会议通知｜典藏与激活：文献研究与亚洲建筑的往昔与未来

Archiving and Activating:

Archival Materials and Asia’s Architectural Past and Future

Architecture Internationalization Demonstration School, Southeast University

Asian Architectural Archive Center, Southeast University

27-28 August, 2022, Beijing Time

In-Person and Online (ZOOM)

Venue: Asian Architectural Archive Center (SEU Si-Pai-Lou Campus)

Architectural materials, surrogates for human memory and carriers of human culture, are preserved to enable current and future scholarly research and educational projects. In view of this, Southeast University will invite top scholars in the field of architecture, arts and humanities, and professionals in library and archive leadership, to hold an international symposium of the meaning, function, and future prospects of archives and libraries in educational institutions and their role in Asian architecture development.

The Archive aims to rescue, preserve, and make accessible documents that are important in Asia’s rich and diverse cultural and intellectual patrimony, serving the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge in architecture and related fields, and advance scholarly research in architectural history and theory. Thus, the Archive will also function as a research facility. Asia has a unique and rich history and reality, but the collection, preservation, and accessibility of historical documents and materials are far from adequate. There is a scarcity in professional institutions that engage in the collection, preservation, and exhibition of modern architectural materials, let alone in-depth archival research.

1) The meaning, function, and future prospects of archives and libraries in educational institutions;

2) The special role of archives in architecture and related fields to the development of Asian architecture.

1) The role of historical materials in architecture and related fields in creating better futures; 

2) The challenges and opportunities of archiving materials specific to architecture, landscape architecture and urban design;

3) The prospects for a specifically Asian archive, rescuing, collecting, and making available documents of significance for China and nearby countries.

It’s a two-day event, on August 27th and 28th (Saturday and Sunday), 2022.

主持：戴维·莱瑟巴罗

Symposium Session 1: Activating the Discipline

Time: 9:15-11:45, August 27th, 2022

主持：史永高

Symposium Session 2: Activating Research and Teaching

Time: 15:00-17:30, August 27th, 2022

论坛第二场：激活研究与教学

时间：15:00-17:30，8月27日

主持：艾斯拉·萨赫欣·布拉特

Symposium Session 3: Activating Institutions

Time: 8:30-11:00, August 28th, 2022

主持：史永高

Closing

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This international forum welcomes off-campus teachers/students/architects. Please fill in the registration chart in the attachment and send it to seu_lxq@163.com. The secretaries will email back to confirm successful registration and provide zoom links.

There will be more information on this international forum and the Asia Architectural Archive Center in the coming week. Please stay tuned!