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Call for Abstracts: “Heritages 2025 – London: University of Greenwich” | Deadline for submission: 15 July, 2024 [Early submissions]

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Conference: 25-27 June, 2025

Location: London + Virtual

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 July, 2024 [Early submissions]

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A little over 25 years ago, the site of this conference, Maritime Greenwich, London, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Home to the first Palladian building in England, the Royal Naval College by Sir Christopher Wren, the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Observatory and the University of Greenwich, it is one of the UK’s most important historical sites. It is home to ground breaking projects in digital heritage, the Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and a variety of major arts and cultural events annually. It is promoted by its ‘state-of-the-art’ visitor centre and ardently protected by the UKs Listed Buildings and Conservation Acts. It is a quintessential site of world heritage.

However, as a site located in the city of London, it feels the pressures of economic and urban development. It is threatened by the strains of mass tourism and can be at risk of over exposure. It is located near areas of social deprivation and its buildings and parks are in need of continual, and costly, maintenance. Managing the site for local residents, the heritage community and visitors is complex and can be contested. In this regard, Maritime Greenwich is also the epitome of the difficulties faced across the heritage sector, the world over.

Using the World Heritage Site of Maritime Greenwich as a point of departure, this conference seeks to explore the critical questions for the international heritage sector today from various disciplinary perspectives.

For more details please visit here.

CREATECH ’23 | Friday, September 22, 2023 | Conference from 09.30 to 17:00 (BST) + Exhibition Private View / Arch-asino from 17:00 to 22:00 (BST) | Fabrication Lab + Ambika P3

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When: Friday, September 22, 2023 | 9.30am-5pm & 5pm-10pm

Where: Fabrication Lab + Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

Please join us this Friday for a one-day international conference on creative technologies for the design, creative + digital industries. Following the conference, we invite you to attend a Private View in Ambika P3 of a new exhibition of work from contributors from the UK, Canada, and North America using creative technologies in a diverse range of built projects, installations, films, posters, and interactive workshops.

The Private View will also feature for one night only a unique Arch-asino designed and created by first-year MArch students from the School of Architecture + Cities. You’ll be able to play architecturally-inspired reinventions of classic Casino games between 18:00 – 20:00 (strictly no money involved!) with awards for the winning games and best players at 20:15. Dress code for the Arch-asino is Black Tie (creative interpretations allowed).

Admission to both the Conference + Exhibition Private View / Arch-asino is free but booking is essential to guarantee your place:

Conference – Friday 22 SEP – 09:30 – 17:00
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Exhibition Private View + Arch-Casino – Friday 22 SEP – 17:00 – 22:00
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Full conference and exhibition details on the CREATECH website: https://createch.london/about

Shape to Fabrication 2023 [ STF #8 ] | Workshops: 22nd – 24th April 2023 | Conference: 26th-27th April 2023 at the University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus

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When: Workshops on Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd, and Monday 24th of April 2023 | Conference on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th 2023

Where: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS

The School of Architecture + Cities is hosting Shape To Fabrication 2023. This is the first time that the industry leading event has been hosted by a university. The conference sessions are co-moderated by Arthur Mamou Mani (MArch DS10 tutor).

Shape to Fabrication is an Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) and Design focused conference, presenting innovative real world projects going beyond the theoretical. Focus is on proven application and evidence based project delivery.

Presenters at the conference represent an international field of Architects, Engineers, Designers, Fabricators and Software Developers, all working at the cutting-edge of their industries within AEC and Design.

The 8th iteration of Shape to Fabrication is presented in partnership with the School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster, and the 2-day conference takes place at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus, London, on the 26th & 27th April 2023.

For more information and to book tickets please go here.

University of Westminster staff and students, to book please use the links below:

Featured Image: Shape to Fabrication, Brian Gillespie, Robert McNeel and Associates, 2018

Bursaries available for Vernacular Architecture Group conference, April 11-15, 2023 | Deadline for application: March 3, 2023

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Three bursaries are offered to assist registered students or professionals in the early years of their career to attend the Vernacular Architecture Group’s spring conference in the Greater Manchester area on 11-15 April 2023. During three full days, delegates will tour the locality, visiting and interpreting lesser traditional buildings. Lectures and discussions will be held in the evenings. 

Details of how to apply can be found at https://www.vag.org.uk/spring-bursary-letter.pdf – please note that the application deadline has been extended to 3 March 2023. 

Submission of Abstracts: Prague – Heritages: Past and Present – Built and Social | A Conference on Culture, History, Art and Design | Deadline: April 15, 2023

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Conference dates: 28th to 30th of June 2023

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15th of April 2023

Organisers: Czech Technical University, with Amps, Intellect Books, and UCL Press

Publisher: Intellect Books

Formats: Fully In-person, Virtual, Hybrid

Themes: Art & Design Practice, Museums and Places of Memory, Local Histories – Regional Cultures, Art History, Heritage and Identity

Disciplines: Art, design, architecture, art history, social history, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.

CALL Summary:

2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. That event came three decades after the World Heritage Convention. Through that, UNESCO had set up its World Heritage List of protected sites and buildings. The intervening years have seen multiple shifts in how we define heritage – as both material objects and social traditions. Today more than ever before, the distinction is blurred. The streets on which we live, the edifices we design and the monuments we protect are all connected to the lifestyles, traditions and social groupings we celebrate and safeguard.

What we mean by heritage today then, is an open and diverse question. Our buildings and environments, our cities and neighborhoods, our memorials and our artworks, our cultures and communities are all component parts of what we understand as ‘preservable’ history.

However, the past and the present also overlap and mutually support in this expanded definition. Placemaking sees built and cultural heritage as key to urban practice. Contextualization is central to planning laws. Museums are site for communities and display. Heritage organizations preserve buildings and educate the public. Galleries present historical art while debating meanings in contemporary terms.

This conference seeks to open debate on these changing, complex and at times contradictory definitions of heritage.

Czech Technical University with AMPS and Intellect Books

Submission of Abstracts for 55th UTSG Annual Conference | July 10 – 12, 2023, Cardiff | Deadline: March 13, 2023

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When: From 10th to 12th of July 2023

Where: Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

The 55th Universities’ Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Annual Conference will take place at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, between 10 and 12 July 2023: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/utsg2023/   

The Conference, which has more than half a century’s excellent history in the UK and Ireland has now an international scope so contributions from colleagues from around the world are very much welcome!

Colleagues are reminded that the UTSG conference is a doctoral-student-friendly conference and as always, we are particularly encouraging research students to submit their work. Also, we will be introducing a mentoring-surgery scheme to support colleagues across different career stages and doctoral students and a legacy scheme.

The UTSG conference at Cardiff will be launching a new collaboration initiative for special issues with top-tier journals including:

  • Travel Behaviour and Society (Elsevier),
  • Transportation Planning and Technology (Taylor and Francis), and
  • The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) – Intelligent Transport Systems

Abstract Submission Guideline

[NOW OPEN; DEADLINE: MONDAY 13 MARCH 2023]

To present your work at the UTSG Conference involves two stages:

Authors must submit a 300-word abstract and six keywords that should clearly identify the objectives, background, methods, main findings, and conclusions of your work.

Abstracts can be submitted here: https://utsg.net/confmgt/openconf.php

Click on ‘Make a Submission’ and fill in the required fields. Once submitted, a notification of successful submission email will arrive in the mailbox of the corresponding author; please, also check the ‘junk’ folder of your mailbox!

Note: There is no need to attach a file at this stage but simply paste your abstract in the corresponding field. Authors submitting abstracts for the Smeed Prize (see, eligibility criteria below) must indicate that in the corresponding ‘Topic’ of the submission form.

The abstracts will be reviewed by the UTSG Executive Committee and corresponding authors will be informed of the decision by mid-April 2023.

Only authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit either a ‘full paper’ or an ‘extended abstract’ using the appropriate templates available on the UTSG and Conference websites.

Paper Submission Guidelines

[OPEN: LATE APRIL; DEADLINE: MONDAY 19 JUNE 2023]

Authors of accepted abstracts will have two options for submitting their research work:

  • A full paper (max. 12 pages long); this is the recommended option for authors who wish their papers to be considered for the special-issue initiative.
  • An extended abstract of max. 1500 words

Full papers and extended abstracts will need to use the corresponding UTSG templates.

Please also note that Smeed Prize entrants must submit a full paper to be eligible (see, criteria below).

Templates and further information can be found on the UTSG and conference websites.

Smeed Prize Submission

[OPEN TO UTSG MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THE UK AND IRELAND, ONLY]

Papers can be submitted for the Smeed Prize competition if they are prepared and presented entirely by an author who:

  • Has carried out the work described in the paper while registered as a postgraduate student at a UTSG member institution, and
  • Is either still registered as a student at such an institution or has had a viva since the previous UTSG conference.

The best paper will be awarded £500 and the runner-up £250.

Anyone wishing to enter the Smeed Prize should make this clear in a statement immediately following the abstract.

Entrants must be supported by a confirmation message from the candidate’s supervisor to the utsg2023@cardifff.ac.uk  

A full paper submission after the abstract acceptance is compulsory for the Smeed entrants.

Further Information

More details about the conference, including delegate fees and registration will be announced in due course via email and on the Conference website: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/utsg2023/  

Please, feel free to email utsg2023@cardifff.ac.uk for any queries.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at Cardiff!

Call for Participation: Heritage Dot Conference 2023 | Application deadline: Sunday, January 22, 2023

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Heritage Dot is a conference bringing together heritage + digital, taking place online on 22nd March 2023.

The University of Lincoln is hosting the second Heritage Dot Conference with the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and other partners, exploring digital horizons in relation to cultural heritage.

Heritage Dot will offer a platform for sharing, challenging, disrupting and interrogating what digital heritage is and does across professional, academic and community sectors with interests in heritage; read more here.

How would you like to take part?

Respond now to the call for participation and submit your proposal for your opportunity to present your project, share your experiences, or outline your research for a wide audience of heritage and digital sector professionals, researchers, volunteers and supporters.

If you’d like to attend the conference, register your interest here for news and updates about Heritage Dot including registration announcements.

How to get involved

  • Register now for conference news and updates
  • Apply now with your proposal – open until 22nd January 2023
  • Book a ticket – opening soon
  • Presenters confirmed and draft programme announced – January 2023
  • Finalised programme – February 2023
  • Conference – 22nd March 2023

Find out more at heritagedot.org or contact heritagedot@lincoln.ac.uk.

Call for Abstracts: Prague – Heritages: Past and Present – Built and Social | A Conference on Culture, History, Art and Design | Deadline: July 10, 2022

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Conference dates: 28th to 30th of June 2023

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10th of July 2022

Organisers: Czech Technical University, with Amps, Intellect Books, and UCL Press

2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. It established culture as a concept to be safeguarded. That event came three decades after the World Heritage Convention. Through that, UNESCO had set up its World Heritage List of protect sites and buildings. The intervening years have seen multiple shifts in how we define heritage – as both material objects and social traditions. Today more than ever before, the distinction is blurred. The streets on which we live, the edifices we design and the monuments we protect are all connected to the lifestyles, traditions and social groupings we celebrate and safeguard.

What we mean by heritage today then, is an open and diverse question. Our buildings and environments, our cities and neighborhoods, our memorials and our artworks, our cultures and communities are all component parts of what we understand as ‘preservable’ history. The dynamics at play are however complex. Conserving architectural heritage can conflict with development models. Community traditions are threatened by globalization. Monuments are often focal points for cultural contestation. Archeological sites are valued in themselves and simultaneously erased conflict and ‘progress’.

However, the past and the present also overlap and mutually support. Placemaking sees built and cultural heritage as key to urban practice. Contextualization is central to planning laws. Museums are site for communities and display. Heritage organsiations preserve buildings and educate the public. Galleries present historical art while debating meanings in contemporary terms.

Reflecting this scenario, this conference seeks papers on heritage from various standpoints: art and architecture historians concerned with preservation; architects and urban planners engaged with placemaking; cultural theorists and social historians documenting objects, places, people and events. It welcomes case studies that are specific and place-based. It embraces theoretical frameworks that function globally. It is interested in variegated methods of research and analysis.

For more details please go here.

2022 Environmental Conference | Saturday, January 22 at 9.15am (GMT) | Online event

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When: Saturday, 22nd of January at 9.15am

Where: Online Event (to book tickets please go to Eventbrite)

In recent years, there is an increasing awareness of climate change and environmental sustainability. To act on climate change and explore environmental concerns, 8 universities from the UK and Singapore have come together to organise an environmental conference to raise awareness and discuss potential solutions to related issues. 

The conference is a one-day event and will have 6 sessions to cover an array of environmental subjects. This event connects students with industry leaders, through a day of presentations, Q&As and networking sessions in collaboration with our speakers. 

AHRA 2020: “Housing and the City” Conference _ Deadline for Abstracts: June 30, 2020

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AHRA 2020 Housing and the City conference online only. Information on fees and registration will be communicated at the end of the month. 

17th Annual International Conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association

Hosted by the Architecture, Culture and Tectonics Research Group, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham 

Given the changes to our lives brought about by the current Covid19 pandemic, we are sending a short additional call for papers for this year’s AHRA International Conference, Housing and the City, as follows:

Housing and the City After the Pandemic 

The primary question asked by the original AHRA 2020 conference call was this: what does it mean to be at home in the city in the twenty-first century? As the world continues to fight the rapid spread of Covid19, we might not yet be in a position to substantively rethink this question, let alone to predict a new urban reality of segregation and containment. However, we invite you to reflect and speculate on how the effects of the pandemic will shape our lives, how it challenges our conception of the home and the city, and how it affects the complex relationships between the individual and the collective, the public and the private. We ask how it might affect the dynamism of the urban.

We invite contributions in the form of individual papers or roundtable discussions, as well as submissions in a range of media, for example film, artwork or photography, that reflect and speculate on how the pandemic will shape our urban lives into the future. 

Expressions of interest should take the form of an abstract of 300 words, be submitted via the conference website, by 30 June 2020. 

You should submit your abstract by visiting our EasyChair account here: 
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-eng/ahra-2020/index.aspx

Conference dates: 19, 20, 21 November 2020  (Virtual Conference)

Featured Image: © Atelier Z+& Ye Xu