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Dear IFRAA members and friends,
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I would like to announce the International Symposium on Urbanism, Spirituality & Well Being
(Exploring the Past and Present ' Envisioning the Future). It will take place in Hingham and Cambridge (Harvard University campus), Massachusetts, on June 6-9, 2013. Sponsors include the Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality, Harvard Divinity School, the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment.
The International Symposium on Urbanism, Spirituality & Well Being will convene experts in the fields of architecture, landscape design, urbanism, religious studies, public health and other related disciplines to address leading-edge global culture and urbanism issues from contemplative, spiritual, philosophical, design and ethical perspectives. The 2 1/2 day program of scholarly presentations and panel discussions is sponsored by the Harvard University Divinity School, the Harvard School of Public Health and The International Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality. The symposium topics include scholarship on the history of cities and architecture planned according to spiritual motivations or principles; the contemporary built urban environment and the plethora of forces that shape it; and the meaningful, sustainable and spiritual prospects of future urban life that nurtures meaningful, sustainable, and spiritually inspiring built environments and architecture.
For information regarding submission of paper proposals (deadline January 14, 2013), symposium location, cost, format, and themes, go to: http://www.acsforum.org/usw_symposium/
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Julio Bermudez Assoc. AIA
The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture & Planning
Washington DC
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