JULIE RIESENWEBER
Assistant Professor, Department of Historic Preservation
jriesen@uky.edu
859-257-4624
Expertise & Research Interest
Research linking architectural history and cultural landscape geography with questions of identity, race, class, and power in 19th century vernacular material culture.
Keywords: American architecture; American cultural landscapes; American material culture; vernacular; Kentucky 1780-1860; race; class; gender
Education and Practice Experience
- Ph.D. student in Geography at the University of Kentucky
- employed by UK Historic Preservation since 2000
- 15 years in Kentucky's State Historic Preservation Office
- MA 1984 University of Delaware's Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Memberships
- Vernacular Architecture Forum
- American Association of Geographers
- Society of Architectural Historians
Selected Publications/Creative Scholarship
- "Landscape Preservation and Cultural Geography," forthcoming in Nature and Culture, Continuity and Change: Preserving Cultural Landscapes. Richard Longstreth, editor
- with Ned Crankshaw and Krista Schneider, "Multi-Scale Design Guidelines for the Rural Landscape of Nelson County, Kentucky," forthcoming in a volume edited by David Ames and Richard Wagner
- editor, Kentucky Places and Spaces
Projects
A Study of Central Kentucky's Historic Farm Properties, 1780-1960
This project examines the agricultural history and farm properties of a 19-county area of the state and proposes a methodology for documenting them and evaluating their eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
Funding Sources
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Kentucky Heritage Council
Collaborators
- Dennis Domer
- Danae Peckler (HP student)
A Historical, Geographical Study of Fayette County's Small Rural Communities with Planning Recommendations
This project researched the formation, building and evolution of 14 small communities in Fayette County's Rural Services Area and will recommend preservation and planning mechanisms for their protection
Funding Sources
- Lexington Fayette Urban County Government
Collaborators
- Amy Hill Wyatt (HP student)
- Rachelle Green (HP student)
"Landscape History: Unifying the Perspectives of Cultural Geography and Vernacular Architecture"
Dissertation project, tentatively titled, will join the two literatures, "ground testing" a proposed "landscape history" through close study of a large antebellum farm property in central Kentucky
Funding Sources
- not yet funded