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X-WR-CALNAME:Architecture Lecture: Tara Dudley\, UT Austin
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DESCRIPTION:Please join the College of Design for the spring 2026 architect
 ure lecture series. This is the Tesar Lecture on Architecture and Culture.
  \n\nTara Dudley\, UT Austin\n\nAssistant Professor Tara A. Dudley teaches
  interior design history and architectural history courses. Her scholarshi
 p examines the contributions of African American builders and architects t
 o the American built environment\, focusing on the antebellum and Reconstr
 uction eras in the U.S. South. Her approach to the study of cultural resou
 rces is interdisciplinary with a focus on nineteenth-century American desi
 gn\, African American architectural history\, historic preservation\, and 
 material culture. She is the author of the award-winning book "Building An
 tebellum New Orleans: Free People of Color and Their Influence" (Universit
 y of Texas Press\, 2021). Her in-progress works include a biography on the
  life and work of African American architect John Saunders Chase. As a mem
 ber of the University’s Commemorative and Contextualization Projects res
 earch team\, Dr. Dudley engaged in research on the contributions of Black 
 builders and craftsmen to the built environment of The University of Texas
  campus. She has partnered with the Neill-Cochran House Museum to guide th
 e restoration of and develop interpretive programming for the only intact 
 slave quarters building in Austin\, which is located on the museum grounds
 . \n\nDr. Dudley served as a senior architectural historian for Austin-bas
 ed preservation consulting firm HHM & Associates\, Inc. for two decades an
 d continues to consult on preservation projects nationwide. She is well-ve
 rsed in the integration of scholarly inquiry and professional practice and
  has expertise in the preparation of historic furnishings reports\, Nation
 al Register of Historic Places nominations\, historic resource surveys\, a
 nd interpretive planning for historic sites. She has served on the City of
  Austin Historic Landmark Commission and is the current chair of the Texas
  State Board of Review\, the advisory committee that advises the State His
 toric Preservation Officer regarding National Register nominations.
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LOCATION:Kamphoefner Hall\, Burns Auditorium
SUMMARY:Architecture Lecture: Tara Dudley\, UT Austin
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 ley
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Talks
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