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May 2016 Newsletter

May 18, 2016 by av福利社 News

 
May 2016 Volume LX, No. 5 / Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter
 
    av福利社 Receives NEH Grant for av福利社 Archipedia
The Society of Architectural Historians has been awarded a third major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to commission new content and site enhancements to av福利社 Archipedia, a media-rich online encyclopedia of American architecture developed by av福利社 in collaboration with the University of Virginia Press. 
     
    Hawaii Field Seminar
Don J. Hibbard, author of Buildings of Hawaii, will lead an av福利社 Field Seminar in Hawaii from September 23 to October 2, 2016. The seminar will explore the distinct built environment of Honolulu, with a focus on its twentieth-century buildings. Itinerary, pricing, and details are now available. Registration will open on Tuesday, May 24, at 3 pm CDT.
     

  Recap of the av福利社 69th Annual International Conference
The av福利社 Pasadena conference had a record number of participants. Seven hundred and thirty-eight av福利社 members participated in the Society’s 69th Annual International Conference that took place in Pasadena, California, from April 6–10, 2016. Attendees hailed from 36 countries and 42 states. A brief recap of the conference’s events follows.

     
    #av福利社2016 on Instagram
We've rounded up a few of our favorite Instagram images from the av福利社 2016 Pasadena/Los Angeles conference. Follow us on Instagram @sah1365 and remember to use the #av福利社2017 hashtag for the Glasgow conference next year!
     
    Work Begins on Charnley-Persky House Conservation Management Plan
On April 21, 2016, the av福利社 staff had its first official meeting to launch a Conservation Management Plan for Charnley-Persky House, av福利社’s headquarters. The kick-off meeting, which also included architects from Harboe Associates and all of the contractors involved, was the first of many discussions we will have over the next year about the 125-year-old National Historic Landmark.
     
    Recap of April's Public Lectures
On April 11, WTTW's Geoffrey Baer and Dan Protess gave a preview of their well-received architectural series, “Ten That Changed America,” at Pella Crafted Luxury's newly opened showroom at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. On April 20, av福利社 collaborated with The Newberry Library to present “On an Elder’s Trail: The Later Life of Charles M. Charnley,” a talk with Jack Perry Brown, former director of The Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at The Art Institute of Chicago.

     
    Call for Nominations to the av福利社 Board
The 2017 av福利社 Nominating Committee seeks your recommendations for new av福利社 Board members who would begin their terms after the Glasgow annual conference in June 2017 and would serve until April 2020. The final slate of nominees should represent the diversity of the field of architectural history. 
     
    Call for Nominations for Jav福利社 Editor
av福利社 invites nominations and self-nominations for the next Editor of Jav福利社 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 Jav福利社 Editor Designate beginning Fall 2016. Deadline extended to June 15, 2016.
     
    Highlights from av福利社ARA: Cuba
For this month’s av福利社ARA feature, we celebrate the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba by highlighting Cuban content. This includes photographs taken during the av福利社 tour to the island in 2012. The collection is particularly strong in images of twentieth-century buildings both before and after the Cuban Revolution but also includes material from the colonial period.

     
    av福利社 Archipedia: Wyoming Entries Addded
New material from the state of Wyoming, including fifty entries and an additional thirteen subentries, has been added to av福利社 Archipedia. This content represents the first half of a list of Wyoming’s most representative buildings and sites, compiled by coordinator Mary M. Humstone.

     

  Spanish Itineraries Part 2: Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza
By Patricia Blessing, 2014 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow
With this month’s blog post, I am back in Spain, this time in Madrid and the surrounding areas. While in Toledo and Zaragoza, Islamic monuments are part of the discussion, I will generally also focus on the museums that I visited in all three cities although of course, given especially the large number of such institutions in Madrid, this will not be a complete account.

 
Federal Tax Change Encourages Charitable Giving
Under the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, any person who is over 70 ½ can donate to their favorite nonprofit, such as av福利社, without triggering any federal income taxes. Under the Qualified Charitable Distribution provision, a person can make a gift from an IRA directly to a charity like av福利社 rather than withdrawing the money and paying taxes on it. The change makes it easier for seniors to plan their giving over the course of a year and to avoid paying taxes on required distributions from their IRAs. We hope our qualified members will keep av福利社 in mind as they plan their minimum distributions this year and as they make their estate plans. Please consult your financial advisor for rules and further information.
 
Current av福利社 Opportunities
: av福利社 is accepting abstracts for its 2017 Annual International Conference in Glasgow, Scotland (June 7-11) for thematic sessions, open sessions and Graduate Student Lightning Talks. Please note: The original CFP has been updated to include the session "The Poetics of Roman Architecture." Deadline June 6. 

: Two fellowships available for graduate students or emerging professionals to participate in the Vietnam & Cambodia Field Seminar, December 1-13, 2016. Deadline August 11, at 5 pm CDT.

: This av福利社 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. 
 
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av福利社 Chapter and Partner News
Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture () supports a double session for emerging scholars at the College Art Association Annual Conference 2017, and has implemented a collaborative Visiting Scholar Program with Department of Art History of European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) by facilitating a trip for a SHERA member who received a research visa to Russia. Scholars participate in academic life of the host institution, applications due at shera.artarchitecture@gmail.com.
 
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av福利社 May Booklist
Read the  of recently published architecture books and related works. are selected by Barbara Opar, architecture librarian, Syracuse University Library.