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DESCRIPTION:The EAHN&nbsp\;Women and Gender in Architecture Landscape and U
 rban Design Interest Group\, is inviting presentation proposals for our up
 coming online workshop Women Architects under State Socialism&rsquo\;.Driv
 en by the politics of the so-called &ldquo\;state feminism\,&rdquo\; state
 -socialist countries of the twentieth century achieved remarkable outcomes
  in what concerns the presence of women among the students and practitione
 rs of architecture\, far surpassing liberal-capitalist West. Yet\, to use 
 the apt phrase of Mary Pepchinski and Mariann Simon\, the equality of wome
 n-architects remained ideological\, not translated into an actual equality
  of opportunity: women remained dramatically underrepresented in leadershi
 p\, among the recipients of architecture awards\, and as recognized author
 s of projects and publications.Unable to pursue a practice of their own an
 d working\, instead\, in large\, state institutes of design and constructi
 on or for municipalities\, state-socialist women-architects were commonly 
 delegated the work that was deemed subsidiary\, supporting\, and less crea
 tive. Accordingly\, women&rsquo\;s names and work are often missing from t
 he institutional archives. While important work has been done on the excep
 tional cases when women-architects were able to break through these barrie
 rs\, this workshop proposes to refocus scholarly attention to the structur
 es and collaborations that women engaged in\, and the methodological chall
 enges such a refocusing would entail.This workshop asks:How is one to repl
 ace the myth of architectural design as a product of individual creativity
  with a recognition of design&rsquo\;s collective nature?How can architect
 ural historians analyze supporting activities\, from drafting to engineeri
 ng?How can architectural history blur the boundary between the professiona
 l and the domestic?What alternative archives could be consulted-or even cr
 eated -in search for materials related to the work of women-architects?The
  event will take place online Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October 2025 in
  the afternoons.We welcome proposals for short\, 15 minutes presentations 
 that address any countries that operated under state-socialist mode of eco
 nomy\, both within and outside of the Soviet bloc. The workshop will be di
 scussion oriented\, and we encourage authors to submit work-in-progress pr
 oposals.Submit abstracts by Tuesday 1st July 2025.Send them via email to:A
 lla Vronskaya\, vronskaya@uni-kassel.deLuca Csepely-Knorr\, I.csepely-knor
 r@liverpool.ac.ukSvava Riesto\, svri@ign.ku.dkPlease feel free to circulat
 e this call to anyone who might be interested and to contact us if you hav
 e any questions.
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SUMMARY:Call for Proposals: WOMEN ARCHITECTS UNDER STATE SOCIALISM
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The EAHN&nbsp\;\, is invitin
 g presentation proposals for our upcoming online workshop Women Architects
  under State Socialism&rsquo\;.</p><p>Driven by the politics of the so-cal
 led &ldquo\;state feminism\,&rdquo\; state-socialist countries of the twen
 tieth century achieved remarkable outcomes in what concerns the presence o
 f women among the students and practitioners of architecture\, far surpass
 ing liberal-capitalist West. Yet\, to use the apt phrase of Mary Pepchinsk
 i and Mariann Simon\, the equality of women-architects remained ideologica
 l\, not translated into an actual equality of opportunity: women remained 
 dramatically underrepresented in leadership\, among the recipients of arch
 itecture awards\, and as recognized authors of projects and publications.<
 /p><p>Unable to pursue a practice of their own and working\, instead\, in 
 large\, state institutes of design and construction or for municipalities\
 , state-socialist women-architects were commonly delegated the work that w
 as deemed subsidiary\, supporting\, and less creative. Accordingly\, women
 &rsquo\;s names and work are often missing from the institutional archives
 . While important work has been done on the exceptional cases when women-a
 rchitects were able to break through these barriers\, this workshop propos
 es to refocus scholarly attention to the structures and collaborations tha
 t women engaged in\, and the methodological challenges such a refocusing w
 ould entail.</p><p>This workshop asks:</p><ul><li>How is one to replace th
 e myth of architectural design as a product of individual creativity with 
 a recognition of design&rsquo\;s collective nature?</li><li>How can archit
 ectural historians analyze supporting activities\, from drafting to engine
 ering?</li><li>How can architectural history blur the boundary between the
  professional and the domestic?</li><li>What alternative archives could be
  consulted-or even created -in search for materials related to the work of
  women-architects?</li></ul><p>The event will take place online Thursday 9
 th and Friday 10th October 2025 in the afternoons.</p><p>We welcome propos
 als for short\, 15 minutes presentations that address any countries that o
 perated under state-socialist mode of economy\, both within and outside of
  the Soviet bloc. The workshop will be discussion oriented\, and we encour
 age authors to submit work-in-progress proposals.</p><p>Submit abstracts b
 y Tuesday 1st July 2025.</p><p>Send them via email to:</p><p>Alla Vronskay
 a\, vronskaya@uni-kassel.de</p><p>Luca Csepely-Knorr\, I.csepely-knorr@liv
 erpool.ac.uk</p><p>Svava Riesto\, svri@ign.ku.dk</p><p>Please feel free to
  circulate this call to anyone who might be interested and to contact us i
 f you have any questions.</p>
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