BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:CallIn many countries across the globe\, mainly but not exclusi vely in the Global North\, the number of one-person households has increas ed since the 1960s (Cohen 2021). Despite this trend\, there is a mismatch between the existing housing stock and demographic realities\, as well as a significant blind spot in contemporary and past housing imaginaries. Bet ween the late 19th \;century and the aftermath of the Second World War \, the nuclear family model became the dominant paradigm in housing design across many Western and colonised regions\, thereby marginalising other h ousehold formations and housing types. Historically\, however\, one-person households have been an integral part of societies\, especially urban one s (De Groot\, Devos\, and Schmidt 2015). Today\, housing for singles remai ns largely understudied within architectural and urban history even though it could inform our understanding of urbanisation and socio-demographic p atterns. \;This online research seminar seeks to gather doctoral resea rchers and early career scholars investigating housing for singles and oth er non-normative households.  \;The thematic focus is on exploring sin glehood through the lenses of architecture\, interior design\, and urbanis m\, with the goal of critically examining the ambivalent position of singl e-person households in history\, capturing both their precarious realities and their potential for emancipation. \;On this topic\, we aim to enh ance the understanding of the state of the art\, build a transnational net work of researchers\, and engage in existing debates within housing histor y. \;We particularly encourage interdisciplinary approaches drawing on \, for example\, methods of oral history\, microhistory\, and ethnography\ , or perspectives from social history\, gender\, and queer studies\, there by challenging conventional narratives surrounding housing and singlehood. We are also interested in contributions that engage with diverse geograph ies\, especially non-Western contexts. Finally\, we aim to deepen our unde rstanding of how various actors&mdash\;such as governmental bodies\, refor mers\, investors\, urban planners\, inhabitants and architects\, as well a s trade and popular media&mdash\;have constructed narratives about singleh ood and contributed to the production of housing.  \; \;Selected B ibliographyArbeitsgruppe Regionalgeschichte. \;Der ledige Un-Wille: zu r Geschichte lediger Frauen in der Neuzeit: una storia del nubilato in et& agrave\; e contemporanea = Norma e contrarietà\;. Edited by Siglinde Clementi and Alessandra Spada. 1. Aufl. Wien: Folio-Verl\, 1998. \;Be nnett\, Judith M.\, and Amy M. Froide\, eds. \;Singlewomen in the Euro pean Past\, 1250-1800. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press\, 19 99. \;https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200218.1. \;Chudacoff\, Howar d P. \;The Age of the Bachelor: Creating an American Subculture. Princ eton\, N.J.: Princeton University Press\, 1999. \;Cohen\, Philip N. &l squo\;The Rise of One-Person Households&rsquo\;. \;Socius: Sociologica l Research for a Dynamic World \;7 (January 2021). \;https://doi.o rg/doi.org/10.1177/23780231211062315.De Groot\, Julie\, Isabelle Devos\, a nd Ariadne Schmidt\, eds. \;Single Life and the City 1200&ndash\;1900. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK\, 2015. \;https://doi.org/10.1057/97811 37406408. \;Eckhold Sassin\, Erin. \;Single People and Mass Housin g in Germany\, 1850&ndash\;1930. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts\, 2020.&nb sp\;https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501342752. \;Hartman\, Saidiya V.  \;Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Bla ck Girls\, Troublesome Women\, and Queer Radicals. First published as a No rton paperback. New York: W.W. Norton &\; Company\, 2020. \;Heynen\ , Hilde\, and Gulsum Baydar\, eds. \;Negotiating Domesticity: Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture. London\, New York: Routledge \, 2005. \;Jacob\, Sam. &lsquo\;A Space for a Blended Family&rsquo\;. Canadian Centre for Architecture\, 2021. \;https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/ar ticles/issues/29/a-social-reset/84592/a-space-for-a-blended-family. \; Klinenberg\, Eric. \;Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone. London: Penguin Books\, 2013. \;Kracauer\, Si egfried. \;The Salaried Masses. Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany . Translated by Quintin Hoare. 1930. Reprint\, London\, New York: Verso\, 1998. \;Lauro\, Amandine. \;Coloniaux\, mé\;nagè\;res et prostitué\;es au Congo belge\, 1885-1930. Histoire. Loverval: Lab or\, 2005. \;Palazzi\, Maura. \;Donne sole: storie dell&rsquo\;alt ra faccia dell&rsquo\;Italia tra antico regime e società\; contempor anea. Milano: Mondadori\, 1997. \;Potvin\, John. \;Bachelors of a Different Sort: Queer Aesthetics\, Material Culture and the Modern Interio r in Britain. Manchester\, New York: Manchester University Press\, 2014.&n bsp\;Sarti\, Raffaella\, and Margareth Lanzinger\, eds. \;Nubili e cel ibi tra scelta e costrizione : secoli XVI-XX. Udine: Forum\, 2006.Schmid\, Susanne\, Dietmar Eberle\, and Margrit Hugentobler. \;A History of Co llective Living: Models of Shared Living. Berlin\, Boston: Birkhä\;use r\, 2019. \;https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035618686. \;Traister\, Re becca. \;All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Ind ependent Nation. New York: Simon &\; Schuster\, 2016. \; \;Subm ission Guidelines \;Please submit abstracts of up to 300 words and a b rief bio (maximum 100 words) via email to \;hsp.researchseminar@gmail. com. \;Key \;DatesCall for Abstract Launch: 01 November 2024Call f or Abstract Deadline: 06 January 2025Notification of Acceptance: 20 Januar y 2025Online Seminar: 21 March  \;2025 \;Organizing CommitteeMiche le Rinaldi (Politecnico di Torino\, KU Leuven) \;Beatriz Van Houtte Al onso (UGent) \;Professor Gaia Caramellino (Politenico di Milano) \ ;Professor Fredie Floré\; (KU Leuven) \;Professor Anne Kockelkor n (UGent) \;ContactFor any questions concerning the conference\, pleas e send an email to \;hsp.researchseminar@gmail.com. DTEND:20250107T000000Z DTSTAMP:20250510T044944Z DTSTART:20241101T000000Z LOCATION: \,Italy\,Online (Italy & Belgium) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Call for Abstracts: Housing for Single People. 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In many countries across the globe\, mainly but not exclusively in th e Global North\, the number of one-person households has increased since t he 1960s (Cohen 2021). Despite this trend\, there is a mismatch between th e existing housing stock and demographic realities\, as well as a signific ant blind spot in contemporary and past housing imaginaries. Between the l ate 19th \;century and the aftermath of the Second World Wa r\, the nuclear family model became the dominant paradigm in housing desig n across many Western and colonised regions\, thereby marginalising other household formations and housing types. Historically\, however\, one-perso n households have been an integral part of societies\, especially urban on es (De Groot\, Devos\, and Schmidt 2015). Today\, housing for singles rema ins largely understudied within architectural and urban history even thoug h it could inform our understanding of urbanisation and socio-demographic patterns. \;

This onli ne research seminar seeks to gather doctoral researchers and early career scholars investigating housing for singles and other non-normative househo lds.  \;The thematic focus is on exploring singlehood through the lens es of architecture\, interior design\, and urbanism\, with the goal of cri tically examining the ambivalent position of single-person households in h istory\, capturing both their precarious realities and their potential for emancipation. \;On this topic\, we aim to enhance the understanding o f the state of the art\, build a transnational network of researchers\, an d engage in existing debates within housing history. \;

We particularly encourage interdisciplin ary approaches drawing on\, for example\, methods of oral history\, microh istory\, and ethnography\, or perspectives from social history\, gender\, and queer studies\, thereby challenging conventional narratives surroundin g housing and singlehood. We are also interested in contributions that eng age with diverse geographies\, especially non-Western contexts. Finally\, we aim to deepen our understanding of how various actors&mdash\;such as go vernmental bodies\, reformers\, investors\, urban planners\, inhabitants a nd architects\, as well as trade and popular media&mdash\;have constructed narratives about singlehood and contributed to the production of housing.  \;

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Selected Bibliography

Arbeitsgruppe Regionalgeschichte. \;Der ledige Un-Wille: zur G eschichte lediger Frauen in der Neuzeit: una storia del nubilato in et&agr ave\; e contemporanea = Norma e contrarietà\;. Edited by Siglin de Clementi and Alessandra Spada. 1. Aufl. Wien: Folio-Verl\, 1998. \;

Bennett\, Judith M.\, and Amy M. Froide\, eds. \;Singlewomen in the European Past\, 1250-18 00. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press\, 1999. \;https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200218.1. \;

Chudacoff\, Howard P. \;Th e Age of the Bachelor: Creating an American Subculture. Princeton\, N .J.: Princeton University Press\, 1999. \;

Cohen\, Philip N. &lsquo\;The Rise of One-Person Hous eholds&rsquo\;. \;Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic Worl d \;7 (January 2021). \;. \;

Eckhold Sassin\, Erin. \;Single People and Mass Housing in Germany\, 1850&ndash\;1930. London: Bloom sbury Visual Arts\, 2020. \;. \;

Ha rtman\, Saidiya V. \;Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: Intima te Histories of Riotous Black Girls\, Troublesome Women\, and Queer Radica ls. First published as a Norton paperback. New York: W.W. Norton & \; Company\, 2020. \;

Heynen\, Hilde\, and Gulsum Baydar\, eds. \;Negotiating Domesticit y: Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture. London\, New York: Routledge\, 2005. \;

Jacob\, Sam. &lsquo\;A Space for a Blended Family&rsquo\;. Canadian Centre for Architecture\, 2021. \;. \;
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Klinenberg\, Eric. \;Goi ng Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone . London: Penguin Books\, 2013. \;

Kracauer\, Siegfried. \;The Salaried Masses. Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany. Translated by Quintin Hoare. 1930. Re print\, London\, New York: Verso\, 1998. \;

Lauro\, Amandine. \;Coloniaux\, mé\;na gè\;res et prostitué\;es au Congo belge\, 1885-1930. Hist oire. Loverval: Labor\, 2005. \;

Palazzi\, Maura. \;Donne sole: storie dell&rsquo\;altra faccia dell&rsquo\;Italia tra antico regime e società\; contemporan ea. Milano: Mondadori\, 1997. \;

Potvin\, John. \;Bachelors of a Different Sort: Qu eer Aesthetics\, Material Culture and the Modern Interior in Britain. Manchester\, New York: Manchester University Press\, 2014. \;

Sarti\, Raffaella\, and Margareth Lanzinger\, eds. \;Nubili e celibi tra scelta e costrizione : sec oli XVI-XX. Udine: Forum\, 2006.

Schmid\, Susanne\, Dietmar Eberle\, and Margrit Hugentobler.&n bsp\;A History of Collective Living: Models of Shared Living. Ber lin\, Boston: Birkhä\;user\, 2019. \;. \;

Traister\, Rebecca. \;All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. New York: Simon &\; S chuster\, 2016. \;

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Submission Guidelines \;

Please submit abstracts of up to 300 words and a brief bio (maximum 100 words) via email to \;hsp.researchseminar@gmail.com.

 \;

Key \;Dates

Call for Abstrac t Launch: 01 November 2024
Call for Abstract Deadline: 0 6 January 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 20 January 20 25
Online Seminar: 21 March  \;2025

 \ ;

Organizing Committee

Michele Rinaldi (Politecnico di Torino\, KU Leuven) \;
Beatriz Van Houtte Alonso (UGent) \;
Professor Gaia Caramellino (Politenico d i Milano) \;
Professor Fredie Floré\; (KU Leuv en) \;
Professor Anne Kockelkorn (UGent)

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Contact

For any questions concerning the conf erence\, please send an email to \;hsp.researchseminar@gmail.com.
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