Category: Department News

Historic Preservation Book Prize 2021

The 2021 University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation Book Prize Committee is proud to announce that this year, they could not choose just one winner. There were two books that approached the discipline of historic preservation in new and groundbreaking ways: Thomas C. Hubka’s How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940 and Emily […]

Annual Student Choice Lecture

Another wonderful Historic Preservation student choice lecture last night! This year’s lecture was led by Mr. Joseph McGill of The Slave Dwelling Project. Mr. McGill educated attendees about the importance of antebellum period buildings and his personal experiences throughout his project. Students and audience members were able to engage individually with Mr. McGill and ask […]

Archaeology Field School at Sherwood Forest Plantation

This summer is your chance to get your hands dirty on a true archaeological excavation. The Sherwood Forest Plantation in Stafford County, VA was occupied throughout the Antebellum, Civil War, and Post Bellum periods. The field school is five weeks long and will give students three credit hours.  For more information, please contact Dr. Lauren McMillan […]

Fall 2015 Newsletter

The Historic Preservation’s Fall 2015 newsletter is now here! Since 2012, our newsletter has been released digitally. To sign up for an automatic alert when the newsletter arrives, click here.Click here to read the newsletter!