Monthly Archives: May 2026

Heritage. Universal Knowledge in the Age of AI: Call for Abstracts – Closes 25 May 2026

Palladio’s enduring legacy lies in his ability to transform classical knowledge into a universal architectural language that still speaks across centuries.

In an era of digital transformation in design, representation, and the transmission of knowledge, are you ready to become a Palladianist?

Topics: Palladian legacy and critical re-readings; Architectural drawing and surveying; Artificial intelligence and digital research tools; Heritage and local identities; Architectural education between analogue and digital.

Submit your abstract to info@palladianist.org by May 25, 2026
More information at: https://www.palladianist.org

SAH Virtual 2026: Call for sessions – closes 18 May 2026

SAH Virtual 2026 Call for Sessions The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting pre-formed session, roundtable, or open session paper proposals for its 6th annual online conference that will be held from Thursday, September 24, to Saturday, September 26, 2026. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. CDT on May 18, 2026. 

The purpose of SAH Virtual 2026 is to share and discuss research in architectural history and related disciplines that cover every period in the history of architecture and all aspects of the built environment. In addition to architectural historians, we seek submissions from allied and adjacent disciplines including (but not limited to) architecture, landscape, urban history, art history, design, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental studies, etc.

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Call for Papers: Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British Architectural History – Deadline 26 June 2026

The Third Mark Girouard Symposium at The Courtauld Institute, London. 14 November 2026

Convenors: Elizabeth McKellar (SAHGB), Manolo Guerci (University of Kent), Kyle Leyden (Courtauld Institute)


This third symposium in memory of Mark Girouard looks at women’s contributions to architectural history in Britain and Ireland. There have been a growing number of studies of female architects over the past twenty years but almost no accounts of female architectural historians. One exception is Dana Arnold’s edited collection Women and Architectural History: The Monstrous Regiment Then and Now (2025) which involved women operating from the 1970s onwards. This symposium looks back further to the earliest generations involved in the writing and promotion of architectural history in a wide range of spheres. We are interested in women who were involved in the subject as academics, curators, journalists, photographers, writers and in the conservation and heritage spheres from the nineteenth century onwards.

Deadline: 26 June 2026

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