METU Architectural History Graduate Symposium: Spaces / Times / People: “Health” And Architectural History
Middle East Technical University Graduate Program in Architectural History organizes a series of symposiums bi-annually, open to graduate students and researchers who have recently completed their Ph.D. studies. The thirteenth meeting of the symposium series will take place on December 21-22, 2023, focusing on the theme of “Spaces / Times / Peoples: Health and Architectural History.”
Middle East Technical University Graduate
Program in Architectural History organizes a series of symposiums bi-annually,
open to graduate students and researchers who have recently completed their
Ph.D. studies. The thirteenth meeting of the symposium series will take place
on December 21-22, 2023, focusing on the theme of “Spaces / Times / Peoples:
Health and Architectural History.”
METU Architectural History Graduate Symposium 13 resides in the multiplicity of interconnections between health
and architectural and environmental histories. In the aftermath of the ongoing
discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent Turkey-Syria earthquake,
besides the global phenomena of the climate crisis, issues of health came to the fore in architectural theory,
history, and practice. Dwelling on the
intellectual longevity of different trajectories, we invite papers that examine
the historical relationship between health and the built environment, from
spaces of healing and sports facilities to city plans and sanitary
infrastructures; or that introduce theoretical approaches to spatial interplays
with such notions as care, illness, pathologies, cure, mental health, and
phobias. The symposium aims not at a consensus but at opening up a dialogue for
scholarly exchange.
Eligibility: The
symposium is open to graduate students and researchers who have received their
doctoral degrees within the past 5 years.
Language of the Symposium: Turkish and English
Submission of Proposals: Abstract and information sheets should be sent to the e-mail
address given below.
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Abstract Sheet: Including the abstract (300 words) of the proposal, title of
the paper and five keywords. There should not be any information about the
identity of the participant on the abstract sheet.
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Information Sheet: The participant’s name, short biography, address, e-mail,
and phone numbers should be written on a separate sheet. The information sheet
should include the title of the paper.
Deadline: November 3, 2023
The
symposium will be held in person at Kubbealtı, METU Faculty of Architecture,
and the virtual presentations will be considered upon request.
The
symposium fee is 400 TL for students, 500 TL for academic/employed researchers
and 50 € for international participants.
Scientific Committee: T. Elvan Altan, Lale Özgenel, Ali Uzay Peker, Ekin Pinar, Belgin
Turan Özkaya, Pelin Yoncacı Arslan
