Symposia



A Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party Symposium

12-2pm Eastern Standard Time and Peru Time / 6 – 8pm Central European Time / 7-9 South Africa Standard Time  Click HERE to register. “For most of history, nature has been invaded, subjugated, exploited, scarred and deeply altered. Forests were devoured to create the ships that colonised the world. Wars …


MFA ID Faculty to Present at 7th Annual Symposium of Latin American Art – Friday, March 31st

MFA ID Faculty member Maria Linares Trelles will present her research on cartographies at the 7th Annual Symposium of Latin American Art this Friday (March 31st). The Seventh Annual Symposium is presented by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), …


Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA OPENING KEYNOTE: 2023 TOPAZ MEDALLION Annual Meeting ACSA

The Topaz Medallion, presented jointly by AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, honors those who educate others to ensure architecture’s enduring excellence. An educator, author, and citizen architect with worldwide reach, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, has shifted the profession of architecture toward a more equitable, diverse, …


Symposium: Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South: Perpetrating Pedagogies for Spatial Production

This Symposium will be featuring Brian McGrath and Michele Gorman of Parsons SCE. The GSA cordially invites you to an upcoming symposium and book launch by Dr Harriet Harriss titled “Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South: Perpetrating Pedagogies for Spatial Production”. Dr Harriet Harriss is an esteemed scholar, practitioner, and educator …


Carbon Sequestering: Synthesizing Passive House and Healthy Materials Recap

Passive House approach to operational energy with challenges of addressing upfront embodied carbon, as a key combination to address in approaching carbon-zero buildings. ​​To move our construction into a carbon-neutral environment it is essential to address the operational energy through Passive House performance together with the upfront embodied carbon through …


Open Restaurants Innovation: 3 Teams Share Findings

This public event, which marks the official end of the Open Restaurants Innovation program, will feature presentations by three teams who have been working directly with multiple stakeholders, including restaurateurs, disability advocates, and city agency staff, to determine recommendations for the city’s permanent outdoor dining program. Open Restaurants Innovation is …


SCE Student Council Launches Podcast “Table Talks”

SCE Student Council has launched a new podcast series called Table Talks. The podcast hosts discussions with faculty, industry professionals, and students of different disciplines.  Table Talks was created and inspired by the ethos of conversations that naturally accrue in studio spaces of collaboration. We wanted to create a space to capture those discussions …


Parsons SCE Lighting Design Announced as ROLAN 2022 University Partner

Responsible Outdoor Lighting at Night Conference (ROLAN 2022)  Bringing together the foremost researchers and practitioners, the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) and Assistant Professor Dr. Karolina M. Zielinska‐Dabkowska, ILLUME/Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland are launching the inaugural international Responsible Outdoor Lighting at Night (ROLAN) conference, taking place online on …


MFA ID Professor Co-organizes Conference with NSSR

MFA ID Faculty Member Eva Perez de Vega is co-organizing a conference with the New School Social Research, featuring presenters from the MFA ID Program. Find out more Here.   Conference: WITH/IN ENVIRONMENTS REIMAGINING FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY Description of overall conference: Since Plato, western philosophy has been …