SYMPOSIUM ON TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Organized by the New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History, Tufts University
Location: Tufts University (open to the public) Rm. 103, 11 Talbot Ave., Somerville
http://campusmaps.tufts.edu. Parking available along Talbot Ave (near College Ave).
Date: Friday, October 4, 2013
3:45 Coffee
4:00 COURSES : Daniel Abramson, Tufts University, Chair
Anna Dempsey and Pamela Karimi, UMass Dartmouth
Establishing Civic Partnerships and Mobilizing the University Community through Architecture
Min Kyung Lee, College of the Holy Cross
Campus-Specific Architectural Studio and Study: Sharples Dining Hall Renovation at Swarthmore College
Victoria Solan, Independent Scholar and Christine Cavalier, Visual Resources Manager, Dept. of Art and Art History, Tufts University
Mapping the Boston Built Environment: History Pin in the Classroom
5:00-6 SKILLS; EXERCISES David Karmon, College of the Holy Cross, Chair
Amy D. Finstein, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Looking Without Categorizing: Reinventing Formal Analysis
Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross and Wendy Hubbard, Historic New England
Staging Student Papers: Personal Experience (Gropius House), Collaborative Research: Group Presentation: Final Individual Paper
Graduate Students: Reflection on Visual Analysis and Writing: Christina Crawford, Harvard University; Brian Sirman, Boston University
6:00-6:30 Supper Break – Sandwich Buffet, courtesy of Tufts University
6:30-7:30 Faculty Round Table
Joseph Cornish, Historic New England, President, New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chair
Timothy Hyde, Harvard University
Amanda Reeser Lawrence Northeastern University
Lucy Mausby Northeastern University
Timothy M. Rohan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Erin Eckhold Sassin, Middlebury College
Alice Tseng, Boston University
The symposium is designed to encourage active participation by all attendees and every effort will be made to insure ample time for discussion after the presentations.
Attendance is free, but we ask for advance registration in order to plan purchases for the sandwich buffet.
Contact Virginia Raguin by September 23: vraguin@holycross.edu
