BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians welcomes paper proposals for its Fifteenth Biennial Symposium\, "Architect ure and National Identity\," taking place \;Saturday\, March 21&ndash\ ;Sunday\, March 22\, 2026 at The Catholic University of America's \;Sc hool of Architecture\, Washington\, DC.Papers should \;engaging with p ast entanglements of national identity and buildings\, landscapes\, and ur ban \;form. They may focus on any country or period. Call for Papers:A s Sibel Bozdoğan attests in her award-winning book Modernism and Nation Bu ilding (2001)\, historic \;efforts by nation-states to achieve &ldquo\ ;identity construction through architecture&rdquo\; have touched many  \;different building styles\, materials\, and processes (p50). Indeed\, go vernments have used architecture \;to lay claims to the past\, project imagined futures\, and make self-conscious displays of historical \;r upture\, revolution\, and repair. Architecture and national identity are o ld dancing partners that can seem like natural allies\, depending upon one another&mdash\;and then\, in the next moment\, they can \;appear lock ed in a state of mutual exploitation. How do architects engage in the desi gn of nations?How do leaders\, governments\, and other institutions of inf luence call upon buildings to help cohere \;a people? How are alternat ive and/or counter-identities of national minorities&mdash\;the marginaliz ed \;and/or the underground&mdash\;architecturally composed and assert ed?Other Possible Questions:How does the local shape the federal\, and vic e versa\, in architecture?Why do we often see buildings on money\, postage stamps\, seals\, and other state paraphernalia?What role does landscape d esign play in national identities?What is a capital city? Why do capitals move?What happens when aesthetics become a political force? For example\, how has architectural beauty \;been asserted as a socio-political good ? Can it be weaponized in periods of civic strife?As national power dynami cs shift and evolve\, how have problematic architectural forms\, styles\, or \;sites been purged\, ellided\, or rehabilitated?Can the building h istories of violent regimes be cleansed through adaptation and reimagining ?Submissions:We invite academics\, students\, independent \;scholars\, designers\, and other practitioners\, from anywhere in the world\, to sub mit with the phrase "Latrobe 2026 Abstract Submission" in the subject line . Please email a 300-word abstract and a \;2-page CV to the following people by October 12\, 2025: Jacqueline Taylor: jst2z@virginia.edu \;N athaniel Robert Walker: walkernr@cua.edu DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251013 DTSTAMP:20251017T062732Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250801 LOCATION:District of Columbia\,United States\,Washington\, DC\,School of Ar chitecture\, The Catholic University of America SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Architecture and National Identity UID:RFCALITEM638962792525232731 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians welcomes paper proposals for its Fifteenth Bienni al Symposium\, "Architecture and National Identity\," taking place \;S aturday\, March 21&ndash\;Sunday\, March 22\, 2026 at The Catholic Univers ity of America's \;School of Architecture\, Washington\, DC.

Pap ers should \;engaging with past e ntanglements of national identity and buildings\, landscapes\, and urban&n bsp\;form. They may focus on a ny country or period.

Call for Papers:

As Sibel Bozdoğan attests in her award-winning book Modernism and N ation Building (2001)\, historic \;efforts by nation-states to achieve &ldquo\;identity construction through architecture&rdquo\; have touched many \;different building styles\, materials\, and proces ses (p50). Indeed\, governments have used architecture \;to lay claims to the past\, project imagine d futures\, and make self-conscious displays of historical \;rupture\, revolution\, and repair. Arch itecture and national identity are old dancing partners that can seem like natural allies\, depending up on one another&mdash\;and then\, in the next moment\, they can \;appear locked in a state of mutual exploitation. How do architects engage in the design of nations?

How do leaders\, gover nments\, and other institutions of influence call upon buildings to help c ohere \;a people? How are alternative and/or counter-identities of national minorities&mdash\;the ma rginalized \;and/or the un derground&mdash\;architecturally composed and asserted?

Other Possible Questions:

Submissions:

We invite academics\, students\, independent \;scholars\, designers\, and other practitioners\, from anywhere in the world\, to submit with the phrase "Latrobe 2026 Abstract Submission" in the subject line.

Ple ase email a 300-word abstract and a \;2-page CV to the following peopl e by October 12\, 2025:

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