238@cornell.eduWebsite:https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/symposium/writing-land-architectural-histories#open-sec-0The spring 2024 symposium “Writing Land into Architectural Histories,” organized by the doctoral students in Cornell University’s History of Architecture and Urbanism Society (HAUS), aims to explore the entangled histories of the built environment, land, and ecologies, examining intertwined methodologies that address questions of writing land into and out of histories of architecture.The combinatory practices of both architectural and landscape architectural history have grappled with new ways to interrogate the instrumentality of land as a mechanism that perpetuates relationships of power. How do land policies integrate into the built environment to produce various forms of skill and expertise that challenge normative, often colonial and imperial, forms of knowledge production? How does the materiality of land shape architecture? How do technologies of land and state-making processes move bodies across land? How do various forms of colonialism imbue structural histories of violence on and to land?Spanning a broad temporal range and extending to various geographies, we invite doctoral students working on the built environment in any discipline to rethink ways of utilizing land as a method in transnational and transimperial histories of architecture. Papers can include, but are not limited to: soils and their relationship to building practices and techniques; medicalization and health measurements; land and ecological governance; property rights and land-use schemes; cultivation and resource management through surveying technologies and agricultural infrastructures; representations of land; models of community and solidarity building through land traditions; labor; and methodologies of multispecies histories of architecture.This will be an in-person symposium_________________________________________
American Society for Environmental Historians (ASEH), April 3-7,2024, Denver Colorado ____________________________________ Organization for American Historians, April 11-14,2024, New Orleans, LA The current cascade of crises—viral, racial, economic, political, constitutional and environmental—shape and shadow our communities and our nation. History and historians have a role to play in addressing these crises; documenting, writing, amplifying, and mediating stories that can inform our moment and promote social justice.Join the community in New Orleans, Louisiana or at the Virtual Conference Series in cooperation with NCPH, in 2024 as we honor and explore the ways in which individuals, communities, and historians work and learn together.
Join the Society of Architectural Historians in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 17–21, 2024, for an immersive, in-person experience that includes paper sessions, events at off-site venues, and guided architecture tours in and around the city. Attendees can look forward to connecting with colleagues at social receptions, meeting publishers in the exhibit area, and conversing between sessions, all valued moments at the face-to-face conference. ____________________________________
Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH)October, 2024, San Diego, CA _________________________________________OFFICERS President: John Dean Davis, Ohio State UniversityVice President: Ann Komara, CU DenverSecretary: Pollyanna Rhee, University of Illinois Urbana ChampagneNewsletter Editor: Thaisa Way, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and CollecitonAdvisory Board:Kathleen John-Alder, Rutgers UniversityJeanne Haffner, New York State Parks, Recreation, Historic Preservation, Jones Beach Energy & Nature CenterBianca Maria Rinaldi, Politecnico di TorinoJack Sullivan, University of MarylandFinola O’Kane Crimmins, University College DublinGeorges Farhat, University of Toronto_____________________ Take Note/ Resources; ______________________TEACHING AND PEDAGOGY ______________________
Check out the Institute of Historical Research- blog- On History: https://blog.history.ac.uk ______________________
Recent Books of Interest _____________________ Here are books, and an article or two, with a historic narrative of landscape that have been published relatively recently:
Tate, Alan and Eaton, Marcella (2024). Designed Landscapes: 37 Key Projects. London and New York: Routledge / Taylor and Francis. 342 Pages, 303 Color Illustrations. ISBN 9780367173098.
Kris, E., Parshall, L. B., Felfe, R., & Tchikine, A. (2023). The rustic style. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University.
Padua, M. G. (2023) “Illuminating a Hidden Site: the Recovery of a Sacred Black Landscape”, Landscape Journal42(1) pp 53-75 https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.42.1.53
Bsumek, Erika Marie. 2023. The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam: Infrastructures of Dispossession on the Colorado Plateau. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Blackhawk, N. (2023). The Rediscovery of America : Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Yale University Press.
Whiteman, Stephen H. 2023. Landscape and Authority in the Early Modern World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Avila, Eric, and Thaisa Way, eds, 2023. Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture 44, Segregation and Resistance in the Landscapes of the Americas. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
Goldstein, Brian 2023, new, expanded editionThe Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem.
The 2023 SESAH annual conference was held in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 27th-30th. A total of 125 registrants representing 25 states attended. Ethel Goodstein-Murphree delivered the keynote lecture Friday evening, held at the Old State House Museum and sponsored by the Fay Jones School of Architecture. Thank you to Ralph S. Wilcox and Mason Toms for chairing the conference! Thanks also to our conference sponsors including the Division of Arkansas Heritage, Preserve Arkansas, the Quapaw Quarter Association, WER Architects, the Capitol Zoning District Commission, the Old State House Museum, Trapnall Hall, Revival Architecture, and Kudzu Collective. For additional information, check out the secretary’s report here.
Arris Volume 34 Out Now!
SESAH and UNC Press are pleased to announce that Volume 34 of Arris is now live on Project MUSE. Print copies have been mailed out, but you can access the new issue as well as back issues now. To access Arris, first go to UNC Press’s SESAH member access page and use the password sesah34 (all lowercase) in the password field. After you hit return a button will appear that says “Member Access to Arris.” Click on that button to access the journal.
The Tyson Scholars of American Art program supports interdisciplinary scholarship that seeks to expand the boundaries and traditional categories of investigation into American art from any time period. Crystal Bridges and the Tyson Scholars Program invite PhD candidates (or equivalent), post-doctoral researchers, and senior scholars from any field who are researching American art to apply. Scholars may be focused on visual art, architecture, craft, visual and material culture, performance art, or new media. They also invite applications from scholars approaching US art transregionally and looking at the broader geographical context of the Americas, especially Latinx and Indigenous art.
Fellowships are residential and support full-time writing and research for terms that range from six weeks to nine months. While in residence, Tyson Scholars have access to the art and library collections of Crystal Bridges as well as the library and archives at the University of Arkansas in nearby Fayetteville. Stipends vary depending on the duration and candidate profile, ranging from $34,000 to $17,000 per semester plus housing, $1,500 for relocation expenses, and additional research funds upon application. Scholars are provided workspace in the curatorial wing of the Crystal Bridges Library. This year’s application cycle also includes a programming grant and publication prize. Applications are accepted until Nov. 29th. For more information, please visit the Tyson Scholars website here.
Arris, the journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, is accepting submissions for articles and field notes to be published in upcoming issues.
Articles generally run from 5,000-7,000 words and are blind peer-reviewed. They should demonstrate a rigorous mastery over the scholarly literature, research methods, field work (if applicable), and available primary sources of the subject. Articles should proceed beyond a descriptive approach to draw new conclusions or present new theoretical paradigms.
Field notes are shorter contributions, approximately 2,500 words in length, and are blind peer-reviewed. These notes discuss significant ongoing field work or other research of interest to SESAH members.
Only original work neither published previously nor under review for publication elsewhere will be considered.
There is no specific deadline for submissions, which are accepted on a rolling basis. If an article or field notes is accepted, but the issue in progress already has a sufficient number of them, it will be published in the next issue.
Danielle Wilkins was featured in an Architectural Digest article looking at the effects of tourism on historic sites. Wilkins referenced her time as the 2015 H. Allen Brooks Traveling Fellow which she spent traveling the world to visit heritage sites. Read more here.
Poplar Forest Receives 2023 John Russell Pope Award
The architectural and landscape restorations of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest was awarded the 2023 John Russell Pope Award for Artisanship by the Washington Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA). The Award for Artisanship recognizes the various handcrafted and fabrication trades involved in the construction or restoration of a work of architecture, interior design or landscape. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’d like to congratulate Travis McDonald, our recently retired director of architectural restoration and his team of artisans and craftspeople who devoted their time and energy to this project on winning this prestigious award,” said Jensie Teague, chairman of the Board of Directors. “Their craftsmanship is superb, and their dedication to restoring Jefferson’s villa, unparalleled. It is a masterwork that will be shared with generations to come.” Find more information here.
Docomomo Louisiana/Gulf South Chapter Launches
SESAH Preservation Officer, Jeff Rosenberg, has been involved with the relaunch of the former Docomomo New Orleans/Louisiana chapter as the Louisiana/Gulf South chapter of Docomomo US. The relaunched chapter’s most recent event was a screening of the documentary Designing Life: The Modernist Architecture of Albert Ledner in New Orleans on November 14th. More information can be found at: https://www.docomomo-us.org/chapter/new-orleans-louisiana
New Mississippi and Louisiana State Reps.
Please join us in welcoming our new state representatives for Mississippi and Louisiana for the SESAH Board of Directors. Aaron White will fulfill the unexpired term of Chris Hunter, who has moved to Texas. Mary Springer fulfills the unexpired term of Nicholas Serrano, who moved to Florida.
Does your institution subscribe to Arris???
If not, encourage them to subscribe in one of 3 ways:
Print subscription for $50 annually (1 issue) through UNC Press’s subscription fulfillment partners at Duke University Press. Contact:
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Digital subscriptions for $50 to Arris’s full catalog are available through ProjectMUSE. Arris is on their Hosted platform, so they will need to get a single title subscription through ProjectMUSE.
For both print and digital subscriptions for $60/year, reach out to Duke University Press at the contact info above.
Call for Elisabeth Walton Potter Research Award Submissions
The goal of this award program is to further awareness and knowledge of the built environment of the Pacific Northwest. The chapter will provide limited funds for focused projects by members that increase understanding of the region’s built environment and produce tangible results that can be made available for interested scholars and students.
Deadline for submission of application – February 14, 2024
Date for notification of grant award – March 1, 2024
Date for awarding of grant – March 15, 2024
Award update report – October 2024
Full award report due – 2025
SAH MDR 2024 Potter Award Criteria
Research Funding
1. Applicant must be a current SAH MDR Chapter member.
Application must provide a current CV highlighting relevant education and experience.
Criteria for acceptance includes a realistic scope and timeline, as well as demonstration of a strong, original research question.
2. PROJECT NAME: A short descriptive title for the project.
3. DESCRIPTION: Briefly describe the project, including the genesis, purpose, and need. Explain its contribution to the understanding of the built environment in the Pacific Northwest. If site specific, describe location.
4. PRODUCT: Describe specific anticipated results of the project including, if applicable, quantity, users, accessibility, educational benefits or other pertinent information. Describe how Marion Dean Ross Chapter support will be acknowledged.
5. TIME FRAME: State the estimated length of time to complete the project with anticipated beginning and end dates.
6. AMOUNT: Specify the amount of money being requested. State the total amount to complete the project. If the amount requested from the Marion Dean Ross Chapter is less than the total, indicate how the remainder will be raised, so that the completion of the project is assured.
AUTHORS ON ARCHITECTURE:Geva on Modern Synagogues, 1950s-1960sZoom PresentationSunday, November 12th, 1:00 PM PSTJoin author/editor Anat Geva as she explores the architecture of Modern synagogues across America. Learn how these expressive Modern buildings served the communities in which they were built. Read more…Have a conflict for Sunday? Buy a ticket and we will send you a link to the recorded program you can watch at your leisure…Read more…Purchase $5 ticket!
Enjoy recordings of our best Zoom programs for just $5 each!Forgot to sign up for a program during 2023? Now you can purchase a link to the recorded program for just $5. From the “cottages’ of Newport to the buildings inspired by the automobile, SAH/SCC has a program for you. Browse our list of programs from 2023 or go back in time as see programs you may have missed. Watch at your leisure and we won’t tell anyone if you pour yourself a glass of holiday cheer!.See the full list…Purchase a program now!. Connect with u
LECTURE REMINDER!Don’t forget to register online (link below) and join us next Tuesday, 1/16, for our first event of 2024:“The Contract, the Contractor, and the Capitalization of American Building, 1870-1930”Chelsea Spencer2022 John Coolidge Fellowship RecipientTuesday, January 16, 2024
The 2022 John Coolidge Research Fellowship supported Chelsea’s archival fieldwork, sending her to Pittsburgh to study the construction records of the Frick Building, a twenty-story office building still standing in Downtown Pittsburgh. Managed by the George A. Fuller Company, construction of the Frick Building began in 1901 and was completed by 1903, leaving behind an unusually voluminous archive and an acrid dispute between the Fuller Company and its client, the wealthy industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Chelsea used this archive as a window onto the operations of what was then the largest, most well-capitalized construction company in the United States at a pivotal moment in the firm’s history. On January 16th she will give a virtual talk to share more about what she found in the archive and how it will contribute to her dissertation project.Chelsea Spencer is a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT. Her dissertation traces the rise of general contracting in the United States.NESAH website
In-Person SymposiumHousing Vienna: Lessons For LASaturday, January 27th, 9:00 AM PSTThis event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.This event is hosted by the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design and Friends of Residential Treasures (FORT:LA). It features speakers including John Ellis, AIA; Frances Anderton; and Anthony Fontenot…Read more! Reserve a space now!
Jan – March, Quarterly E-newsletter 2024 | Download the .pdf now In This IssueUnion Station TourHavana ModernWhen Eero Met His MatchBunshaftPeter J. Weber TourQuick LinksSAH/SCC Book ReviewsBrochures from Past EventsAbout UsBecome a MemberFull Printable Newsletter HerePresident’s LetterOur AdvertisersAD&D MuseumUnion Station: Behind the ScenesSAH/SCC On-Site Tour, DTLAFriday, January 19, 2024, 11 AM-1 PM
SAH/SCC Life and Patron Members will join us for a very special, behind-the-scenes tour of Union Station from longtime SAH/SCC member George Meyer, Vice President/General Manager at Morlin Asset Management, the property and project management firm for the complex. Union Station (Parkinson and Parkinson, 1939) is nationally recognized as the last major train station built in the 20th century, is LA Historic-Cultural Monument #101, and has won numerous preservation awards. Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Tom BonnerGallo/Caballero on Havana ModernSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, January 28, 2024, 1-2:30 PM Pacific
In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting both native talent and leading international architects. Havana Modern: Critical Readings in Cuban Architecture (Arquine, 2023) examines Cuban modernism’s highlights with a wealth of archival materials, photos, and new scholarship. Read More… Authors on Architecture: Hagberg on Aline & EeroSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, February 11, 2024, 1-2:30 PM PacificCelebrate an architectural love story for the ages when Eva Hagberg discusses her book When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect (Princeton University Press, 2022). Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Eva Hagberg. Authors on Architecture: Adams on BunshaftSAH/SCC Zoom ProgramSunday, March 17, 2024, 1-2:30 PM PacificJoin author Nicholas Adams as he shares his book Gordon Bunshaft and SOM: Building Corporate Modernism (Yale University Press, 2019). Adams explores the contested line between Bunshaft’s ambition for acclaim as a singular artistic genius and the collaborative structure of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) architectural partnership. Read More…Photo: Bunshaft Book coverPeter J. Weber: Architect & CraftsmanSAH/SCC On-Site Tour, RiversideSaturday, March 3, 2024, 10 AM-1 PM
SAH/SCC goes to the Inland Empire to learn about the life and work of Peter J. Weber (1893-1983). We’ll get a special tour of the architect’s work on the Mission Inn (Arthur B. Benton, 1903 and 1910; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, 1914; G. Stanley Wilson, 1932) in Riverside as well as a tour of the home Weber built for himself (1932-1938). Read More…Photo: Courtesy of Davestolt
image: 1908 postcard picturing downtown Dedham, MAThe Dedham Public Library is seeking presenters on the architectural history of Dedham, MA. If you have expertise in the architecture of this historic Massachusetts town, please contact Michaela Calderwood, Adult Services Librarian at Dedham Public Library: mcalderwood@minlib.net. NESAH website
In-Person Booksigning in Silver LakeUCSB Exhibit: Helena ArahueteSaturday, December 9th, 3:00 PM PSTJoin us on Saturday, December 9th at the Neutra Office Building in Silver Lake to celebrate the release of the exhibition catalog: From Within: The Architecture of Helena Arahuete (ArtEZ, 20203). Architect Helena Arahuete will be joined by architectural historians and contributors to the catalog, Mimi Zeiger and Alan Hess, in discussion moderated by curator Silvia Perera on the present and future of organic architecture.This event is free to the public!Reserve a space now and include “Helena Arahuete Event” in the subject line!
