As the official conference hotel is now sold out, we have secured an additional block of rooms at a reduced rate of $150.99/night (plus taxes) at the Drury Plaza Hotel Cleveland Downtown. Please see the Hotel page for details on booking procedures.
Don’t forget to register for the 17th National Conference on Planning History, to take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 26-29, 2017.
The conference will begin with a pre-conference tour, roundtable, and reception on Thursday, October 26th. The schedule for Friday and Saturday, October 27th and 28th, includes panels and roundtables, a Presidential address, a poster session, a book exhibit, and multiple receptions. We will conclude with optional walking and bus tours on Sunday, October 29th.
The deadline for securing the reduced conference rate at the Westin Cleveland Downtown is this Friday, September 22. In addition, for early bird conference registration rates, please register by online by October 1.
See the conference website (https://sacrph.org/conferences-2017) for the latest program, accommodation, and registration details!
The preliminary schedule of sessions for the 2017 SACRPH conference is now available on the conference website. We will continue to update the program as the conference approaches. We look forward to seeing everyone in Cleveland on October 26-29!
SACRPH Student Travel Award Deadline Extended — Apply by September 15, 2017!
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS (up to $250 each)
The Robert S. Birch Endowment supports the activities of students within SACRPH and helps fund travel to the conference for students whose proposals have been accepted by the program committee. Individual grants will not exceed $250.
Students presenting papers should send an electronic copy to Sara Stevens.
Sara Stevens, Chair
University of British Columbia
David Smiley
Columbia University
Jennifer Hock
Maryland Institute College of Art
Registration is now open for SACRPH’s 17th National Conference on Planning History, to take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 26-29, 2017. Please check the conference website over the coming weeks for updates on program details. We hope you will join us!
CALL FOR PAPERS
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
ENVISIONING CITY DESIGN: THE LEGACY OF KEVIN LYNCH
A SPECIAL ISSUE OF JAPA, AUTUMN 2018
Guest Editors:
Tridib Banerjee
Gary Hack
Michael Southworth
Kevin Lynch, a renowned planning figure, and professor at MIT, was born in 1918. The proposed centennial special issue is intended for the autumn issue of 2018, to commemorate the legacy and the distinctive idea of city design that he advanced through his contributions on city imaging, regional environmental design and management, performance characteristics of good city form, preservation and change, design rules and processes, and other such related ideas. These ideas continue to define a broad but changing scope of “urban design” within the professional practice, pedagogy, and scholarly discourse in planning. The papers solicited for this special issue will be devoted to reflections, research, and practical applications made in planning, city design, and related fields, inspired by the legacy of Kevin Lynch. Authors are encouraged to address the relevance of the Lynch legacy to the changing circumstances of globalization, information and digital technology, and the continuing challenges of sustainability and reconciling contradictory imperatives of economy, equity, and environment in planning.
The following are the deadlines for submission:
June 30, 2017 abstract (200 words) due
[Authors will receive feedback within two weeks]
November 1, 2017 Final manuscript due (according to JAPA manuscript guidelines)
January 1, 2018 Editorial decision on the manuscripts submitted
March1, 2018 Deadline for revise and resubmit
April 1, 2018 Deadline for second revisions
Please submit the abstract to all three editors at the following email addresses: tbanerje@usc.edu; gahack@upenn.edu; msouthw@berkeley.edu.
SACRPH announces its 2017 awards competition for publications and teaching (nominations due August 1) and conference papers and travel (nominations due August 15). Please see the awards page for further details.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has issued a call for papers on “The History of Bicycle Transportation and Planning” for its next annual meeting. See the attached CFP for further details.
Discounted hotel rates for the next SACRPH conference are now available for booking. Please see the conference website to place your reservation.
The Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities seeks two fellows for the 2017-18 academic year (deadline May 12, 2017); and the John Nolen Research Fund invites applications for research funding to examine the John Nolen Papers at Cornell University (deadline April 30, 2017). See the Job Listings page for further information.
