CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2010 SESAH PUBLICATIONS

SESAH is seeking nominations for the 2010 Publication Awards. The awards honor outstanding scholarship about the architecture of the South or by authors who reside in the South (defined as SESAH member states). Three categories of publication that are recognized: books, journal articles, and essays published in book format. The copyright should be no earlier than 2008. An article or essay should be copied in triplicate and include complete bibliographic information. Book titles must include full bibliographical information. Send submissions to Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, University of Arkansas, School of Arkansas, 120 Vol Walker Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701. Questions: (479) 575-3850 or egoodste@uark.edu.

The submissions deadline is MAY 1, 2010.


2010 BEST OF THE SOUTH PRESERVING SOUTHERN ARCHITECTURE

SESAH seeks nominations for the Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture Award. This annual award honors a project that preserves or restores an historic building, or complex of buildings, in an outstanding manner and that demonstrates excellence in research, technique, and documentation. Projects in the twelve-state region of SESAH that were completed in 2008 or 2009 are eligible. Nominations should consist of no more than two typed pages of description, and be accompanied by hard copy illustrations and any other supporting material. A cover letter should identify the owner of the project, the use of the building(s), and the names of all the major participants of the project. For more information please contact the Best of the South Award committee chair Virginia Price at va.price@yahoo.com. Send three (3) hard copies of the nomination to Virginia Price at 2162 North Brandywine Street, Arlington, VA 22207. If you do not receive confirmation that your nomination was received, please contact the committee chair. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2010. Winners will be announced at the 28th SESAH Annual Meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in October.


ABOUT SESAH

The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) is a regional chapter of the national Society of Architectural Historians and includes twelve states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

The nonprofit organization holds an annual meeting, publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual journal, ARRIS, and presents annual awards, including the "Best of the South" preservation award.

SESAH was founded in 1982 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta to promote scholarship on architecture and related subjects and to serve as a forum for ideas among architectural historians, architects, preservationists, and others involved in professions related to the built environment. The annual meeting features scholarly paper sessions, business meeting, study tours, and a keynote lecture by a national leader in the field. SESAH members come from across the U.S.

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