Thanks for our "Historic Interiors Affiliate Group at the Society of Architectural Historians" Executive meeting!
Our co-Presidents:
•Anca Lasc, Associate Professor, the Pratt Institute-History of Art and Design, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
•Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Ph.D., a design history researcher and a member of the Modern Interiors Research Centre, Kingston University
Founded at Harvard University in 1940, the goal of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is to support and promote new studies on the history of the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. With its focus on architecture, design, urbanism, landscape worldwide, this non-profit organization serves as an international network of institutions and individuals.
“Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians” (HIG-SAH) was established in 2020. With a diverse, inclusive and global perspective, we have been conducting our projects and organizing scholarly events to raise a critical awareness of historic interiors with our strong emphasis contemporary challenges in interior design discipline and its profession, with a multidisciplinary mindset. From climate emergency to public health, gender, privacy/public, furniture design, material culture, museums, archives & collections, our mission is to extend the existing limits in the field and bring challenging problems into focus with recent scholarly research studies and discussions for diverse teaching, research and learning communities within and beyond the field. Diverse background and profile of our Research Committee members at the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group-Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) reflect a global vision.
For more: https://www.sah.org; https://sahhistoricinteriorsaffiliategroup.sah.hcommons.org/, last accessed on 3.22.2024.