The New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to announce the 45th Annual Student Symposium.
The Student Symposium features presentations by outstanding students from programs across New England in the history, theory, and criticism of architecture, art history, urban studies, historic preservation, and related fields. This year's event will take place from 10 AM to 3:30 PM on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at the MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge, MA 02142. You may register to attend the event in person, or watch the proceedings over Zoom.
A full program can be found below. Light refreshments will be provided and a Q&A with the audience will follow each session.
10 AM: Check-in begins
10:15 AM: Opening remarks
10:30 AM: Session 1: Resources and Technology
Samuel Dubois, MIT: "Ice or Plastic? The Transcultural Iglus of Inuit Artist Peter Pitseolak"
Maggie Freeman, MIT: "The Iraq Petroleum Company's Architecture of 'Desert Control' during the British Mandate in the Middle East (1920-1948)"
Devi Nayar, Yale University: "The Gulf House: Transnational Dwelling in the Indian Ocean Network"
Lindsay Saftler, Harvard University: "HUNCH: Sketching as Interface Between Architecture and the Intuitive Machine (1972-)"
11:45 AM: Lunch on your own
1 PM: Session 2: American Public Architecture
Bryan Stringer, Boston University: "'Health Centers Come Out of the Cellar': The United States Public Health Service and the Design of Public Health Centers in Post War America"
William Prince, Amherst College: "Post Deco: Art Deco, the New Deal, and Los Angeles"
Sarah Horowitz, Boston University: "Cultural Philanthropy and the Rise of the Postwar American Performing Arts Center"
2:15 PM: Short break and light refreshments
2:30 PM: Session 3: Nationhood, Indigeneity, and Self-Determination
Ciprian Buzila, Brown University (PhD): "From Bucharest to Pittsburgh: The Conceptualization of a Romanian National Style in the University of Pittsburgh's Romanian Room"
Joshua Tan, MIT: "On Any Other Day: The Tensions between Planning and Practice in Singapore, 1968-1977"
Fatema Tasmia, Boston University: "Illusions of Belonging: Socially Engaged Architecture in Rohingya Refugee Camps"
3:30 PM: Close of symposium
