Architectural scholar to lecture April 5, 6

4:24 p.m., April 2, 2004--John Bold, an internationally recognized architectural historian and expert in cultural resource conservation policy, will visit Delaware April 5 and 6 to give two lectures on historic site preservation.

Presented by the Center for American Material Culture Studies, the lectures will focus on the urgency and importance of preserving culturally and historically significant sites and will touch on Bold’s firsthand experiences in Kosovo, the Balkans and Georgia.

The first lecture, “Kosovo: Celebrating the Built Heritage of the Balkans,” is set to run from 5-7 p.m., Monday, April 5, in 103 Gore Hall.

The second lecture, “Greenwich: Conservation of a World Heritage Site,” will take place from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, in the Rotunda at Winterthur.

Bold formerly was the head of the London Office of the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England. He served internationally as adviser on architectural documentation and heritage management to the J. Paul Getty Trust and to the Council of Europe’s Cultural Heritage Division and is an active adviser and consultant to the National Maritime Museum, the Greenwich Foundation in England and the Cultural Heritage Division of the Council of Europe.

The lectures are cosponsored by UD’s Center for Historic Architecture and Design, the Department of Art History, the Department of Art Conservation, the Center for International Studies and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture.

Both talks are free, and bagged lunches are welcome at the noon lecture. The April 5 event is open to the public and to members of the University community; the April 6 event is open to members of the University community and to Winterthur students and staff. Registration is requested but not required. For more information, call 831-1535, or e-mail [alisonb@udel.edu].

Article by Becca Hutchinson

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