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Peter Clericuzio

 

Department of Art History

School of Art, University of Tennessee

420 Art & Architecture Building

1715 Volunteer Boulevard

Knoxville, TN 37996-2410

(267) 909-5833

pclericu@utk.edu

 

 

Born


Flowood, Mississippi, 23 January 1983

 

 

Education


University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ph.D. in the History of Art, December 2011

Dissertation: “Nancy as a Center of Art Nouveau Architecture, 1895–1914”

Advisor: Dr. David B. Brownlee

 

A.M. in the History of Art, May 2008

Thesis: “Negotiating With The Far East: Commenting On The First Influences of Japanese Architecture, 1865–1940”

Advisor: Dr. Nancy S. Steinhardt

 

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

B.A., with Highest Honors in Art History, May 2005

Thesis: “The Architect and His Vision: Le Corbusier's Plans For The French Reconstruction After the Second World War”

Advisor: Dr. Judith C. Rohrer

 

B.A./M.A. in History, May 2005

Thesis: “The Legacy of Vichy: Le Corbusier and French Culture During the Reconstruction, 1944–52”

Advisor: Dr. Judith A. Miller

 

Minor in Architectural Studies

 

 

Academic Positions


University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Lecturer, Department of Art History, School of Art, College of Arts and Sciences, Fall 2011–Spring 2012

 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Lecturer, Department of the History of Art, College of Liberal and Professional Studies, Spring 2011

 

 

Publications


“Art Nouveau and the Resistance to Germanization in Alsace-Lorraine, ca. 1898–1914,” University of Toronto Art Journal 4 (forthcoming, October 2011).

“Modernity, Regionalism, and Art Nouveau at the Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, 1909,” Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 10, no. 1 (Spring 2011), <http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/>.

“Le Corbusier and the Reconstruction of Saint-Dié: The Debate Over Modernism in France, 1944-46,” Chicago Art Journal 20 (2010): 46–71.

“George Morgan, The Philadelphia Art Community, and the Redesign of the Silver Dollar, ca. 1876-82,” Athanor 27 (2009): 59–68.

Inner Harbor Project, Baltimore, 1969–73, unbuilt,” Dramatis Personae: A Cast of Characters from the Architectural Drawings of Louis Kahn, ed. George H. Marcus. Philadelphia: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2009.

 

 

Conferences and Panels Organized


Session chair, Art and Mechanical Reproduction, at The Battle of the Brows: Cultural Hierarchies in the Space Between, 19141945, 13th Annual Space Between Society Conference, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, June 2011

 

 

Conference Papers, Lectures, and Presentations


“The Magasins Réunis, Art Nouveau, and Regionalism, 1890-1914,” 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Detroit, MI, April 2012

 

“Edward Hopper’s Architecture, Antimodernism, and Nostalgia,” The Battle of the Brows: Cultural Hierarchies in the Space Between, 19141945, 13th Annual Space Between Society Conference, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, June 2011

 

“Art Nouveau Architecture and the Urban Development of Nancy, 1895–1914,” Eighth Annual Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium, Institute for Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, May 2011 

 

 “The Shifting Meanings and Uses of the Japanese Tower at Laeken,” The Object and Beyond, Third Annual Graduate Conference of the Pennsylvania State University Graduate Student Association for Visual Culture, University Park, PA, March 2011

 

 “Art Nouveau and the Resistance to Germanization In Alsace-Lorraine, ca. 1898–1914,” Rebellion: Subversive Perspectives, Fifth Annual Graduate Union of the Students of Art Graduate Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, January 2011

 

 “Writing a Fulbright Proposal and Navigating the Application Process,” Navigating The Grant Series, Graduate Student Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, November 2010

 

 “Modernity, Conservatism, and Regionalism in Nancy’s Art Nouveau Architecture,” 63rd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2010

 

“Modernity, Regionalism, and Art Nouveau at the Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, 1909,” Seventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, March 2010

      * Awarded the Dahesh Museum Prize for best paper at the symposium

“Art Nouveau and Regional Identity at The Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, 1909," 15th Annual Barnes Club Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010

 

“Architectural Styles in Philadelphia,” Monthly Meeting of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010

“Art Nouveau and French Connections with Alsace-Lorraine, ca. 1900–1914,” Missed Connections, Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 2010

 

“Art Nouveau and the Revival of the Alsace-Lorraine Question, ca. 1900–1914,” Fall Meeting of the New England Historical Association, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, October 2009

 

“Shifting Natures of Representation With the Great Mosques of Djenné,” 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Pasadena, CA, April 2009

 

“George Morgan, The Philadelphia Art Community, and the Redesign of the Silver Dollar, ca. 1876–82,” 26th Annual Florida State University Symposium for Graduate Students in the History of Art, Tallahassee, FL, October 2008

“Carlo Maderno, Francesco Borromini, and the Pantheon’s Baroque Bell Towers,” Guest Lecture, ARTH001 Class, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 2008

 

“Commentary on ‘Historical Memory Hits the Front Page: The Role of the Past in Contemporary Political Debates,’ Provost's Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008

 

“Le Corbusier and the Reconstruction of Saint-Dié: The Debate Over Modernism in France, 1944–46,” Urban Transformations/Shifting Identities, Brown University, Providence, RI, September 2007

 

“Issues of Architectural Space and Gender Surrounding Edgar Degas in New Orleans,” Annual Conference of the Midwest Art History Society, Indianapolis, IN, March 2007

 

“French Cultural Misconceptions; Or, My Time in the Provinces,” Franco-American Commission for Cultural and Educational Exchange Mid-Year Meeting, Rennes, France, February 2006

“Le Corbusier’s Plans for the French Reconstruction: Marseilles, Saint-Dié, and La Rochelle-La Pallice,” Spring Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta, History Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, April 2005

 

 

Grants, Scholarships, and Awards


President’s Award Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Students' Association, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011

Graduate and Professional Students' Association Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2010–2011

School of Arts & Sciences Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2010–2011

Dahesh Museum Prize, Best Paper at the Seventh Annual Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art Graduate Student Symposium, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, March 2010

Charles Williams Art History Fellow, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2010

Graduate and Professional Students' Association Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2009–2010

School of Arts & Sciences Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2009–2010

Farquhar Travel Fellowship, Department of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2009

Latner Fund Research Travel Grant, Department of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2009

Graduate and Professional Students Association Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009         

School of Arts & Sciences Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2008–2009

Latner Fund Research Travel Grant, Department of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2008

School of Arts & Sciences Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–2008

School of Arts & Sciences Travel Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2006–2007

Graduate Student Associations Council Travel Grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2007         

Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2006–2011

J. William Fulbright Advanced Student Research Grant (France), 2005–2006

Art History Department Paper Prize, Emory University, Spring 2005

George P. Cuttino Scholarship for Summer Research, Department of History, Emory University, Summer 2004

Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory (SIRE) Grant, Summer 2004

Art History Department Paper Prize, Emory University, Spring 2004

Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, Emory University, 2001–2005

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, State of Mississippi, 2001–2005

Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Eta Sigma

 

 

Teaching Experience       


University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Lecturer, Department of Art History

      ARTH 172: Western Art I (Fall 2011 and Spring 2012)

      ARTH 173: Western Art II (Fall 2011 and Spring 2012)

 

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Lecturer, Department of the History of Art

      ARTH102: European Art and Civilization, 1400–present (Spring 2011)

Teaching Assistant, Department of the History of Art

ARTH287: Contemporary Art, 1945–present (Spring 2008)

ARTH283: The Modern City (Fall 2007)

ARTH001: Architect and History (Fall 2008)

VLST101: Eye, Mind, Image (Spring 2009)

 

Grant Writing Advisor, Graduate Student Center, 2010–2011

Writing Across The Curriculum Fellow, 2007–2008

 

 

Museum and Curatorial Experience


American Philosophical Society Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Research and Curatorial Associate, June 2009May 2010

Exhibition: Of Elephants and Roses: Encounters With French Natural History, 17901830, March–December 2011

 

Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Guest Co-Curator, September 2008–March 2009

Exhibition: Louis I. Kahn: The Making of a Room, FebruaryMarch 2009

 

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Lecturer for Spotlight Gallery Talks, October 2008–March 2009

Research Assistant, Education Department, August 2008–March 2009

 

Brooks Hall Gallery, College of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Curatorial Assistant and Graphic Designer, June–August 2003

Exhibition: Four Houses: Stories of Construction, September 2003

 

 

University Service   


Consultant, Fisher Fine Arts Library External Review, University of Pennsylvania, June 2009

SASgov Representative for Department of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2007–2008

Architectural Walking Tour Guide, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007 and Summer 2010

Graduate Student Assistant for the conference Usable Pasts? American Art from the Armory Show to Art of This Century, University of Pennsylvania, March 2007

 

 

Professional Experience


Opler Editorial Assistant, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, May 2010present

Contributor to the Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive, <http://www.saharaonline.org>, April 2009present

Architectural Photographer, ExplorePAhistory.com, 2008present

Architectural Assistant, Bizios Architect, Durham, NC, Summer 2005

Student Intern, Bizios Architect, Durham, NC, Summer 2003

 

 

Professional Memberships


Society of Architectural Historians

College Art Association

Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art

American Historical Association

Society for French Historical Studies

New England Historical Association

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Midwest Art History Society

Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides

 

 

Languages


Fluent in French

 

Reading proficiency in German and Latin

 

 

October 2011