Wells Recent Presentations, Article, Chapter, Blog, Radio

In October, Wells presented "Escaping from the System of Heritage: What Practice Should Become in 50 years” at the “Preservation in the US: 50 Years On” conference at Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

Jeremy Wells, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation

Jeremy Wells, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, continues his wide variety of activities in numerous media in recent months. In October, Wells presented "Escaping from the System of Heritage: What Practice Should Become in 50 years” at the “Preservation in the US: 50 Years On” conference at Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. He also presented at the Historic Vehicle Association Laboratory in Allentown, PA "Differences of ‘Substance’ between the Treatment of Historic Automobiles and Buildings: Impacts on Practice and Collaboration” at the conference "Driving History: Protecting Our Overlooked Automotive Heritage in the Twenty-first Century”. Wells also completed a book chapter “The Main Street Approach to Community Design” in Community-Built: Art, Construction, Preservation, and Place. New York: Routledge, 2016, edited by K. Melcher, B. Stifel, K. Faurest. He also presented “EDRA’s Leadership in Understanding the Nature of “Good” Design and Conservation” on the Environmental Design Research Association blog. His research on “spontaneous fantasies” was featured on WAMC Northeast Public Radio on October 31,. a short summary of my research on “spontaneous fantasies” on WAMC radio.