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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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Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) of the Society of Architectural Historians – Winter 2026 Newsletter Welcome to the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians Winter 2026 Newsletter. The mission of the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG, for short!) is to create and support an inclusive community focused on historic interiors. HIG welcomes teachers, researchers, archivists, librarians, publishers, curators, museum educators, and practitioners to our worldwide network of people engaged in the study of historic interiors. Please make sure to check our website regularly for updates, announcements, and news items of relevance to our community. Upcoming Events Meet-up / Exhibition Tour inRead More →

Interior drawing by Bruce Goff, courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Join HIG for a Curator-led Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” Please join the Historic Interiors Group for a special tour of the exhibition “Bruce Goff: Material Worlds” at the Art Institute of Chicago on Friday, February 20th, 2026 at 3 pm CST led by curators Craig Lee and Alison Fischer. Dr. Paula Lupkin, Founding Chair of HIG and contributor to the Bruce Goff exhibition catalogue, will be present and will represent HIG for the tour.  This major retrospective celebrates the unbounded creative practice of American architect Bruce Goff (1904–1982). The project features over 200 works including spellbinding architectural drawings,Read More →

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Can you recommend books and/or articles relating to the the study of Historic Interiors in Mexico, Mexico City, and Latin America? HIG, an Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians, has been approached by SAH to contribute to the esteemed and long running SAH Booklist (edited by Barbara Opar) that posts in the monthly SAH newsletter. SAH Booklist is looking to enhance the list and engage more of the SAH membership in its recommendations. To start this new endeavor, we are seeking book recommendations that cover Mexico, Mexico City, and Latin America in anticipation of our upcoming conference in Mexico City this April. We wouldRead More →

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Use a simple automation program to send new HIG Blog Posts to your in-box! Prepared by Karen R. White, April 2025. HIG uses a website template provided by SAH as part of our subscription to SAH Knowledge Commons. Currently, that website template does not offer users an option to sign-up to receive notifications. But our Communications Committee have come up with a work-around to fix that! This work-around is simple, free, and a little old-school. We have configured HIG’s Blog Posts to be ‘syndicated’, which means that you can treat them as an RSS feed like a Journal contents alert. This RSS feed can beRead More →

Painted scene of six figures holding open books, who are facing a leader

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History of Interiors: Rethinking Content, Methods, and Priorities – a Roundtable Discussion Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 12:00 (Eastern Time). Registration Link: https://sah1365.zoom.us/meeting/register/Vw1qdQYZQZKE5sIVPdkeJQ As interior design programs respond to evolving accreditation standards, shifts in the profession, new studio expectations, and an increasingly diverse student body, history-theory courses are being rethought in meaningful ways. How are instructors deciding what to teach? What content, methods, and perspectives feel essential today—and why? This roundtable invites educators to share how they are structuring their courses, selecting content, and addressing emerging challenges in the teaching of interior history. We especially welcome strategies related to: Four of our Pedagogy Committee members willRead More →

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Call for participants: New Research on the 1925 Paris Exposition A virtual roundtable hosted by the HIG Events and Conferences Committee The Events and Conferences Committee invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to participate in an informal virtual roundtable celebrating the centenary of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industries Modernes in Paris. Taking place in early 2026, 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 onRead 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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HIG members contribute to a special issue of Interiors Els De Vos and Fredie Floré have co-edited a special issue of the journal Interiors on ‘Educating interior designers: expanding interior design history through educational narratives’. HIG’s work is mentioned in the special issue introduction. The other contributors to the special issue are Michela Bassanelli & Jacopo Leveratto, Benoît Vandevoort, Sam Vanhee, Mary Anne Beecher, Olivier Vallerand, Virginie LaSalle & Jean Therrien, Catriona Quinn, and Grace Lees-Maffei. Congratulations to all the contributors!Read 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 →