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Conferences
Conferences
SAH Annual International Conferences bring members together for scholarly exchange and networking
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Publications
Publications
Through print and digital publications, SAH documents the history of the built environment and disseminates scholarshipLatest Issue:
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About
About
SAH promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of the built environment worldwide for the benefit of all
Vision Statement
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has tasked the SAH IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability, Sustainability) Committee with envisioning structural change within the Society as it approaches its centenary. The vision of the SAH IDEAS Committee is to shape, support, and inform the Society’s interrogation of structures of power and help the Society maintain a strong commitment to sociopolitical equity and environmental justice. The IDEAS Committee supports and advises SAH in repairing past harms and redressing foundational structural inequities in order to take into account past injustices, ensure future sustainability, and care for the diverse community for which histories of architecture hold meaning.
Mission Statement
The IDEAS Committee holds SAH accountable to this vision by advising the SAH Board and Executive Committee in establishing standards and initiatives that assure the inclusion of wider understandings of architectural history and radically diversify the Society’s membership and publics. In the first phase, the SAH IDEAS Committee’s priorities include:
- Promoting an understanding of architecture as a historical practice that intersects with power and society and envisioning architectural history in its most inclusive and intersectional sense, as a field producing narratives that interrogate structures of power.
- Building a culture of horizontal collegiality and structures of mutual support in SAH.
- Developing community expertise and mutual mentorship within and beyond SAH membership to nurture research that challenges existing paradigms.
- Elevating scholars within SAH whose self-identification or work represents previously under-recognized and/or unsupported directions for architectural history as researched, thought, or applied.
- Supporting scholarship and publications by women, particularly women of color, whose output has been most significantly affected by the pandemic.
- Forming structures within the organization for broad support of scholars and scholarship outside of the United States.
The SAH IDEAS Committee will carry out this mission by pushing forward a series of achievable initiatives aiming for structural change in SAH rather than reform.
Committee Members
Helen H. Bronston, SmithGroup, Chair
Olivia Archer, SAH Communications Manager, Ex Officio
Elizabeth Deans, University of Cambridge
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, University of Maryland, Ex Officio
Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College Dublin
Tellina Liu, McGill University
Carlos Reimers, Morgan State University
Stathis Yeros, Dumbarton Oaks
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio
Get Involved
All members are encouraged to raise concerns and provide input to the SAH IDEAS Committee. To provide input, please contact the 2024 chair Helen Bronston.
The SAH IDEAS Committee is a standing committee of the SAH and reports to the SAH Board biannually. Applications to serve on the SAH IDEAS Committee will be accepted in May of each year, for a two-year commitment. SAH IDEAS Committee members must be SAH
members throughout the duration of their term. All are welcome to participate.
SAH IDEAS Research Fellowship
This fellowship supports a cohort of emerging scholars who self-identify as members of marginalized groups and nurtures research that challenges existing paradigms.
SAH IDEAS Fellows
The cohort receives research funding, mentorship from senior scholars, and meets regularly to foster relationship building and encourage peer support.
