From SHERA-SAH Liaison: Society of Architectural Historians April Newsletter

    April 2016 Volume LX, No. 4 / Society of Architectural Historians

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	Call for Papers: SAH 2017 Glasgow Conference
SAH is now accepting abstracts for its 70th Annual International Conference
in Glasgow, Scotland, June 7-11. Please submit an abstract no later than
June 6, 2016, to one of the 32 thematic sessions, the Graduate Student
Lightning Talks or the open sessions. The thematic sessions have been
selected to cover topics across all time periods and architectural styles. 


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SAH Announces Winners of 2016 Publication Awards, Film and Video Award
SAH has announced the 2016 recipients of the SAH Publication Awards and SAH
Award for Film and Video. SAH presented the awards at its 2016 Annual
International Conference Awards Ceremony on April 7 in Pasadena, Calif. Each
year, SAH presents publication awards honoring excellence in architectural
history, urban history, landscape history and historic preservation
scholarship as well as architectural exhibition catalogues.


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2016 SAH Fellowship and Grant Recipients
SAH awarded 39 fellowships to individuals to attend its 2016 Annual
International Conference in Pasadena/Los Angeles. In addition to the annual
conference fellowships, the Society awarded 21 research fellowships and
membership grants in 2016. 


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Announcing the SAH 2018 Saint Paul Conference
At its 2016 Pasadena/Los Angeles conference, SAH announced that it will host
its 2018 Annual International Conference in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from
April 18-22. The Saint Paul conference will include thematic sessions, open
sessions, and Graduate Student Lightning Talks that will draw architectural
historians, art historians, architects, museum professionals, and
preservationists from around the world together to present new research on
the history of the built environment. In addition, roundtable discussions
and architectural and landscape tours are being planned to enhance the
overall program.


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"Reading the City" Public Program Series
"Reading the City" is a public programs series designed to support and
publicize the Buildings of Savannah book, authored by Robin Williams with
David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell and Karl Schuler. The program
includes six lectures, a panel discussion, and 12 public walking tours, and
is presented by SAH and Savannah College of Art and Design with support from
the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council.


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Call for Nominations for JSAH Editor
SAH invites nominations and self-nominations for the next Editor of JSAH to
serve a three-year term: January 1, 2018-December 31, 2020. In order to have
sufficient time to review manuscripts and prepare their first issue, the
Editor will begin by serving as JSAH Editor Designate beginning Fall 2016.
Deadline extended to June 15, 2016.


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Highlights from SAHARA: Factories
This month we're highlighting the rich collection of industrial architecture
in SAHARA, specifically factories. Our contributors have documented numerous
nineteenth-century factories and mills, as well as early foundries, assembly
plants, distilleries, workers' housing, and much more. Below are a few
samples. Please visit SAHARA to explore more-a search on "factory" will
produce 554 results!


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Byzantium in Istanbul, or: Istanbul is Constantinople (among other things)
By Patricia Blessing, 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow
Just hours before I sat down to write this text on March 19, 2016, another
suicide bomb claimed victims in Turkey, this time on Istiklal Caddesi, a
lively shopping street at the center of Istanbul's European side. Last week,
an attack in one of Ankara's main public transportation hubs pointed to
further troubles, and it is now clearer how soon they are to some. So far, I
have only very occasionally touched upon the political reality of the Middle
East, and increasingly Europe. 


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Second-Quarter Donors
The Board of Directors and SAH staff thanks its many donors for their gifts
to support our mission and educational programs during the period from
January 1-March 31, 2016. View the donor list.

Seeds of Time Documentary Film Screening & Discussion
This Earth Day, get inspired to take action with a thought-provoking film on
climate change and global food security. A perfect environmental storm is
brewing as global gene banks deteriorate and industrial monocultures
continue to spread. Agricultural pioneer Cary Fowler's passionate race
against time to protect the future of our food supply takes him around the
globe. Follow Fowler's mission in a film screening and discussion with the
filmmakers on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, 2016, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m at The
New York Botanical Garden. Register at nybg.org/earthday2016.

Alexander Von Humboldt: The History, Science and Poetry of Ecology 
Join three influential thinkers for a lively session devoted to the
discoveries and influence of visionary naturalist Alexander von Humboldt
(1769-1859), often called the father of modern ecology. Author Andrea Wulf,
whose The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World was named
one of 2015's Ten Best Books by the NY Times, celebrated poet Susan Stewart,
and distinguished ecologist Stephen Kellert explore the rich and wide impact
of Humboldt's life and work. The symposium takes place on Friday, May 20,
2016, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at The New York Botanical Garden. Register at
nybg.org/education/mertz-library/humanities/symposia.php.

Back to the City: Urbanism, Density and Housing 1976-2016
On 12 May 1976, Secretary of State for Scotland Bruce Millan announced the
cancellation of the plans to expand the village of Stonehouse outside
Glasgow into a New Town of 40,000 inhabitants, and the redirection of the
corresponding funds to the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal (GEAR). After three
decades, the era of enhanced greenfield developments outside British cities
was finally drawing to an end, and policy was increasingly focusing on the
renewal of the inner city as a place of residence.The Back to the City
conference (May 5-6, 2016, Glasgow School of Art) will examine the
architectural outcomes of the "return to the inner city," the political and
socio-economic background, as well as the different ways in which living in
the inner city was both conceptualised and realised.

Wright Plus Housewalk - Exclusive Offer for SAH Members
Enjoy tours of privately owned homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his
fellow Prairie School architects at Wright Plus, the Frank Lloyd Wright
Trust's annual architectural housewalk on Saturday, May 21. Tour spectacular
living spaces, experience history and enjoy a festive day with visitors from
around the world during Wright Plus. From the surprising Winslow House
(1893-94) to the elegant Adams House (1913), Wright Plus 2016 offers the
rare opportunity to experience the complete arc of Wright's Prairie years.
SAH members receive the Trust's exclusive member rate of $95 per ticket.
Spring '16 Special: SAVE when you buy 4 or more Housewalk tickets - only $90
each. Must be purchased in the same order. Limited time offer. Use discount
code: SAH16 Visit flwright.org/wrightplus for info + tickets. 

 	

 

 	

Current SAH Opportunities
SAH Mellon Author Awards: Provide financial support to scholars publishing
their first monograph on the history of the built environment and who are
responsible for paying for image rights and permissions. Deadline May 15.
SAH Study Program Fellowship: Allows a graduate student or emerging
professional to participate in the Vietnam & Cambodia Field Seminar,
December 1-13, 2016. Deadline August 11, at 5 pm CDT.
SAH Vietnam & Cambodia Field Seminar: This SAH Field Seminar (December 1-13,
2016) will explore the fascinating architectural landscape of Vietnam and
the spectacular Angkor complex in Cambodia, capital of the Khmer empire from
the ninth to fifteenth century. 

 	

Members in the News 
SAH Members Among Awardees for Carter Manny Awards, Graham Foundation
Ann Baird Whiteside: 2015 ARLIS/NA and VRA Distinguished Service Awards

 	

 

 	

SAH April Booklist 
Read the April Booklist of recently published architecture books and related
works. Booklists and exhibition catalog lists are selected by Barbara Opar,
architecture librarian, Syracuse University Library.

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