Category: Events

Mini-Symposium

Come one, come all! On February 18th the Historic Preservation department will be hosting a mini-symposium called “Research Perspectives on Historic Virginia Kitchens: Architecture, Slavery and Interpretation”. It will be held in Combs 237 starting at 10 AM and ending at 4 PM with a tour of the Mary Washington House kitchen led by Professor […]

Preservation Students Head to Buffalo

This past October the Center for Historic Preservation assisted in sending four historic preservation students, in addition to UMW professor Dr. Andrea Livi Smith to Buffalo, New York for the annual National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference. The students (Senior Cameron Henry, Juniors Susanna Parmelee and Sarah Sanders, and Sophomore Danielle Payne) and Dr. Smith […]

Information Session for Study Abroad in Paris

Have you ever wanted to Study Abroad in Paris? Well now is your opportunity! The Historic Preservation department’s own Dr. Andrea Smith is offering a Historic Preservation class in Paris this July. This class will be worth six credits and is taught in English so learning French is not required. Tuition will also be the same […]

Preservation + Design

Chris Betts, Conservation Advisor to the Crown Estate in England Tuesday, November 8, 2011at 5:00 p.m. in Combs 004 Please join us to hear to Betts speak on the Integration and Adaptability of Historic Building and Sites in the 21st Century.Refreshments will be served  beforehand at 4:30 pm in front of Combs 25

Dr. Heather Huyck Visits UMW

On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, the Center for Historic Preservation, in cooperation with the Department of Women and Gender Studies, co-sponsored a lecture featuring Dr. Heather Huyck, a public historian with more than 30 years of experience in the field. Dr. Huyck’s 5:00pm lecture in Combs Hall was titled, “Hard Hats & High Heels: Women […]