We are excited to invite submissions for DARK MATTER: Revisiting the Architecture of Coal in Post-War Europe, an in-person conference hosted by the ACME (Architecture of Coal in Modern Europe) project (ERC Advanced Grant, 2024–2030), taking place at the Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin on 5+6 November 2026.
We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that explore (but are not limited to) the following thematic territories:
Architecture of coal modernisation
Visual culture, media, and propaganda
Modernisation and infrastructure
Institutional care for labour (baths, hospitals, schools, clubs, libraries, social networks)
Housing and settlement
Transitions and afterlives of extractive landscapes
Keynote speaker: Łukasz Galusek (Director, Silesian Museum, Katowice)
Guest expert panellists include: Tom Avermaete, Stefan Berger, Carola Hein, Imre Szeman (others to be confirmed)
For submission details please see attached document and submit here: https://forms.office.com/e/pA835e4JBk
With best wishes,
The DARK MATTER / ACME Conference Team
Professor Gary A. Boyd, Dr Tabassum Ahmed, Dr Emma Campbell, Dr Rebecca Jane McConnell, Anna Cooke, Niall Patrick Walsh, Dr Jack Kavanagh
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