Monthly Archives: July 2024

Call for Research – Conservation practices of historical buildings and cultural heritage

Hana Mahmood, a Masters student at the University of the West of England (UWE), is looking for willing participants to help out with university dissertation research by taking part in a short online questionnaire – your help would be greatly appreciated! The focus of the research is regarding the conservation practices of historical buildings and cultural heritage. If this is an interest or a passion to you, please click the link to the short online questionnaire below.

Please read both the following documents before clicking the link. You can download and save a copy for your own records if you wish.

Participant Information Sheet and Privacy Note: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:a8b5c728-da3f-49af-9b8d-fab79c02d4a9

Consent Form: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:3943df93-671a-40be-8ff1-3d73837d6339

The link to the questionnaire is as follows: https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3HT2kzPK01uF2su  

Please contact Hana using the email Hana2.Mahmood@live.uwe.ac.uk if you have any questions or can offer any further help to the research.

Call for Papers – Pioneers in Vernacular Architecture: Examining the legacy of English vernacular houses, houses of the Welsh countryside and other early scholars.

Submission deadline: 31 August 2024

Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of two seminal
works in vernacular architectural studies – Eric Mercer’s English Vernacular
Houses and Peter Smith’s Houses of the Welsh Countryside which were both
published in 1975. The first day of the conference will examine the context for
the writing and publication of these two volumes, and the impact and legacy of
their work. The second day will broaden out the discussion to include other
scholars of the period, particularly those who were working beyond the
academic or institutional mainstream, and move onto consider the
implications of their research for the future of the study of vernacular
architecture.


We welcome papers looking at the impact and legacy of the work of Mercer
and Smith and/or the work of other, perhaps less well-known, scholars of the
period. This might examine the context to their work, themes or ideas
emerging from it or assess their impact and legacy on the study of vernacular
architecture. Papers considering other geographical areas, beyond England and
Wales, are welcome.


This conference will take place in person, but contributions from speakers
presenting remotely may also be considered. Submissions are encouraged
from academics, students, and non-academics alike. Free places are available
for speakers. A small number of bursaries are also available for students or
early-career professionals to enable their attendance at the conference.


Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be emailed to
president@vag.org.uk by 31 August 2024

Call for Papers – New Insights Conference: The 15th New Insights into C16th and C17th British Architecture Conference

Submissions close: Saturday, 31 August 2024

The 15th New Insights into C16th and C17th British Architecture conference will take place on Saturday 18 January 2024 at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London.

We warmly invite proposals in the form of short abstracts (no more than 250 words) for papers of 30 minutes in length.

The emphasis is on new research on architectural subjects, but we also welcome proposals on related themes, including decorative arts, gardens, sculpture and monuments.

Material should be current or recent original research and should not have been previously published.

Please include a short biography with your proposal. 

Proposals should be submitted by Saturday31 August 2024 to the organisers, Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner and Dr Jenny Saunt, at info@newinsightsconference.co.uk

The final programme will be announced in September 2024 when booking will also open.

For further information please visit www.newinsightsconference.co.uk

You may be interested to know that the website includes an archive section, which lists papers given in past years as well as publications arising from them. If you have previously presented at a New Insights Conference and wish to update us with details of any related publications, please email us: info@newinsightsconference.co.uk