New Editor and Editorial Board announced for Architectural History

A new editor and editorial board have been appointed for the Society’s principal publication, Architectural History, effective from 01 September.

The incoming Editor is Professor Mark Swenarton, Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Liverpool. Mark was formerly the founding editor of the international journal Construction History (1985) and of the monthly review Architecture Today, where he was co-editor and publisher from 1989 to 2005. His books include Architecture and the Welfare State (2014), Cook’s Camden (2017) and Homes Fit for Heroes (1981/2018).

Dr Emily Mann of the Courtauld Institute of Art continues her role on the journal with the title Executive Editor.

There will also be a new, expanded team of twelve Deputy Editors, along with two Book Reviews Editors. ‘With the wide spread of subject matter and the increased number of articles that we publish in each issue, there was an urgent need to expand and diversify the Editorial Board,’ says Mark. ‘Accordingly, to complement the expertise of the existing members we have brought in specialists in a wide range of approaches, periods and regions, including North and Latin America, eastern Europe, Africa and the Muslim world, as well as the UK. With its expanded Editorial Board, the journal is in an unrivalled position to take forward the development of the discipline at a national and international level – and to deliver on the Society’s vision of “All Places, All Periods, All Welcome”.’

Among the Deputy Editors will be Architectural History's previous Lead Editor, Dr Anthony Gerbino, who has overseen the journal for the past three years, enhancing its reputation as one of the leading academic journals in the world for architectural history, and maintaining its reputation for rigorous peer-reviewed scholarship. He has also worked to broaden the journals scope to encompass post-war and contemporary topics, and architecture in all its global contexts.

The new Editorial Board is as follows:

Prof Mark Swenarton, Editor University of Liverpool
Dr Emily Mann, Executive Editor   Courtauld Institute of Art

Deputy Editors
Dr Sussan Babaie   Courtauld Institute of Art
Dr Geoff Brandwood   Independent scholar
Dr Anthony Gerbino   University of Manchester
Dr David Hemsoll   University of Birmingham
Dr Felipe Hernández   Cambridge University
Dr Julian Holder   Oxford University
Dr Shona Kallestrup   University of St Andrews
Prof Barbara Penner   Bartlett School, UCL
Dr Otto Saumarez Smith   University of Warwick
Dr Léa-Catherine Szacka   University of Manchester
Prof Ola Uduku   Manchester School of Architecture     
Dr Matthew Walker   Queen Mary, University of London

Prof Paul Davies, Book Reviews Editor (pre-1750)   University of Reading
Dr Robert Proctor, Book Reviews Editor (post-1750)   University of Bath

Submissions are accepted for Architectural History on a year-round basis – full details on the submission process are available here. The journal seeks to promote architectural history as an international discipline, reflecting developments abroad as much as at home, and welcomes submissions from authors not just in the UK but worldwide, including first-time authors.

Further information, please contact journal@sahgb.org.uk.