The Society of Architectural Historians will offer a total of 36 paper sessions at its 2021 Annual International Conference in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The Society invites individuals and those representing SAH chapters and partner organizations to submit a session proposal for the Montréal conference. SAH membership is required to chair or present research at the annual conference; non-members who are selected to chair a session will be required to join SAH in August 2020 when conference registration opens for Session Chairs and Speakers.
Since the principal purpose of the SAH annual conference is to
inform attendees of the general state of research in architectural history and
related disciplines, session proposals covering every time period and all
aspects of the built environment, including landscape and urban history, are
encouraged.
Sessions may be theoretical, methodological,
thematic, interdisciplinary, pedagogical, revisionist or documentary in premise
and ambition and have broadly conceived or more narrowly focused subjects.
Sessions that embrace cross-cultural, transnational and/or non-Western topics
are particularly welcome. In every case, the subject should be clearly defined
in critical and historical terms.
Proposals
will be selected on the basis of merit and the need to create a well-balanced
program. Topics exploring the architecture of Montreal and the greater region are encouraged.
Since late submissions cannot be considered, it is recommended that proposals
be submitted well before the deadline. Last-minute submissions that fail posting
in the online portal or are sent in error via email cannot be considered.
Session proposals must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. CST, Tuesday, January 14, 2020. The submission portal
will close automatically at this time, and no further proposals will be accepted.
Proposals will be reviewed by the SAH Conference Chair, Patricia A. Morton, and the SAH
Executive Committee.
Session proposals must include the following elements:
1. A session title not longer than 65 characters, including spaces
and punctuation
2. Summary of the subject and the premise in no more than 500 words
3. Name, professional affiliation (if applicable), address,
telephone, and email address (Please ensure that the information you are
providing matches, if applicable, an existing SAH profile/membership account to
avoid misdirecting communications. If it does not match what SAH has on file,
please update your existing member profile to match your current information)
4.
A current CV (2 pages maximum)
Although the SAH membership is international,
the annual conference is conducted in English. Therefore, all session proposals
must be submitted in English and, if accepted, conducted in English.
Only
proposals submitted through the online portal can be considered.
Authors (maximum of 2) of accepted session proposals will be asked
to draft a more concise call for papers of no more than 300 words. This will be
posted online on April 1, 2020 and published in the April 2020 issue of the SAH
Newsletter. For examples, see the 2020 Call for Papers.
To ensure broad participation in the SAH Annual International
Conference, individuals are limited to the role of either a session chair OR a speaker.
If you are selected as a Session Chair you may not submit a paper abstract to
other sessions to be considered for speaking.
Each Session Chair and Speaker is expected to
fund his or her own travel and related expenses to participate in the
conference. A copy of the Session Chair and Speaker Agreement that includes
deadlines and step-by-step processes will be distributed to both Session Chairs
and Speakers. Session Chairs and Speakers are required to join SAH and register
for the conference starting in August 2020.
Contact
For more information, please contact Conference Chair Patricia A. Morton at patricia.morton@ucr.edu or SAH Director of Programs Christopher Kirbabas at ckirbabas@sah.org.
Key Dates
October 01,
2019, 3 pm CDT Call for Sessions opens
January 14,
2020, 11:59 pm CST Deadline to submit a session proposal
February 21, 2020 Session selection notification
March 6, 2020,
5 pm CDT Revised session proposals due
April 1, 2020,
3 pm CDT Call for Papers opens
June 3, 2020,
11:59 pm CDT Deadline to submit a paper abstract
June 8, 2020, 3 pm CDT Session Chairs start reviewing paper submissions
July 10, 2020 Session Chairs make final selection of papers and notify speakers
August 13, 2019 Session Chair & Speaker registration opens
September
30, 2020, 11:59 pm CDT Session Chair & Speaker registration closes