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The 2015 av¸£ÀûÉç International Travel Grant Program will enable historians from underrepresented countries to attend the av¸£ÀûÉç 68th Annual Conference in Chicago

The Society of Architectural Historians (av¸£ÀûÉç) announces the 2015 av¸£ÀûÉç International Travel Grant Program, which provides funding to scholars from countries that have traditionally been underrepresented at the av¸£ÀûÉç Annual Conference to attend the 2015 conference in Chicago. The aim of the new program is to bring international academics, museum professionals and heritage conservationists to the av¸£ÀûÉç conference and to help them build upon their international professional networks. The program is generously funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation. Applications for the 2015 grants are open online at .

av¸£ÀûÉç Executive Director Pauline Saliga said, “We at av¸£ÀûÉç are delighted to partner with the Getty Foundation on this fellowship program, which provides travel funds for academics from around the world who ordinarily would not be able to participate in the av¸£ÀûÉç Annual Conference. This program is beneficial both to the scholarly community that focuses on the history of the built environment and to the Society of Architectural Historians, which aspires to provide funding for a diverse group of individuals from communities around the world to attend the av¸£ÀûÉç Annual Conference.”

av¸£ÀûÉç will award between 12 and 15 fellowships to practicing historians of the built environment in late 2014 to fund their travel to the Chicago conference in April 2015. The award covers travel expenses to and from the 2015 conference, hotel accommodations, a per diem, conference registration and two years of membership in av¸£ÀûÉç. Professionals working in a college, university, museum or conservation organization located in a country that has not traditionally been represented at the av¸£ÀûÉç Annual Conference are eligible to apply. Such areas include, but are not limited to, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. av¸£ÀûÉç membership is not required to apply. Full eligibility requirements are listed online. The application deadline is September 1, 2014.

The takes place April 15-19, 2015, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza and includes paper sessions, the av¸£ÀûÉç Chicago Seminar, architecture tours and other events. The Society will celebrate its 75^th anniversary during the conference, and we are grateful to the Getty Foundation for providing funding for these fellowships in our anniversary year.

For more information on av¸£ÀûÉç fellowship and grant opportunities, visit .

About av¸£ÀûÉç

Founded in 1940, the Society of Architectural Historians is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study, interpretation and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes and urbanism worldwide. av¸£ÀûÉç serves a network of local, national and international institutions and individuals who, by vocation or avocation, focus on the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. av¸£ÀûÉç promotes meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national and international programs. Learn more at .

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