Architectural Histories: The Open Access Journal of the EAHN

Call for Papers for 2015 special issue
Theme: Travel
Guest Editors: Davide Deriu, Edoardo Piccoli, Belgin Turan Özkaya

The third special issue of the Open Access Journal of the EAHN, to be
published in 2015, will develop historical perspectives on travel. In
recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the ways in which
architecture is implicated in the spaces of flow that characterise our
global age, as people, objects, and information appear to circulate at
an unprecedented scale. While contemporary travel cultures have manifold
implications for the built environment, they also prompt us to rethink
the mobile conditions in which architecture has historically been
produced. If we consider the mobility of techniques, individuals,
groups, ideas, and images that informed architectural culture in the
past, then the transformations we are witnessing today might seem less
as a new development than as an amplification of historical phenomena.
Whether it be a matter of ruptures or continuities, the complex
relationship between travel and architectural culture presents a fertile
ground for historical research.

This special issue invites contributions that explore the impact of
various types of mobility on the built environment from a historical
perspective. Research questions appropriate for this issue may include,
but are not limited to, the following: How do different cultures of
travel intersect the history of architecture? What can historical
research on travel practices, narratives, and representations reveal
about the development of architecture? What is the impact of migration
on the history of architecture? How has architecture been historically
implicated in the formation of tourist itineraries and attractions? What
is the role of the formative journey in the history of the architect,
and how has it evolved over time and space? How are contemporary forms
of mobility, virtual as well as physical, affecting the historical
values of buildings and sites? Contributions can focus on any geographic
place and historical period. Papers that foster critical discussion on
methodological and theoretical frameworks for trans-national and/or
cross-disciplinary research are especially welcome.

The papers should be based on well-documented historical research that
is primarily analytical and interpretative rather than descriptive in
nature. To propose a paper, please send a 500-word (max) abstract and a
2-page Curriculum Vitae including address, telephone, and e-mail
contacts to the editorial board by 1st December 2014. E-mail submissions
to: editorialjournal.eahn.org.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the editorial board. The authors of
selected abstracts will be asked to submit their full papers to the
editors, in English, by 15th May 2015. All papers will be subject to
double-blind peer reviewing. If a paper is accepted for publication, the
author will have the responsibility to prepare a final copy to
publishable standards and to obtain world rights for illustrations.
Publication is subject to the Article Processing Fee. The EAHN and
Architectural Histories endeavour to support authors financially in
order to meet this requirement.