The Construction History Society is the society for all those who are enthusiastic about any aspect of the history of construction. Our members come from all walks of life. You might be someone who has an interesting story to tell, someone who collects items to do with buildings or any scholar who works on the history of buildings. We encourage people to take an interest in how the world around them has been built and those that built it.
The Society is devoted to the promotion and study of the history of construction. It aims to identify and protect sources of information and archives to do with construction history and to organise and sponsor events and publications that help achieve these aims. It has members from all over the world.
Read more about the benefits of membership and how to join here.
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Seventh Annual Conference and International Symposium
The Seventh Annual CHS Conference will be take place online on Saturday 4th April 2020 (details of how to log on and take part to follow).
The proceedings are being printed at the moment and will be available by that date.
Full refunds are being issued to those that already registered and booked for the conference in Queens’ which cannot take place as planned because of the Coronavirus.
Any queries please contact Natcha Ruamsanitwong (chs@aha.cam.ac.uk)
Eighth Annual CHS Conference (2021) and International Symposium
We are delighted to be able to announce the date of the Eight Annual CHS Conference and International Symposium which will take place on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April 2021 (Two full days) with departure after breakfast on the Monday 19th April 2021. The dates are slightly later than normal because Easter falls early next year. The call for abstracts will go out in May. We are considering a special theme for next year’s conference. Please send your ideas to Natcha Ruamsanitwong (chs@aha.cam.ac.uk)
Seventh Annual Conference will move online. Queens’ College is cancelling conferences to be held in the college over the break. The proceedings are complete, so we will be moving to an online format this year. All speakers are being asked to record their talks in the next 14 days. We will have the capacity to have live question and answer sessions. Next year’s conference will be held on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April 2021 (Two full days) with departure after breakfast on the Monday 19th April 2021
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