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The Vernacular Architecture Forum encourages the study and preservation of all aspects of vernacular architecture and landscapes.

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Open to scholars who received or will receive their PhD between December 15, 2019, and December 15, 2024. Interested and want to learn more? Find all the details and how to apply at ow.ly/IxsJ50TjwrM.
A bustling mining metropolis is shown in this black and white historical image of Calumet, Michigan.

ALT A bustling mining metropolis is shown in this black and white historical image of Calumet, Michigan.

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On Sept. 13–14, our Fall Forum will explore the history of #color in historical #clothing. Surprisingly, this vivid red wool cloak would have been much more practical than fashionable, mainly used to cover the wearer. Learn more at our event page. historic-deerfield.org/event…
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The Vernacular Architecture Forum is coming to the Keweenaw! Please consider submitting a paper or poster to share your research about everyday buildings and landscapes. Deadline is November 15! #vaf2024 #vafkeweenaw #vafnorthofthenorthwoods @mtu_SocialSci vafweb.org/Call-for-Papers-2…
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Finnish-American cranberry farms in southeastern Massachusetts. #vafplymouthma2023
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Call for Proposals - JSAH Roundtable: Built Spaces, Landscapes, and Environments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (AAPI). Proposals due January 15. ow.ly/SViR50LK4Y4
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SAH IDEAS Session CFP: Tell us how and why your work, ways of collecting data, modes of interpretation, and narrative strategies push new horizons and recover the stories of those whose histories are obliterated/ignored in our canon. Deadline August 10. sah.org/2022/sah-ideas-sessi…
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TOMORROW: Race and the Historiography of American Architecture Publication Workshop. July 28 at 2-3:30 pm CDT. Free registration at sah.org/conferences-and-prog…
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Please spread the word about this @vafweb African American field school initiative funded by @MellonFdn starting in 2022. Application process opening soon: vafweb.org/VAF-African-Ameri…
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My @vafweb colleagues write thoughtful pieces. Check it out:
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Awesome week of architectural documentation in Keweenaw County Michigan with students from @mtu_SocialSci and @uw_arthistory. Stay tuned for #VAF2024! We will try to arrange for another double rainbow. #keweenaw #vernaculararchitecture
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Celebrate International Women's Day #IWD2021 on March 8 with SAH, @SAHWiAag and @TheSAHGB. Registration for "The Advent of Women Architectural Professionals" is free + open to all. ow.ly/Rpok50DNXZE
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Registration is open for "New Histories and New Practices," a panel that considers what historians, design professionals, and advocates can learn from one another as they shape histories and spaces that are more inclusive of women. ow.ly/j6Jb50DE5E2 @SAHWiAag @WIA_SV
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Call for participation: SAH/GAHTC Workshop, "Backstage of the Global Histories Survey: Slow Looking, Translating, Listening, Activating." Open to graduate students and emerging scholars. Apply by February 28. ow.ly/6Drm50DDK77
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Join the movement! #WeAreVAF Tell us what VAF means to you in a tweet. Hear others talk about their experiences too.
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Two summers ago, a group of volunteers led by Caddo tribe members created an authentic tribal grass house at our Caddo Mounds State Historic Site outside Alto. This week, the project was named a co-winner of the 2018 Paul E. Buchanan Award by @vafweb. bit.ly/2JXtFp1
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If you haven't signed up for VAF 2018 Potomac yet (May 2-5 based in Alexandria, VA), sign up soon. Opening night at Mount Vernon, then 2 full days of great tours, Saturday paper sessions. Info here: vernaculararchitectureforum.… @vafweb
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My @vafweb friend Andrew Dolkart is giving a lecture on the creation of New York's Garment District on March 20 at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in NYC. Details here: nylandmarks.org/events/lectu…
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"The protection for [Compton's historic] places is going to have to be grassroots. And for now, all we can do is make sure that people know about these places." #TellTheFullHistory savingplac.es/2GyTIRy
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Interested in contested sites? What about river corridors? Check out the tours and public events offered by the Society of Architectural Historians during their Annual Conference in St. Paul, April 18-22. Register here: ow.ly/GHEU30iELa2 #SAH2018
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Catch MotW @UMaryWash's @craehenry @vafweb conference in May; she created a walking tour app for the conference in Alexandria and as a scholar of preservation and communities notes that "age diversity" keeps neighborhoods vital & bustling: themetropole.blog/2018/02/27… #twitterstorians
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