Charnley Conversations Lecture Series
Join us for a new season of the Charnley Conversations lecture series this fall, hosted by the Society of Architectural Historians and the Charnley-Persky House Museum! Sign up for our email list to receive updates on upcoming events.
Upcoming Lectures
September 23, 2026
Lost Houses of Chicago’s Gold Coast
Andrew Elders, Architectural Historian
Andrew Elders will discuss some of the Gold Coast houses lost to apartment development in the mid-20th century, which represented the work of some of Chicago’s top architects and housed some of Chicago’s most prominent citizens.
October 8, 2026
Advancing the Goal of Educating Women: Symbols in the Architecture at Vassar College
Martha Frish
Produced in partnership with Chicago Vassar Club
October 22, 2026
Civic Advocacy in Historic Preservation: Albert Bard – A Conversation
Anthony Wood and Ward Miller
Past Lectures
January 22, 2026
Past & Present Preservation: Women in Architecture & Preservation
Produced in partnership with the Edith Farnsworth House
February 24, 2026
New Renovations of Adler & Sullivan’s 1889 Auditorium Theatre
Architect Matt McNicholas
March 19, 2026
The Fight to Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower
Barbara Gordon, Executive Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
April 7, 2026
Let The Building Speak to You: Two Decades in the Architectural Trenches
Writer Robert Sharoff and photographer William Zbaren
May 14, 2026
The Life and Work of George W. Maher
Kenneth Jellema, Historian
Produced in partnership with the George W. Maher Society
June 14, 2026
Astor Street Tour
Sally Sexton Kalmbach, Historian