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Call for Papers – Interior Provocations: Synthetic Symposium: Friday, November 6, 2026     9 am-6 pm EST  Pratt Institute Brooklyn Campus Initial submissions due: Monday, June 15 2026 @ 5PM EDT The oldest and most etymologically faithful sense: synthetikos, skilled in putting together. An interior is fundamentally a synthetic artifact, an assembly of disparate elements (surfaces, objects, light, programs, bodies) composed into a legible whole. Those interiors have histories; narratives that make and remake them, real and perceived. What makes them #synthetic? Are they copies? Produced by codes or rules? Perceived to be unnatural? Simply not present? Each association carries its own freight, different questions aboutRead More →

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Virtual Roundtable: New Research on the 1925 Paris Exhibition Friday, March 27, 2026, 11AM EDT on Zoom The Events and Conferences Committee is hosting a virtual roundtable celebrating the centenary of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. This roundtable aims to bring together a small group of academics to share recent research and fresh perspectives on the landmark exhibition and its influence on interiors, decorative arts, and design culture. We envision an academic conversation that encourages dialogue and exchange among scholars working on this pivotal moment in design history.  Program Curt Lund, “Alexey Brodovitch and the 1925 Paris ExpositionRead More →

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SAH Annual Conference 2027 Call for panel proposals The Events and Conferences committee invites HIG members to propose a panel on the theme of historic interiors for SAH 2027, which will take place in Chicago from Wednesday, April 14, to Sunday, April 18, 2027.  HIG regularly endorses a panel at the annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians. Members and non-members of HIG are invited to submit proposals for an in-person session with a topic that reflects the diversity of interiors and introduces new scholarship, methods, and approaches. HIG welcomes proposals from individuals, but also from institutions and journals. The benefits of endorsement byRead More →

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Author: M. David Samson Interior Spaces of Crime and Coercion Society of Architectural Historians International Conference, Atlanta (GA), 2025 Friday, May 2, 2025, 8:30 am to 10:30 am Chair: M. David Samson M. David Samson introduced the session by inviting the audience to learn about and join the Historic Interiors Group. He then sketched the roles that interior spaces play in the current literature on the cultural study of crime and correction. He noted that “crime scene” is a designation often made by social authorities to criticize disapproved acts, as in the policing of sexual behavior. Contemporary architects and theorists such as Bernard Tschumi andRead More →

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Divided by Print: Interrelating Architecture and Interiors Schedule: Thursday, September 18, 8:00 – 9:50 am CDT (Note that the Virtual Conference will follow Central Daylight Time, UTC/GMT -05:00 hrs) Session Co-Organizers: Linda Stagni, ETH Zurich; Charlotte Rottiers, ETH Zurich / KU Leuven This session is endorsed by the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of SAH. Although interiors and architecture are spatially interdependent, their interrelation is often omitted in print media. Focusing on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century this panel aims to explore how this division in print media, which increasingly tailored to differentiated audiences, related to ongoing processes of professionalization and separation of competencesRead More →

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The Historic Interiors Group invites session proposals on the theme of historic interiors for SAH Virtual 2025. The Historic Interiors Group (HIG) is an affiliate of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). One of the goals of HIG is to promote and advance scholarship in the history of interiors. Members and non-members of HIG are invited to submit proposals for a 90-minute session for the SAH virtual conference, scheduled for September 18–20, 2025. SAH Virtual 2025 is composed entirely of pre-formed sessions. HIG welcomes proposals that reflect the diversity of interiors and introduce new scholarship, methods, and approaches.HIG welcomes proposals from individuals, but also fromRead More →

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Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) of the Society of Architectural Historians Online event, May 15, 2025 at 12 noon Eastern Time (9 am Pacific Time, 5 pm UK time) “Gender, Identity, and Resistance: Strategies and Methodologies of Women Designers on the Edge” explores how women designers have challenged invisibility and redefined cultural narratives. From Safia Farhat’s role in post-independence Tunisia to the Wiki Women Design project and the recognition of Turkish interior architects, this session highlights strategies of visibility, resistance, and methodological approaches to recovering overlooked contributions. Register for the Zoom Event HERE: https://sah1365.zoom.us/meeting/register/UQZj9gVOR4eUcX87uECdkQ About the presentations  Safia Farhat’s tapestry: exploring identity and resistance (Maria Oliver).  ThisRead More →

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Call for Papers: If These Walls Could Talk: Fiction, Facticity, and Archives HIG Emerging Scholars Symposium The Society of Architectural Historians Historic Interiors Group (HIG), in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, is seeking proposals for its 5th Annual Emerging Scholars Symposium, If These Walls Could Talk: Fiction, Facticity, and Archives. As the symposium’s title reminds us, capturing complete historical accounts of interior spaces is largely a hypothetical ideal. From activation through use to the clutter of quotidian life, much of what makes interior spaces so vital to study eludes capture in conventional historical sources. This symposium seeks works that peer into those gaps between records andRead More →

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Online book event with Ana Tostões and Zara Ferreira Thursday, June 5, 2025, 12:00–2:00 Eastern Time (GMT/UTC-4) Register HERE to receive the Zoom link. This HIG Event showcases the book Modernist Women Interior Designers and Artists. Editors Ana Tostões and Zara Ferreira present its central theme, which focuses on the significant contributions of women architects and designers in shaping the aesthetics, philosophies, and material culture of modernism. They explore how these women’s work not only reflected the social and political dynamics of their era but also broadened the horizons of modern design. Furthermore, they highlight how these women challenged conventions and introduced innovative perspectives on space,Read More →

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Please join HIG for a special curator-led tour of the exhibition The Persistence of Hand Drawing: Interior Rendering Today at the New York School of Interior Design Gallery on Saturday, February 15th, 2025 at 11am. Co-curators Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins will guide us through this exhibition that explores the timeless art of hand-drawn interiors and celebrates the creativity and skill of contemporary architects and designers who continue to keep this tradition alive. It focuses on hand drawings by 12 established and emerging New York-based architects and interior designers and features drawings and design portfolios from the New York School of Interior Design Archives thatRead More →