Kathryn Holliday
@kehcalling.bsky.social
Architecture and landscape history, Historic preservation, museums, and cultural heritage. Biallas Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Transplant from Texas and New Orleans. Working on Telephone City 📞
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Kathryn Holliday
@kehcalling.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Hello Bluesky - quiet poster here sharing architecture, urbanism, and heritage/preservation research and teaching, plus telephone buildings (like this favorite in Columbus, Indiana).
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This is a long shot given how local my network is on here but I’ve complied a fair amount of resources on how to identify the vehicles and agents involved in these raids and what to do if you see them. Happy to share with anybody looking to set up patrols in New Orleans or Charlotte, DM me
This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is a long shot given how local my network is on here but I’ve complied a fair amount of resources on how to identify the vehicles and agents involved in these raids and what to do if you see them. Happy to share with anybody looking to set up patrols in New Orleans or Charlotte, DM me
This is a fantastic set of reflections on the meaning of the American South and how we teach, research, and talk about it
NEW in NOV: A Journal of Southern History special issue, for those who teach about the South, in the South and beyond #openaccess
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is a fantastic set of reflections on the meaning of the American South and how we teach, research, and talk about it
"Instead of focusing on what computer vision can achieve in processing images, I want to offer a historical account of the language and the feelings used to frame its imagined role in art-historical practice."
www.artforum.com/features/gen...
www.artforum.com/features/gen...
MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
www.artforum.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Instead of focusing on what computer vision can achieve in processing images, I want to offer a historical account of the language and the feelings used to frame its imagined role in art-historical practice."
www.artforum.com/features/gen...
www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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J. D. Vance: I’m here to surprise a really deserving family with a total home makeover! The family is the Trumps! Donald, the patriarch, is the monarch of a small, backwater nation. He’s hoping to completely redo his house so that one day, he can pass it down to his kids!
Extreme Home Makeover: White House Edition
This old, fly-infested building needs some work.
www.theatlantic.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
J. D. Vance: I’m here to surprise a really deserving family with a total home makeover! The family is the Trumps! Donald, the patriarch, is the monarch of a small, backwater nation. He’s hoping to completely redo his house so that one day, he can pass it down to his kids!
"Understanding what this place offers is deepened by learning how it came to be."
Champaign-Urbana Neighborhood Stories is an impressive digital story map illuminating the community’s diverse cultural roots, while also highlighting the ongoing tension of dividing and displacing marginalized communities.
Student work expands the scope of Krannert Art Museum's magnificent exhibit -
Those of us who call Urbana-Champaign home know it’s not quite like any other place. There’s a certain spirit in the air—faint strains of music echoing across streets that connect our two cities. It’s...
www.smilepolitely.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Understanding what this place offers is deepened by learning how it came to be."
Our local arts & culture mag wrote a super nice piece on my students' work documenting neighborhood histories in postwar Champaign-Urbana (thank you!) - very proud of the student work and look forward to adding to this project with future classes
www.smilepolitely.com/culture/stud...
www.smilepolitely.com/culture/stud...
Student work expands the scope of Krannert Art Museum's magnificent exhibit -
Those of us who call Urbana-Champaign home know it’s not quite like any other place. There’s a certain spirit in the air—faint strains of music echoing across streets that connect our two cities. It’s...
www.smilepolitely.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our local arts & culture mag wrote a super nice piece on my students' work documenting neighborhood histories in postwar Champaign-Urbana (thank you!) - very proud of the student work and look forward to adding to this project with future classes
www.smilepolitely.com/culture/stud...
www.smilepolitely.com/culture/stud...
Historic Preservation job in my hometown - the Preservation Resource Center is in such a lovely Gothic Revival warehouse by the GNO bridge. Great opportunity to help make preservation work in New Orleans!
preservenet.org/job/preserva...
preservenet.org/job/preserva...
July 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Historic Preservation job in my hometown - the Preservation Resource Center is in such a lovely Gothic Revival warehouse by the GNO bridge. Great opportunity to help make preservation work in New Orleans!
preservenet.org/job/preserva...
preservenet.org/job/preserva...
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New from me in Mas Context: In February NPS removed Transgender and Queer from the Stonewall National Monument website. NPS also removed LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History—the 1st federal account of the LGBTQ community.
Stonewall: Movement, Monument, Myth
In February 2025, under the orders of the Trump administration, the National Park Service (NPS) removed the words “Transgender” and “Queer” from the…
mascontext.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New from me in Mas Context: In February NPS removed Transgender and Queer from the Stonewall National Monument website. NPS also removed LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History—the 1st federal account of the LGBTQ community.
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This point is not made enough. The US has an embarrassment of riches of great colleges and universities. There are strong institutions in every state. It’s as if those places don’t count.
this obsession with a handful of high status universities is also low key an indication of elite disdain for the institutions that educate most americans who attend colleges and universities
June 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This point is not made enough. The US has an embarrassment of riches of great colleges and universities. There are strong institutions in every state. It’s as if those places don’t count.
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✨ Job posting: ✨Visiting Assistant Director of the Humanities Without Walls program at the HRI, U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign✨ illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Visiting Assistant Director, Humanities Without Walls - Humanities Research Institute
Duties & Responsibilities
Lead comprehensive research efforts for HWW activities:
Conduct research in new materials relevant to all three grant ...
illinois.csod.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
✨ Job posting: ✨Visiting Assistant Director of the Humanities Without Walls program at the HRI, U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign✨ illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Everyone deserves dignity and equality regardless of who they are or who they love.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, know that Illinois stands with our LGBTQ+ community.
Hate has no home here in the Land of Lincoln.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, know that Illinois stands with our LGBTQ+ community.
Hate has no home here in the Land of Lincoln.
May 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Everyone deserves dignity and equality regardless of who they are or who they love.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, know that Illinois stands with our LGBTQ+ community.
Hate has no home here in the Land of Lincoln.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, know that Illinois stands with our LGBTQ+ community.
Hate has no home here in the Land of Lincoln.
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My book's pub day is next week, so sharing bits! In 1925, Paul R. Williams, the 1st Black registered architect in California, designed this house for a competition held by a Santa Barbara-based org. The design was inspired by Mexican buildings, but white architects tried to minimize those influences
May 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My book's pub day is next week, so sharing bits! In 1925, Paul R. Williams, the 1st Black registered architect in California, designed this house for a competition held by a Santa Barbara-based org. The design was inspired by Mexican buildings, but white architects tried to minimize those influences
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The Society of Architectural Historians welcomes paper submissions for its 79th Annual International Conference in Mexico City April 15-19, 2026.
50+ sessions target diverse topics across the length and breadth of history. Submit by June 5, 2025.
www.sah.org/docs/default...
50+ sessions target diverse topics across the length and breadth of history. Submit by June 5, 2025.
www.sah.org/docs/default...
April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Society of Architectural Historians welcomes paper submissions for its 79th Annual International Conference in Mexico City April 15-19, 2026.
50+ sessions target diverse topics across the length and breadth of history. Submit by June 5, 2025.
www.sah.org/docs/default...
50+ sessions target diverse topics across the length and breadth of history. Submit by June 5, 2025.
www.sah.org/docs/default...
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May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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From The Clay Studio in Philadelphia (and I’m part of the team 😎): “How do we observe the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026? How has the Declaration of Independence been commemorated or criticized in the past?” (1/2)
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
From The Clay Studio in Philadelphia (and I’m part of the team 😎): “How do we observe the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026? How has the Declaration of Independence been commemorated or criticized in the past?” (1/2)
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March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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SHOT 2025 Open sessions
Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025.
www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025.
www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
2025 SHOT Annual Meeting Luxembourg
Visit the post for more.
www.historyoftechnology.org
March 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
SHOT 2025 Open sessions
Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025.
www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025.
www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
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If you think they will not notice you consider the words listed below. They include or describe work across disciplines, practices, and world views. Stand up now
Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you think they will not notice you consider the words listed below. They include or describe work across disciplines, practices, and world views. Stand up now
Spotted in the wild! Terrific new book on architect, engineer & teacher Nathan Ricker, founder of the first public university program in architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1873. The architects of 19th c. Chicago were shaped by his rigorous teaching - a great new resource!
March 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Spotted in the wild! Terrific new book on architect, engineer & teacher Nathan Ricker, founder of the first public university program in architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1873. The architects of 19th c. Chicago were shaped by his rigorous teaching - a great new resource!
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Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
Another home from the Making Place for the Arts exhibition - the Dot and John Replinger House & Studios, designed by John (architect) for him and his wife Dorothy, a fiber artist and weaver whose work should be (much!) better known. The work here is "Sainte Chapelle" made for the home's entry hall
February 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Another home from the Making Place for the Arts exhibition - the Dot and John Replinger House & Studios, designed by John (architect) for him and his wife Dorothy, a fiber artist and weaver whose work should be (much!) better known. The work here is "Sainte Chapelle" made for the home's entry hall
From our exhibition, Making Place for the Arts at Home, the first of 4 houses: the Margaret Erlanger House designed for the professor who established the Department of Dance at Illinois (architect Jack Baker, 1964). A radically simple design, double-height living room + space for dance, music, art
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From our exhibition, Making Place for the Arts at Home, the first of 4 houses: the Margaret Erlanger House designed for the professor who established the Department of Dance at Illinois (architect Jack Baker, 1964). A radically simple design, double-height living room + space for dance, music, art
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📢 Big news: UT's Architecture & Planning Library has been renamed to honor John S. Chase, Texas’ 1st Black licensed architect & 1st Black graduate of UT’s School of Architecture. Celebrate a legacy of breaking barriers & building community. 🏛️
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January 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
📢 Big news: UT's Architecture & Planning Library has been renamed to honor John S. Chase, Texas’ 1st Black licensed architect & 1st Black graduate of UT’s School of Architecture. Celebrate a legacy of breaking barriers & building community. 🏛️
ow.ly/6iHY50UM6T3
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Our exhibition is open! Highlighting 4 houses that facilitate performance, designed by architecture faculty for colleagues & themselves. Over the next few days I'll share about the houses, for now here's the exhibition webpage with much supporting archival material
kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/m...
kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/m...
Making Place for the Arts at Home: Performance and Midcentury Modern Architecture | Krannert Art Museum
kam.illinois.edu
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Our exhibition is open! Highlighting 4 houses that facilitate performance, designed by architecture faculty for colleagues & themselves. Over the next few days I'll share about the houses, for now here's the exhibition webpage with much supporting archival material
kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/m...
kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/m...
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While the adaptive reuse and retrofit of heritage buildings is currently the main topic of discussion in the world of architecture, the humble telephone box has been a trailblazer in this for decades: from micro-galleries to farm shops, lending libraries to food banks.
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
While the adaptive reuse and retrofit of heritage buildings is currently the main topic of discussion in the world of architecture, the humble telephone box has been a trailblazer in this for decades: from micro-galleries to farm shops, lending libraries to food banks.