“We are pleased to announce that we are now opening our call for papers for our next issue, 7.1, to be published in May 2021. The deadline for submissions is February 7th, 2021. We encourage the submission of research articles, methodological and public history essays giving examples of concrete research informed by global historical perspectives or reflecting relevant methodological considerations. We also welcome the submission of book or conference reviews. Article submissions should be 5000-7000 words, essays 3000-6000 words, and reviews approximately 1000-1500 words. All submissions must be in English, follow the Chicago Manual of Style for Notes and must…

Sophia is currently accepting the submission of articles for consideration, following the external Peer Review process as per described on the Editorial Policies section. All articles submitted should address the topic for the upcoming issue and be written in accord to the Author Guidelines. Issue #6: “Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations” Call deadline: February 28, 2021 Expected publication date: December 2021 Expected International Conference: May 2021 In the upcoming 6th number of Sophia, which will be called Visual Spaces Of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations, we are interested in original articles that may address the…

Architecture is an inward looking discipline. Its history conveys the norms of the discipline to an audience composed mostly of architects, who are familiar with the work of their predecessors –from whom they learnt, or for whom they worked. As such, architecture singularises the multiple processes through which space is produced, excluding difference in the pursuit of coherent narratives to sustain its authority, and does so mainly through the figure of the architect. For a long time now, critics like Beatriz Colomina, Diana Agrest, Mary McLeod, Jane Rendell (to mention only a few) have shown how that figure is principally…

The Architecture Unit of ATINER, will hold a Symposium on “Architecture and Religion” as part of the 11th Annual International Conference on Architecture 5-8 July 2021, Athens, Greece sponsored by the Athens Journal of Architecture. Religion is one element which, since the birth of mankind, has contributed significantly to doing and thinking architecture. It is one of the factors not external to the man that have most influenced the image and purpose of architecture. Religion has manifested itself in architecture through its various forms – be they spatial, typological, construction-related, symbolic, functional, etc. And whilst this manifestation has made itself…

“The Architecture Unit of ATINER, will hold its 1st Hyálinos International Conference on Inter and Transdisciplinarity in Architecture, 5-8 July 2021, Athens, Greece sponsored by the Athens Journal of Architecture. The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and researchers from all areas of Inter and/or Transdisciplinary Relationships in Architecture. The presentations may reflect on, but are not limited to, Architecture and Music, Architecture and Dance, Architecture and Mathematics, Architecture and the Arts, Architecture and Cinema, Architecture and Cosmology, Architecture and Science, Architecture and Philosophy, Harmony in Architecture, Harmonic Proportion, and Architectural Concepts such us: Space, Time, Harmony,…

sITA – studies in History and Theory of Architecture Journal “In recent years, housing research has spurred a growing interest from architectural historians, theorists and practitioners alike. However, housing studies are still developed mostly outside the field of architecture. The discourse on housing is nowadays taken over mainly by developers, social activists, policy makers and administrators, who reason mostly under the pressure of immediate practicality. Housing is often seen as real estate and short-term thinking over-whelms reflection that could lead to better alternatives for the environment of habitation. About thirty years ago, Jim Kemeny noticed the loss of conceptual content…