“Reading the City” celebrates the publication of Buildings of Savannah, a new guide authored by SCAD
architectural history faculty. In this series, the book’s authors explore Savannah’s history, urban planning,
architecture and more.
All events take place at the SCAD Museum of Art Theater and are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 20, 5:30 pm -- Robin Williams
“Broadening Savannah’s Urban Identity: From the Ideal to the Real”
Wednesday, April 27, 5:30 pm -- Karl Schuler
"The Urban Legacy of Volunteer Militias in Savannah's Bull Street Corridor"
Wednesday, April 27, 6:15 pm -- David Gobel
“Street Smarts: Savannah’s Streets as Architecture”
Wednesday, May 4, 5:30 pm -- Daves Rossell
“Everyday Places and Spaces”
Wednesday, May 4, 6:15 pm -- Patrick Haughey
“Global Savannah: Building Culture and Commerce in the 21st-Century City”
Wednesday, May 11, 5:30 pm -- Richard Longstreth, George Washington University
“Savannah: Urban Identity and Threatened Heritage”
Panel Discussion to follow with Longstreth, Daniel Carey, Vaughnette Goode-Walker and Justin Gunther
12 Walking Tours – various dates -- led by SCAD architectural history graduate students
“Reading the City” is sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians and SCAD, with support from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council. A book signing will follow each lecture.
All lectures will be broadcast live through the SCAD Virtual Lecture Hall: visit blog.scad.edu/scadglobal
For more information about each lecture and the tour schedule, visit sah.org/reading-the-city.