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HIG Event, Friday, November 4, 2022 12PM-1:30PM EST Zoom Event, Free & Open to the Public Registration: https://sah1365.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-mqrT0tGtCPimVZCK0V8BlJVBkni2VB This panel discussion will consider the resources available for publishing doctoral research in the field of historic interiors. Speakers include author Freyja Hartzell (Editor, West 86th), who has recently published her first book based on her dissertation research, Alice Tseng, Associate Editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and James Thompson, Publisher in Architecture, Art and Visual Culture for Bloomsbury Publishing. The conversation will consider different venues for publication in the history of interiors, appropriate strategies for adapting dissertations for manuscript proposals, and the manyRead More →

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HIG Event, Friday, October 21, 2022 Moderator: Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler, HIG Research Committee At SAH 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, HIG President Paula Lupkin presented a paper based on extensive research into the historiography of interiors in several major scholarly journals, including the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Journal of Design History, and Winterthur Portfolio. The Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians (HIG) and its Research Committee invite you to participate in an online working session to examine new research on the history of interiors. At this session participants will discuss and analyze the research and findings of her paperRead More →

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By Paula Lupkin, October 2022 In September, Tara Dudley (HIG Advisory Board) and I had a very “HIG” experience together in Mineral Wells, Texas. We went there as part of our service to the State Board of Review for the Texas State Historical Committee, advising on Texas proposals submitted to the National Register of Historic Places. Typically, the Board tours a local, recently designated building when we meet. This time we got to explore the fabulous 1929 Baker Hotel, currently undergoing renovation as a luxury hotel and spa. The chief contractor guided us through a building that had been stripped of its finishes and fittings,Read More →

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Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) of the Society of Architectural Historians Fall 2022 Newsletter and Calendar October 7, 2022 Now in its third year as an organization, HIG continues to build community and promote the advancement of the study of historic interiors, both within existing SAH membership and beyond. HIG’s president, secretary and executive board work to accomplish this goal through event programming, research projects, collaboration with other organizations, and the endorsement of sessions and activities at the annual SAH meeting. Last year the Emerging Scholars Committee hosted a second symposium, this year through SAH Connects. Their work has become a foundation of our group,Read More →

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Public Interiority Symposium Call for Symposium and Exhibition Proposals The Public Interiority Symposium + Exhibition at the University of Tennessee Knoxville prompts designers to address the intersections between experience-based interiority and the city. It expands interiority beyond the simple enclosure and asserts an equal claim on urbanity and the commons. This question about interiority’s nature is critical and timely in the design discipline as it broadens our notion of interiors. It recognizes interiority’s primary features—human-scaled, responsive, and phenomenologically driven spaces, regardless of enclosure. The Public Interiority Symposium + Exhibition will be held in person at the University of Tennessee Knoxville on February 18, 2023, with a public exhibition inRead More →

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INVITATION FOR ESSAYS Deadline: October 19, 2022 We seek a number of history-focused essays to complete an edited volume based on the fifthannual Interior Provocations symposium, “On Edge.” Like the symposium, the edited volume willbe composed of essays reflecting the research and work of historians and practitioners. Pleaseconsider responding to the call below. For more information seesee the symposium website, https://www.interiorprovocations.org/2022-onegde Every year, current events affect the directions of research and culture, but the influence of theevents of the last few years can not be overstated. Who can not say that the past two plus yearshave not left them “on edge” in some way? WeRead More →