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Architectural History Redefined
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Dell Upton photo by Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress
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Dell Upton
Celebrating the Scholarship of Dell Upton
Friday, Apr 13, 2018 - Saturday, Apr 14, 2018
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
141 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Sciame Auditorium (107)
Free and open to the public.
Dell Upton, an award-winning historian of architecture, cultural landscapes, and cities, currently chairs the UCLA Department of Art History. Professor Upton, a pioneer in linking social and architectural history, focuses both on the United States and the global scene, and has had a longstanding interest in the history of African American architecture and material culture. His books include What Can and Can’t Be Said (2015), Another City (2008), Architecture in the United States (1998), and Holy Things and Profane (1986).
Note: Reception and keynote on April 13 will be held in Shepard Hall's Great Hall, 3 blocks north of the Spitzer School.
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Map: Upton's Doctoral Students in a Global Context, courtesy Jennifer Phan, McGill University
Event e-mail: uptonsymposium@ccny.cuny.edu
4/13 9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions
4/13 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Practices
4/13 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel 2: Uses of Architectural History: Preservation, Public History, Activism
4/13 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Cultural Landscapes and Everyday Life
4/13 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Panel 4: Histories of Architecture
4/13 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Reception
4/13 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Dell Upton
4/14 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Panel 5: Spaces of Power: Race, Class, Ethnicity
4/14 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel 6: Cities
4/14 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Panel 7: Consumption, Expression, and Commemoration
4/14 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Roundtable, wrap up, next steps
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