Symposium Overview

Abstract

Chicago Schools: November 17–18, 2017

“Chicago Schools” is an international peer-reviewed graduate student symposium hosted by the IIT College of Architecture PhD Program in partnership with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The event is open to the public. “Chicago Schools” explores the interplay between individuals and collectives in the making of new history. How did authors develop, disseminate, and translate ideas to new disciplines, and how did entire audiences respond to these ideas? The symposium engages with the Biennial theme, “Make New History,” by highlighting graduate student contributions in architectural and art history. Papers revisit past and present Chicago schools, as well as the emergence of new historiographies and architectural traditions within a global context.