From SHERA-SAH Liaison: Selections from Society of Architectural Historians July Newsletter

Selections from: 

July 2016 Volume LX, No. 7 / Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter


 


 

 

SAH's American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip Program Makes Grant to
artworxLA
In Spring of 2016 SAH awarded artworxLA a $5,000 grant to support the design
and implementation of a 10-week program on architectural history for
underserved Los Angeles high school students engaged in the organization's
series of artist-led classroom workshops. The funding helped artworxLA
provide a special architectural history class and tours of downtown L.A.
from March through May 2016 for teens who are at the highest risk of exiting
high school without a diploma. 


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A Message from Ken Tadashi Oshima and Pauline Saliga 
SAH provides benefits that are tailored to our members' needs including
tenure-building opportunities such as research and travel fellowships and
opportunities to present new research at the SAH annual conference and in
JSAH, the journal of record for the field. SAH also offers architects
AIA/CES credit-worthy international study tours, study days, public programs
and chapter events and nurtures the careers of graduate students through a
new Graduate Student Resources section of our website. 


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Director of Programs Kathy Sturm Retires
In May 2016 after a successful SAH annual conference in Pasadena, Kathy
Sturm, SAH's director of programs, decided to retire. Kathy, who came to SAH
in 2006, worked tirelessly on managing 10 SAH annual conferences, dozens of
study tours and study days, hundreds of fellowships and book awards, and
thousands of AIA/CES accredited programs. 


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Call for Nominations for 2107 SAH Fellows
The Board of Directors of SAH seeks nominations for the 2017 class of SAH
Fellows, those individuals who have distinguished themselves by a lifetime
of significant contributions to the field. These contributions may include
scholarship, service to SAH, or stewardship of the built environment.


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Back to the Balkans (and then the States): Final Report
By Patricia Blessing, 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow
I write this in Prizren, Kosovo, during the one of the last legs of my
travels. Now that my tenure as H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow comes to an
end, it is time to reflect on a year that has been, in many ways,
extraordinary. The chance offered by the fellowship to explore, travel
without haste, and without the limitations of specific sites indicated in a
research proposal is profoundly enriching and transformative. Over the
course of the year, I travelled to (in alphabetical order): Armenia, Bosnia,
Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon,
Macedonia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, and the UK.


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SAH Chapter and Partner News     

Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and
Architecture SHERA welcomed as a new institutional member St. Petersburg
Arts Project, Inc., the New York based foundation that promotes cultural
exchange between international art communities. SHERA continues to
facilitate international exchange of students by arranging research
collaboration between American scholars and Russian institutions. This year,
a SHERA member traveled on research trip to Russia on a visa arranged by
SHERA.


Docomomo US is pleased to announce registration for a third educational
travel tour of modern architecture in Havana, Cuba, December 3-10, 2016.
Guests will experience the rich architectural past of this long elusive
Caribbean island located just 90 miles south of U.S. soil. Modern Havana
offers a unique travel opportunity in a small group setting featuring access
to modern homes and buildings considered off the beaten path or not
ordinarily open to the public. Reservation deadline August 5.

 

Third-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 April
1-June 30, 2016. View the donor list.
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CAA Teaching of Art History Award
College Art Association has begun accepting nominations for the 2017
Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award, presented to an individual who
has been actively engaged in teaching art history for most of his or her
career. Among the range of criteria that may be applied in evaluating
candidates are: inspiration to a broad range of students in the pursuit of
humanistic studies; rigorous intellectual standards and outstanding success
in both scholarly and class presentation; contribution to the advancement of
knowledge and methodology in the discipline, including integration of
art-historical knowledge with other disciplines; and aid to students in the
development of their careers. The deadline to submit a nomination is August
31, 2016.

	

Current SAH Opportunities
Call for Nominations to SAH Board: The 2017 SAH Nominating Committee seeks
your recommendations for new SAH Board members who would begin their terms
after the Glasgow conference in June 2017. Deadline August 1.
SAH Award for Film and Video: This award recognizes the most distinguished
work of film or video on the history of the built environment. Deadline
August 1.
SAH Publication Awards: These awards honor the most distinguished
publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history,
preservation, and architectural exhibition catalogues. Deadline August 1.
SAH Membership Grants for Emerging Professionals: These awards provide
one-year SAH memberships to emerging scholars to bridge the gap between the
Society's subsidized student memberships and full-cost memberships. Deadline
September 12.
SAH Awards Gala: Save the date for SAH's 7th annual gala honoring Richard H.
Driehaus, Sarah Herda and Peter Landon, FAIA on Friday, November 4, 2016.

	

SAH July Booklist 
Read the July 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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