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Reading Architecture across the arts and humanitiesAn AHRC-Funded Interdisciplinary Conference University of StirlingDates : 5th december 2015Lieu : University of StirlingDeadline : 26th september 2015Argumentaire :The organisers of this one-day multidisciplinary conference seek to solicit proposals for 20-minute papers that consider the creation, expression and representation of architecture, architectural space and the built environment from students and scholars working within all subject-areas across the Arts and Humanities. Papers should seek to address the creation, understanding, circulation and cultural impact of both real and imaginary sites of architectural construction throughout time, either in Britain or in other national and international contexts. Original and creative accounts of how architecture might variously be ‘read’ and interpreted across such disciplines as literature, law, history, art history, heritage studies, politics, film and media studies and philosophy are particularly welcome.Plenary Speakers : Rosemary Hill and Olivia Horsfall TurnerPossible topics may include, but are by no means limited to, the following :HistoricismResponses to, and recreations of the architectural pastReflections upon architectural styles and ‘movements’Assessments of architecture and architectural practicesRepresentations of architecture in filmArchitecture and the lawAntiquarianism and architectureArchitectural ruin and the tourist industryArchitectural conservationismThe politics of architectural formLiterary representations of architectureLives of architectsThe aesthetics of architectural formHistoriographyArchitectural HeritageModalités de soumission : 300-word proposals should be emailed to the conference organisers Dr Dale Townshend and Dr Peter N. Lindfield (architecture@stir.ac.uk) by 26 September 2015.The School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling has generously agreed to fund a number of postgraduate travel-bursaries for this event. Please contact the conference organisers for further details.