Aaron White, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University, has recently received several honors.
White is a 2027 recipient of an honorable mention book award from the Universities Art Association of Canada for his co-edited volume, Early Modern Architecture and Whiteness: Power by Design. The UAAC—composed of university and college faculty, independent scholars and other art professionals—recognizes scholarly achievements of its members.
The award website noted the following about the associate professor’s volume:
“This edited volume makes an important intervention in the study of early modern architecture, addressing the construction of race, whiteness, and colonial power. Case studies included here provide key examples of the interrelations between racial thinking and the material bodies and objects that have enacted them, serving as an urgent bridge in scholarship between architectural history and critical race theory.”
See the full list of book award recipients: https://uaac-aauc.com/awards/book/.
White was also asked to join the Editorial Committee of “Arris,” a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. “Arris” publishes scholarship on all aspects of the history of architecture and landscape.
Finally, White was awarded a Southeastern Conference Travel Grant, which will allow him to travel to Auburn University to present a lecture and participate in reviews.
Aaron White holds a Ph.D. in architectural history and theory from Columbia University, an Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho. His research focuses on relations between classicism and colonization in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century English architecture.