Arris journal of architecture, landscape, & preservation.

Arris is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original scholarship on all aspects of the history of architecture and preservation. Founded in 1989, Arris is published annually by the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), a regional chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. SESAH promotes scholarship on architecture and related subjects and serves as a forum for ideas among architectural historians, architects, preservationists, and others involved in professions related to the built environment. Although the journal has historically centered new perspectives on the U.S. South, we are interested in expanding the publication's geographical scope and consider article submissions on architectural history and preservation with no limit as to geography or period.

Arris is available in print and online and is published in partnership with the University of North Carolina Press. The full text of all past issues of Arris is free to SESAH members via a password-protected portal and available to non-members via Project MUSE. https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/838

Call for Papers: Articles and Field Notes

Arris, the journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), is accepting submissions for articles and field notes to be published in upcoming issues.

Articles generally run from 5,000-7,000 words and are blind peer-reviewed.

Field notes are shorter contributions, approximately 2,500 words in length, and are blind peer-reviewed. These notes discuss ongoing field work or other research of interest to SESAH members. Arris welcomes contributions from preservationists, archivists, and museum professionals discussing current projects and methods.

Only original work neither published previously nor under review for publication elsewhere will be considered.

For Arris #38, to be published in fall 2027, the deadline to receive article submissions is October 1, 2026.

Submission Guidelines: Articles and Field Notes

Manuscript articles and field notes should be submitted to the editors in electronic format. An initial submission should consist of the following MS Word documents (.docx) and PDF file formatted in the following manner, which enables blind peer review:

- Full paper as a Word document. It should include the paper title, but not the author’s name (or authors’ names) anywhere on the manuscript. It should be prepared for printing on standard size paper and in 12-point type. The pages should be double-spaced with one inch margins and numbered consecutively. Figures should be referenced within the body of the text at the end of a sentence, but before the period, e.g. sentence text (Figure X). Endnotes with citations, not footnotes, should be double-spaced at the end of the paper, using the Endnote function in MS Word. After its initial citation, a source that is repeated may use a short form with author’s last name, short title, page number.
- A title page, with the author’s name and contact information as a Word document.
- An abstract not exceeding 150 words, double-spaced, without the author’s name or any information that identifies the author, as a Word document. It should summarize the research question, research approach, and findings.
- Illustrations, typically no more than 15, each on a single page accompanied by a text caption beginning with “Figure X” and ending with the source in parentheses. All pages should be saved as one PDF document, without the author’s name or any information that identifies the author. The images can be low resolution.

These four files should be named using the author’s last name and a brief description of the content of the file, for example, Lastname_Arris_paper_keyword.docx (i.e., Smith_Arris_paper_TajMahal.docx, Smith_Arris_title_TajMahal.docx, Smith_Arris_abstract_TajMahal.docx, and Smith_Arris_illus_TajMahal.pdf)

For further editorial details and examples of citations, authors should follow the applicable guidelines used by the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) and described in the “Guidelines for Authors” found on the SAH website. Guidelines applicable to Arris begin with the section “Form of the Manuscript,” up to and including “Tips for Obtaining Image Permissions,” but excluding “Labeling of Illustrations.” These guidelines follow the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Submission Guidelines: Book Reviews

Book reviews should be submitted to the editor in electronic format by email as an MS Word document (.docx).

Book reviews must be headed with this information: author of the book, title, place of publication, publisher, date, number of pages, number of color and black-and-white illustrations, price, and ISBN. The review author’s name and institutional affiliation should appear at the bottom of the text.

For full submission guidelines also see: https://sesah.org/arris-submission-guidelines/

Send submissions forarticles and field notes, plus any questions about scope or publication process, to: Adrian Anagnost, Arris editor, aanagnostulane.edu