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January 2016 Volume LX, No. 1 / Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter |
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| | Register Early for 2016 Pasadena/Los Angeles Conference
Early registration for av福利社's 2016 Annual International Conference in Pasadena/Los Angeles (April 6-10) ends February 3, 2016. Registration rates will increase $75 on February 4. Tours are selling out. Register now for the best rates and selection of tours and special programs. More Conference News: |
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| | av福利社 Announces 2016 av福利社-Getty International Program Participants av福利社 is pleased to announce the 15 recipients of the 2016 av福利社-Getty International Program, generously funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation. Support is provided to professionals from countries that have traditionally been underrepresented at av福利社 conferences to attend the av福利社 2016 Annual International Conference in Pasadena/Los Angeles, Calif., April 6–10. |
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| | New Content on av福利社 Archipedia: New Mexico New material from the state of New Mexico, including , have been added to av福利社 Archipedia. Spanning the history of the state’s built environment, these entries comprise the first half of a list of New Mexico’s most representative buildings and sites, compiled by coordinator Christopher Mead and assistant coordinator Regina Emmer. |
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| | Highlights from av福利社ARA: Pyramids This month we’re highlighting av福利社ARA content that reflects one shape: the pyramid. In addition to the pyramids of Egypt and Central America, av福利社ARA has examples of pyramids and pyramidal shapes from the US, France, Canada, Cambodia and Poland. |
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 | | Mirrors of the Orient: Exhibitions of Islamic Art in Europe By Patricia Blessing, 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow
As the year winds down, I would like to take the opportunity to write about a number of museum collections that I have visited since my travels began in July. Specifically, I would like to discuss exhibitions of Islamic art within Europe, several of which have been rearranged in the last few years. |
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av福利社 Print av福利社 Upgrade Want to make sure you are on the mailing list for the next printed issue of Jav福利社 (Vol. 75:1, March, 2016)? Contact Anne Bird by January 28, 2016, at membership@sah.org to renew or upgrade your current e-membership. Thank You av福利社 First-Quarter Donors The Board of Directors and av福利社 staff thanks its for their gifts to support our mission and educational programs during the period from October 1-December 31, 2015. ACLS Public Fellows Competition The will place up to 21 recent humanities PhDs in two-year positions at 21 nonprofits and government agencies across the U.S. The fellowship carries a stipend of $65,000 per year, as well as individual health insurance and $3,000 toward professional development activities. Deadline March 24, 2016. Driehaus Foundation Symposium Videos Videos of speaker presentations from the Driehaus Foundation Symposium, "The Chicago Tradition in Architecture: Inspiration or Artifact?" are . |
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Current av福利社 Opportunities (Deadline Jan 15) (Deadline Jan 16) (Deadline Feb 15) |
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Latest Jobs
Visit the for more information or to purchase a job announcement. Architectural Historian/Conservator (Garavaglia Architecture, Inc.)
Lead Planner (Architectural Historian) (WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff) |
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av福利社 Chapter and Partner News
The New England Chapter (NEav福利社) has awarded Elizabeth A. Kassler-Taub the John Coolidge Research Fellowship for her topic, "At the Threshold of the Mediterranean: Architecture, Urbanism, and Identity in Early Modern Sicily." The fellowship supports the research of graduate students at a New England college or university working on topics in architectural history, the built environment, or a related field.
The Crescent City calls SEav福利社 to Louisiana in 2016. Timed between the 10-year mark since Hurricane Katrina and the city’s Tricentennial celebrations, SEav福利社 conference participants will be guided through New Orleans past and present in an opening address by geographer and award-winning author Richard Campanella and through the keynote address by Keith Eggener, the Marion D. Ross Distinguished Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon. Visit .
The St. Louis Chapter will hold its annual gathering at the Thomas Dunn Learning Center (Gasconade & Minnesota in Marquette Park) on January 31, 2016, from 6-9:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. RSVP by January 27 to Esley Hamilton at 314-615-0357 or ehamilton@stlouisco.com.
Following the elections of the Society of Historians of Eastern European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA) Board, new Secretary/Treasurer Ksenia Nouril and Web News Editor Amy Bryzgel stepped in beginning January 2016. In February 2016, at CAA's 104th Annual Conference, SHERA will sponsor a double session, “Exploring Native Traditions in the Arts of Eastern Europe and Russia,” and a session, “Collecting, Curating, Canonizing, Critiquing: The Institutionalization of Eastern European Art.” Visit .
av福利社 is proud to welcome the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) as its newest partner organization. av福利社 currently has 26 official that share similar educational and preservation missions. |
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Members in the News |
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av福利社 January Booklist Read the of recently published architecture books and related works. are selected by Barbara Opar, architecture librarian, Syracuse University Library. |
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