The CAVAD Architecture Symposia
Contemplating Ecclesiastical Futures
http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/events/2019-cavad-architecture-symposium
Call for Presentations / Papers
When: October 11 – 12, 2019
Where: California Baptist University, Riverside, CA
Submission Deadline: September 2, 2019
Notification Due: September 11, 2019
Categories: architecture, architectural history, religious studies, sacred space, cultural studies, American Evangelical Protestantism, missiology, theology
Call for Presentations / Papers
"Contemplating Ecclesiastical Futures"
California Baptist University Architecture program invites presentation and paper proposals for its annual design symposium, "Contemplating Ecclesiastical Futures" to be held October 11 – 12, 2019 in Riverside, CA. Papers and presentations should seek to address and assess the importance, possibilities, or emerging trends of Ecclesiastical futures, including but not limited to architectural, theological, missiological, liturgical, and sociological, and community development implications.
The paper / presentation session topics may include the following, or may be submitted in an open category:
Architectural Adaptation
Architectural Innovation
Architectural Restoration
Future of Ecclesiastical Programming
Architectural Responses to Church Models
(Inter)Faith Spaces in a Polarized Era
Archetypes and Antitypes
Emerging Evangelical Liturgy
Future Relationship of Beauty
Emerging Trajectories in Church Architecture
Proposals are welcomed from both scholars and working professionals.
Additionally, the symposium will provide a dedicated track for student presentations. Thus, proposals are also welcome from students who are currently engaged in upper level undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral studies.
Submission Information
Interested individuals are invited to submit proposals 500-1000 words long with a title. Abstracts and Titles should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Multiple abstracts maybe submitted by an author or authorial team.
Proposals will follow a blind peer-review process with at least two scholars considering each submission. The individual recommendations will be sent and studied by the conference conveners who will make the final determination regarding accepting or rejecting a proposal. Chosen proposals will be electronically published prior to the meeting.
Note: Please remove all references to the author from the submission in order to guarantee a strict blind-peer review. The symposium conveners, upon receiving the submission from the author will provide them with a key number to identify the paper.
Format and Place of Submission
Abstracts should define focus, and summarize its positioned approach or argument. All proposals should demonstrate engagement with the symposium's theme. The presentation should be no more than 20-30 minutes in length.
Proposals should include a title page including the following:
- Title of paper / presentation
- Identification of Proposed Paper / Presentation Session Topic
- Name, Title, and Organization of individual(s) submitting
- Five keywords
- Date of Submission
On a subsequent page, proposals should then include:
- Title of paper / presentation
- 500-1000 word proposal abstract
- Any necessary footnote / bibliographic information
Please send proposals in an attached file in a ".doc" or ".pdf" format. Send your submission to the co-conveners: Keelan Kaiser (kkaiser@calbaptist.edu) and Matthew Niermann (mniermann@calbaptist.edu).
Timeline
Proposals are due September 2, 2019
Important Dates
The symposium conveners may propose to recommend changes to the abstract to ensure symposia focus and productive discussion. If the paper / presentation is selected, conveners will communicate acceptance by September 11th.
Please note: Selected presenters are expected to fund his or her own registration, travel, and housing expenses.
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Matthew Niermann, Ph.D., AIA
Associate Dean
California Baptist University
Riverside CA
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