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JEROEN VAN DEN HURK
Lecturer, Historic Preservation
Expertise & Research Interest
Architecture of New Netherland (1624-1664), early modern architecture in Colonial America, and 16th and 17th century architecture of the Netherlands.
Education
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2006 Ph.D.University of Delaware Department of Art History
Major fields: American Art and Architecture
Minor fields: Architectural History, 1550-1850 -
1994 M.A. Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Department of Architectural History; Thesis: "Vroege Nederlandse Neogotiek, 1772-1849" (Early Dutch Neo-gothic [Architecture], 1772-1849)
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1993 Internship with the City of Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Department of Historic Architecture Research
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1992 Delft Technical University, the Netherlands, School of Architecture; Credits in Historic Preservation
Awards, Honors, Professional Registration & Certification
- 2007, Hendricks Manuscript Award. Given to the best, published or unpublished book-length manuscript relating to any aspect of the Dutch colonial experience in North America. New Netherland Institute, Albany, NY.
- 2005-2006, Inaugural Quinn Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and The New Netherland Institute, New York State Library.
Memberships
- Fellow of the New Netherland Project
- Member, Vernacular Architecture Forum
- Member, Society of Architectural Historians
- Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Member, KNOB (Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond)
Selected Publications/Creative Scholarship
- "Carpenters of New Netherland," in de Halve Maen, Journal of the Holland Society, Vol. LXXX, Number 2, Summer 2007
- "Reconstructie van de architectuur van Nieuw Nederland aan de hand van zeventiende-eeuwse bouwbestekken in Noord-Amerika," in Erfgoed van Industrie en Techniek, 15e jaargang, nummer 3, September 2006
- "Origins and Survival of Netherlandic Building Traditions in North America," in Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Volume 3. Malcolm Dunkeld, et al, editors, Construction History Society, 2006
- "The Architecture of New Netherland Revisited," in Building Environments. Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture X, Kenneth A. Breisch, and Alison K. Hoagland, editors, University of Tennessee Press, 2005