2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF)

Madison, Wisconsin

June 6-10, 2012

With the theme
"Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings & Landscapes of the Upper
Midwest," the annual meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum will be
based on Madison, Wisconsin – the site of the state Capitol and Wisconsin’s
flagship University. The conference will kick off on Wednesday evening,
June 6th, with a keynote lecture by William Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner
and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies
at the recently-restored Majestic Theater. The heart of the conference will
take place on June 7 and 8 (Thursday and Friday) with two all-day field tours.
These tours will tell the story of southwestern and south-central Wisconsin—a
region that has linked the rural hinterlands to the city of Madison as its
center over the past 180 years. The focus on Saturday will be a day of
papers and roundtables, capped off by a closing banquet at the University of Wisconsin’s
Student Union.

For more information on the conference tours and papers as well as to register online,
please visit the conference website at http://www.union.wisc.edu/vaf2012/.

For questions, please contact vaf@union.wisc.edu.