Annual Historic Preservation Picnic

April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Please come join the Historic Preservation department for an evening of fun and food on Thursday April 26th for our annual end-of-the-year picnic. All preservation and potential preservation majors are welcome! Please feel free to bring you friends, roommates and countrymen. There will be free food, lawn games, and maybe even music performed by Professor Stanton! Scholarships and awards will also be announced. Even if you can't stay the whole time, just stop by and take a break from studying. Who can resist an egg toss? The festivities begin at 5pm in front of Combs on Jefferson Square. See you there! … [Read more...]

Plunked

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The Historic Preservation department is proud to present the board game "Plunked". The students of the Preservation Planning Lab have been working hard all semester and invite you to join them on Wednesday, April 25th to try out their new game. The event will be held in Combs 004 at 5pm with refreshments. … [Read more...]

Sonja Ingram

March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Historic Kitchen Enthusiasts Converge on Combs Hall

March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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ON February 18th, 2012, the historic preservation department hosted its first Mini-Symposium on Historic Virginia Kitchens. The official title, 'Research perspectives on Historic Virginia Kitchens: Architecture, Slavery & Interpretation" became a platform through which preservation faculty, students, alumni and research enthusiasts could share with each other and the general public their expertise regarding historic kitchens. The morning began with the newly-returned Professor Doug Sanford sharing his research on urban slave kitchen architecture and archaeology in Charleston, South Carolina. Professor Sanford explained how the architectural and archaeological evidence of urban kitchens in Charleston had been largely destroyed due to the socioeconomic changes occurring in the area over the past 50 years. Professor Sanford also explained how archaeological clues give insight to the lifeways of slave cooks. Professor Kelley Deetz from Randolph College then took the stage to … [Read more...]

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