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Alborz Dianat

@alborzdianat.bsky.social
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Architectural historian based in Dublin Editor of Architectural History, the journal of @thesahgb.bsky.social

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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My new piece on how uneasy alliances and political circumstances reshaped the display of information for women's movements in Austria, Britain and Nigeria. Available Open Access in the Journal of Design History - doi.org/10.1093/jdh/...
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A Moving Picture? The Isotype Institute and Women’s Movements through Austria, Britain, and Nigeria, 1925–1960
Abstract. A pictorial process for the simplified display of information, the principles of Isotype originated in socialist Vienna in the 1920s, but the sys
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Less than a week left to apply!
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🚨We are looking for deputy editors to join the editorial board of Architectural History, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Apply by 16 March - please spread the word with anyone who may be interested!🚨 www.sahgb.org.uk/features/cal...
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Call for Deputy Editors - SAHGB
Deputy editors are sought for Architectural History , the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Successful applicants will be appointed to the editorial board from spri...
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🎉 Just published: my article on nun-architect Sister Nesta Fitzgerald-Lombard and the need to expand perceptions of architectural labour to include women who have followed unconventional paths to practice. Open Access in @thejoa.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1360...
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Habit and hard hat: the unconventional practice of Sister Nesta Fitzgerald-Lombard at St Leonards Mayfield, 1954–1994
This article analyses the career of the nun and architect Nesta Fitzgerald-Lombard (1916–2006) to argue for greater recognition of the unconventional career paths of women architects. Among the fir...
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Copies of Architectural History 68 are landing on doorsteps for members of @thesahgb.bsky.social. Non-members can view several Open Access articles online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In two months, I'll be running a half marathon in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, in case anyone wants to chip in to a good cause: www.justgiving.com/page/alborz-...
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Alborz's Cambridge Half Marathon for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Alborz Dianat raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Volume 68 of Architectural History, the Society’s principal publication, has been published. Printed copies will soon be delivered to Society members. The cover depicts the spiralling Eternit Tower at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. sahgb.org.uk/features/architectural-history-volume-68
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Volume 68 of Architectural History - SAHGB
The issue features eight articles, twenty book reviews, and a special collection of tributes to the late Howard Burns.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 | Architectural History | Cambridge Core
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68
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Alborz Dianat @alborzdianat.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My first book is now out! Walter Gropius in Britain: Emigration and Collaborations. The few years Gropius spent in Britain (1934-37) are explored through designs, translations, marketing strategies, and the broader discourse of Modernism - www.routledge.com/9781032586878
Cover of Walter Gropius in Britain, depicting the hall of Impington Village College
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Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Advert for the plum job of head of casework at @c20society.bsky.social: c20society.org.uk/work-with-us....
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Work with us – The Twentieth Century Society
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