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Dressing the Interior in the Early Modern: Textiles in Various Domestic Settings Dressing the Early Modern Network Conference 2023 Friday and Saturday 22-23 September 2023 Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Leiden, The Netherlands This conference aims to generate a discussion about the use of various textiles in the interiors in the early modern focusing on their function, durability, colour, texture and pattern and how they were made to fit a specific purpose and give meaning to every room. http://dressingtheearlymodern.com/Conferences.html Textiles, wall and furniture coverings played an important role in dressing interiors in the early modern period. From curtains to chairs, tablesRead More →

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The Society of Architectural Historians Historic Interiors Group (HIG) and Chelsea College of Art (UAL) announce a collaborative program “Delving Inside: New Research Symposium on Interiors.” Graduate students, postdocs and recent graduates (2020-) from diverse disciplinary fields of study are invited to send proposals for brief 10-minute talks. Read More →

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Emerging Scholars Working Committee: Lauren Drapala, Vanessa Vanden Berghe and Michelle Jackson Beckett Mission: To foster exchange among and showcase the work of Emerging Scholars in the field of historic interiors broadly defined, encompassing current graduate students and early-career professionals within 5 years of completion of a terminal degree. Goals:   This committee primarily serves the interests of graduate students and recent graduates interested in the research, interpretation and analysis of historic interior spaces. There is a lot of opportunity to explore various research topics, platforms for exchange and networking. For three years running, this committee has planned, organized and hosted a virtual Annual New ResearchRead More →

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Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand invites papers for a special issue (Vol. 33, No. 3) on the theme of ‘Interiors’, edited by Cameron Logan and Kelly Greenop. The deadline for paper submission is 30th April 2023 and publication of the issue is scheduled for September 2023. Writing in Fabrications about design historiography in Australia, the historian of interiors, Catriona Quinn, recently noted that “it is a challenge to name a professional interior designer — Marion Hall Best aside — who has attracted significant scholarship.” This despite the distinguished record of innovative interior design pedagogy and theory in Australia and the now decadesRead More →

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Upcoming Conference “Educating the Interior Designer” The International Conference ‘Educating the Interior Designer’ will take place in Ghent (Belgium) on September 8th, 2023. Deadline for the call for papers is February 1st, 2023. See www.educating-the-interior-designer.com This conference is organized within the framework of the research project ‘The emergence of interior architecture in Belgium, 1945-1999. Assessing the impact of education on the identity formation of the design discipline’, funded by the Research Foundation Flanders and conducted at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven.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 →