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The biennial Dissertation Colloquium brings together a select group of doctoral students from diverse institutional and disciplinary backgrounds working on dissertation topics related to the history, theory, and criticism of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. 

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The Buell Conference on the History of Architecture brings together scholars in architectural and urban history to discuss topics in architecture, urbanism, and modernity as broadly understood.

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February 28, 1986

Victoria Newhouse, Chairperson

11:45 - 1:15 Lunch (participants)

1:30 - 1:50 Introduction
Robert A.M. Stern, Victoria Newhouse

1:50 - 2:15
Charles B. Wood, "The Beginnings: Architectural Publishing in America, 1776-1840"

2:15 - 2:40
Mosette Broderick, "From Pattern Books to Promotional Press, 1840-1895"

2:40 - 3:05
Richard Cheek, "Selling Architecture: Promotional Literature, 1895-1941"

3:05 - 3:30
Keith Morgan, "Writing on Architecture: History and Criticism, 1895-1941"

3:30 - 3:55
John Frazier, "The Making and Selling of Architectural Books in America, 1895-1945"

3:55 - 4:20 Break

4:20 - 4:25 Introduction
Victoria Newhouse

4:25 - 4:50 
Spiro Kostof, "Burnham and the Barn: Book Trends, 1945 to the Present"

4:50 - 5:15
Victoria Newhouse, "Prodigy of Publishing: The Economics of Architectural Books, 1945 to the Present"

5:15 - 6:00 Discussion

Followed by a reception.