Fall 2024 Field Trip to the Freedom Trail, Boston
On Saturday, September 28th, the Preservation Studies Program walked Boston’s Freedom Trail, treating the city our university calls home as an outdoor classroom. Approaching this tourist route, though, we looked at the various historical sites through a critical lens and observed how they ran the gamut as approaches to preservation, rather than focusing on the […]
New book: Landscape Architecture and Infrastructure of the Twentieth Century
Preservation Studies faculty member, Jan Haenraets, Professor of the Practice, is excited to announce that the book Landscape Architecture and Infrastructure of the Twentieth Century – Selections from the Docomomo Chapters (Jan Haenraets, Andrew Saniga, Gülnur Cengiz eds.). The book is published under the CC BY 4.0 license and can be viewed or downloaded for […]
Preservation Studies Alum Kathy Kottaridis ’88 Named Director of the Office of Historic Preservation by Boston’s Mayor Wu
Boston University’s Preservation Studies Program is pleased to share the announcement that Kathy Kottaridis (’88) has been appointed as the Director of the Office of Historic Preservation for the City of Boston. For the full announcement, please see the City of Boston press release. Congratulations!
Vernacular Architecture Forum, New England Chapter, Providence, RI
The Preservation Studies Program attended the Vernacular Architecture Forum, New England Chapter for their Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, April 2024. Thank you for the excellent speakers and guided tours, around the conference theme of “New Narratives in Vernacular Architecture.” Including presentations by Gretchen Pineo, a graduate of our MA in Preservation Studies (2013) and […]
Spring 2024 Field Trip to Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston
The Spring 2024 Preservation Studies Field Trip took us on a guided walk of the Fort Point Channel Landmark District, designated in 2009. The walk explored heritage sites associated with the Boston Wharf Company (BWC, founded 1836). The tour was guided by Sara Wermiel, Adjunct professor, Preservation Studies Program, Boston University, and Rachel Ericksen, Preservation […]
Study Day Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Jan Haenraets, Acting Director of Preservation Studies, presented his reflections on meanings and symbolism in the paintings of London-based Indian artist Raqib Shaw, at the Study Day on Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Haenraets explored the natural and cultural landscapes of Kashmir as a component in […]
Preservation Planning: Beacon Hill and the West End Neighborhood Studies
A core course in our MA program, Preservation Planning (AM 554) seeks to help students understand the “process that organizes preservation activities (identification, evaluation, registration and treatment of historic properties) in a logical sequence.” As a part of the class, students are required to walk through two neighborhoods in Boston – Beacon Hill and the […]
Meet our MA Students: Verity Boyer
Verity Boyer received her bachelor’s degree in Art History and Studio Art from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She is working to complete her MA in Preservation Studies with a concentration in American and New England Studies. Read Verity’s full profile here.
Architectural and Community History Workshop Charlestown, MA: Site Visits
This semester, the Boston Architectural and Community History Workshop (course CAS AM 555/AH554) has been hard at work, visiting various sites and gathering information. The course, taught by Dr. Aaron Ahlstrom, focuses on the community and architectural histories of Charlestown, a neighborhood within Boston. As part of the class, students go on site visits, applying […]
Preservation Studies Internship Forum
Please join us Wednesday, October 25, at 5:30pm for our Preservation Studies Internship Forum! All alumni and members of the greater BU community are welcome for this conversation with internship program hosts and alumni of the program. Refreshments will be served following the event at 226 Bay State Road Room B06. We hope to see […]