I've been asked to post this to HISTARCH  in hopes of encouraging
interdisciplinary participation in this conference.

Call for Papers for the 2005 Annual Meeting - VAF's 25th Anniversary!

The Vernacular Architecture Forum is soliciting paper proposals from
academics, consultants, and other scholars for presentation at its
Annual Meeting to be held in Tucson, Arizona, April 13-17, 2005.  The
conference theme is "La Frontera:  Cross-Cultural Vernacular
Landscapes." Although papers may address any aspect of vernacular
architecture from any geographic region worldwide, the papers
committee especially encourages submissions investigating topics
related to the conference theme.  In addition, in celebration of
VAF's 25th anniversary, several sessions will be devoted to the
history, theory, and practice of the VAF and vernacular architecture
studies, topics for which papers are also being solicited.

Proposals may be for either a twenty-minute paper on a subject the
author has extensively researched, or a ten-minute "work in progress"
report.  In either case, papers should be theoretical or analytical
in nature, rather than descriptive.  Selection will be based on the
proposed paper's original contribution to the study of vernacular
architecture.  Papers presented at the meeting will be considered for
publication in the VAF's new scholarly refereed journal Perspectives
in Vernacular Architecture (PVA).  One-time fellowship awards may be
available to students and young professionals whose papers have been
accepted.

Proposals should include a title for the paper, the author's name,
mailing address, email address, telephone and fax numbers.  The
proposals should be single-sided, a maximum of 400 words, and
accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae.  They must state the
argument of the paper, discuss the methodology, and lay out its scope
and content.  Only one submission per author will be accepted.

Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked by October 15, 2004.  Accepted
papers, tailored to the prescribed time limits, must be submitted in
full to the session chairs by March 15, 2005.  Presenters must
deliver their papers in person and be VAF members at the time of the
conference.

Please send proposals electronically to Laura Driemeyer,
[log in to unmask], or hardcopies to Laura B. Driemeyer, Vernacular
Architecture Forum, c/o American and New England Studies Program,
Boston University, 226 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215.