Preservation Lecture Series

MSHP Event Media Archive

The Historic Preservation Program at GSAPP invites leading practitioners to speak about today’s most pressing issues in the field as part of the ongoing Preservation Lecture Series. In addition, the program organizes the annual James Marston Fitch Colloquium, named for the founder of formal preservation education, and the Paul S. Byard Memorial Lecture Series, which celebrates the legacy of Paul S. Byard, Director of Historic Preservation at Columbia GSAPP from 2000-2008.

Subscribe to our playlist on YouTube and follow the Historic Preservation Podcast on SoundCloud to listen to conversations with some of the invited guests.

Preservation Lecture Series

SPRING 2022

The Spring 2022 Preservation Lecture Series featured Saburo Horikawa, New Affiliates, Najha Zigbi-Johnson, and Manish Chalana.

FALL 2021

The Fall 2021 Preservation Lecture Series featured Aaron Pasell, Jerome Haferd, Carlos Mínguez Carrasco, and Richard Pieper.

Spring 2021

The Spring 2021 Preservation Lecture Series featured Dr. Andrea Roberts, Shelby Green, Emily L. Spratt, Gretchen Sorin, Matija Strlič, and Susan Macdonald.

Spring 2021 Preservation Lecture Series

Matija Strlič
April 8, 2021

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Spring 2021 Preservation Lecture Series

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Spring 2021 Preservation Lecture Series

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Spring 2021 Preservation Lecture Series

Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 Preservation Lecture Series featured Sarah Healey-Dilkes, Richard Southwick, Katie McLaughlin Friddle, Pavla Melková, Marisa Brown, Brent Leggs, and Debra Laefer.

Preservation’s Existential Crisis

Marisa Brown

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Preservation’s Existential Crisis

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How to Bring a Monument to Speech

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preserveokc: Oklahoma City’s Historic Preservation Plan

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Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center: An Adaptive Reuse Case Study

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An engineered iteration of the Trajan’s Column

Fall 2020 Lecture List

Dec. 3, 2020

An engineered iteration of the Trajan’s Column
Sarah Healey-Dilkes

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Nov. 19, 2020

Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center: An Adaptive Reuse Case Study
Richard Southwick

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Nov. 12, 2020

preserveokc: Oklahoma City’s Historic Preservation Plan
Katie McLaughlin Friddle

Learn more and watch the full video here.

Oct. 29, 2020

How to Bring a Monument to Speech
Pavla Melková

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Oct. 15, 2020

Preservation’s Existential Crisis
Marisa Brown

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Oct. 9, 2020

Out of Culture and Preservation, a Racial and Economic Justice Movement
Brent Leggs

Master Class Lecture hosted in conjunction with NCPE. Please note that this event was not recorded.

Sept. 17, 2020

Historic Preservation through Advanced Remote Sensing Capabilities
Debra Laefer

Learn more and watch the full video here.

Spring 2020

The Spring 2020 Preservation Lecture Series featured Özgün Özçakır; Rob Thomson; Laurajane Smith; and Björn Ehrlemark and Carin Kallenberg. Conversations with some of these guests are featured on the Historic Preservation Podcast Season 2.

Historic Preservation Podcast #22: Rob Thomson on the Presidio

Listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Rob Thomson.

Historic Preservation Podcast #21: Laurajane Smith on Weaponized Nostalgia

Listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Laurajane Smith.

Historic Preservation Podcast #20: Björn Ehrlemark and Carin Kallenberg

Listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Björn Ehrlemark and Carin Kallenberg.

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Spring 2020 Lecture List

Mar. 12, 2020

Sustainability and Cultural Heritage
Özgün Özçakır

Learn more here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Mar. 5, 2020

From Post to Park: Innovation and Preservation at the Presidio of San Francisco
Rob Thomson

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Rob Thomson here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Feb. 27, 2020

Weaponized Nostalgia: Heritage, Populism and Recognition
Laurajane Smith

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Laurajane Smith here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

February 2, 2020

Architecture in Character – the Unintentional Portrait of a Lost Building
Björn Ehrlemark and Carin Kallenberg

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Björn Ehrlemark and Carin Kallenberg here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Fall 2019

The Fall 2019 Preservation Lecture Series featured Ana Lucia Gonzalez Ibañez; Doron Bauer; Mary Woods; Brinda Somaya and Nandini Somaya Sampat; Ciere Boatright; Tim Gleason; Priscilla Cooper and Georgette Norman; and Teresa Stoppani.

India’s Single-Screen Cinemas Reimagined and Repurposed

Mary Woods

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India’s Single-Screen Cinemas Reimagined and Repurposed

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Restoring Hope: The Restoration of the Bob & Dolores Hope House in Palm Springs, CA

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Past, Present and Future: Our Civil Rights Legacy and Community Revitalization

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Unorthodox: Architecture as Paradigm

Fall 2019 Lecture List

Nov. 21, 2019

Looking for New Languages: Contemporary Jewelry and Cultural Preservation
Ana Lucia Gonzalez Ibañez

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Ana Lucia Gonzalez Ibañez here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Nov. 14, 2019

Restoration: Cracking the Genetic Code of an Ideology
Doron Bauer

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Doron Bauer here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Nov. 7, 2019

India’s Single-Screen Cinemas
Mary Woods

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Oct. 29, 2019

Two by Two
Brinda Somaya & Nandini Somaya Sampat

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Brinda Somaya and Nandini Somaya Sampat here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Oct. 24, 2019

Honoring History While Building for the Future
Ciere Boatright

Learn more and listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Ciere Boatright here. Please note that this lecture was not recorded.

Oct. 3, 2019

Restoring Hope: The Restoration of the Bob & Dolores Hope House in Palm Springs, CA
Tim Gleason

Learn more and watch the full video here.

Sept. 30, 2019

Past, Present and Future: Our Civil Rights Legacy and Community Revitalization
Priscilla Cooper & Georgette Norman

Learn more and watch the full video here.

Sept. 26, 2019

Unorthodox: Architecture as Paradigm
Teresa Stoppani

Learn more, listen to a Historic Preservation Podcast with Teresa Stoppani, and watch the full video here.