The SAHGB-EAHN Annual Symposium 2009 will be dedicated to the theme “The British Architecture seen from abroad”, London, 16 May 2009
Venue: The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT (www.artworkersguild.org).
Organised jointly by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and the European Architectural History Network.
List of speakers and papers:
– Ute Engel (University of Mainz, Germany): “British Cathedrals seen from a Continental Perspective”
– Susan Klaiber (Winterthur, Switzerland): “Wren and Guarini: Souvenirs of Paris 1665”
– Marcus Becker (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany): “Frederick II of Prussia and ‘English’ Neo-Palladianism”
– Kamalika Bose (CEPT – Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University, Ahmedabad, India): “Nineteenth-Century Mansions in North Calcutta”
– Alex Bremner (University of Edinburgh, UK): “Rethinking the Limits of ‘British Architecture’ in the Anglican Mission Field 1840-70”
– Stefan Muthesius (University of East Anglia, UK): “Central Europe’s Admiration of the Ordinary English Row-House after 1900”
– Michael Findlay (Otago University, New Zealand): “Amyas Connell”
-Raymond Quek (Nottingham University, UK): “Oscar Wilson in Singapore 1929-33”
– Elvan Altan Ergut (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey): “British Architecture Exhibitions in Turkey 1944 and 1947”
– Christoph Grafe (Technical University of Delft, Netherlands): “Welfare State Architecture”
– M. Christine Boyer (Princeton University, USA): “Rethinking Englishness: Alison & Peter Smithson”
Booking: the fee is £45 (£15 for registered students), which includes lunch and refreshments. The booking form and other information is available on the symposium website:
http://web.me.com/asquins2002/Site_2/Symposium_2009.html
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
www.sahgb.org.uk
European Architectural History Network
www.eahn.org