CURRICULUM VITAE
1JEAN ROSENFELD, M.A., PH.D.
Dundas, Ontario L9H 5E2
Email: rosenfel@yorku.ca; jrosenfeld@wlu.ca
EDUCATION: University Degrees:
2001 Ph.D., History University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
1991 M.A., Art History York University, Toronto, Canada
1989 B.A.(Hons.) Summa cum laude McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
ACADEMIC AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS :
1994/95, 1992/93 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (History) University of Guelph
1991/92 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Art History) York University, Toronto
1989 Entrance Scholarship York University, Toronto
ACADEMIC HONOURS:
1988, 1989 Dean’s Honours’ List McMaster University, Hamilton
PH.D. FIELDS:
Major: History of Canada since 1867 Minors: History of Canada before 1867; History of Britain since 1750
ACADEMIC THESES:
Ph.D. “‘A Noble House in the City”. Domestic Architecture as Elite Signification in Late 19th C. Hamilton.”
Supervisor: Dr. Gilbert Stelter, Professor of History, University of Guelph
External Examiner: Dr. Deryck Holdsworth, Professor of Geography, Pennsylvania State University.
M.A. “James Balfour. A 19th C. Hamilton Architect.”
Supervisor: Dr. Malcolm Thurlby; Professor of Visual Arts, York University
External Examiner: Dr. W. Westfall, Professor of History, York University.
Undergraduate “The Jews of Amsterdam as Depicted in 17th C. Works of Art and Architecture”
Supervisor: Dr. Glenn T. Scott, Assoc. Professor of Art History, McMaster University
Second Reader: Dr. W. Tressider, Assoc. Professor of Art History, McMaster University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2002 – present Contract Faculty (History, Visual Arts) York University, Toronto, Ontario
1992-2002 Sessional Lecturer/Teaching Assistant (Visual Arts)
2008 - present Sessional Lecturer (History) Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford
2009 Sessional Lecturer (Contemporary Studies)
2008, 2006, 2005 Sessional Lecturer (History) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1992-2002 Sessional Lecturer (School of Art, Drama, Music)
2006 (Fall term) Sessional Lecturer (Visual Arts) University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
2005-2006 Sessional Lecturer (Liberal Arts) Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (POST SECONDARY): COURSE DIRECTOR:
York University, Department of History
Canada and Colonialism, 1600-1900 (HIST 4508 6.0) 2009 (Fall/Winter)
York University, Glendon College, Multidisciplinary Studies
Art in Society (GL/HUMA 1820 6.0) 2009 (Fall/Winter)
Wilfrid Laurier University, Contemporary Studies
Art in the Contemporary World (CT 240) 2009 (Fall)
Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Department of History
History of Art, Renaissance to the Present (HI203) 2009, 2008 (Fall)
York University, Faculty of Fine Arts
Artisan to Artist: The Evolution and the Creative Process in the
Renaissance and Baroque (FA/VISA 4581 3.0) 2009 (Winter)
Renaissance & Baroque Art & Architecture (FA/VISA 2560 6.0) 2009 (Winter), 2007-2008 (Fall/Winter), 2005-06 (Fall/Winter), 2005 (Winter), 1999-2000, (Fall/Winter); 1992 (Summer)
Propaganda in Art and Culture (AK/VISA 4050 3.0) 2004 (Fall)
McMaster University, Department of History
Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution (HIST 1A03) 2008 (Spring); 2006 (Spring); 2005 (Spring)
University of Guelph, School of Fine Art and Music
Arts of the USA (ARTH*2070) 2006 (Fall)
History of Canadian Art (ARTH*2490) 2006 (Fall)
Pre-Columbian Art (ARTH*3050) 2006 (Fall)
Perspectives: Structure and Spaces in Renaissance and Baroque Art 2006 (Fall)
Art (ARTH*3100)
Sheridan College Institute of Art & Technology
History of Western Art (HIST 11456) 2006 (Winter)
Humanities and Western Civilization (HUMA 18823) 2005 (Summer, Fall)
McMaster University, School of the Arts
Intro. to the History of Art (AH 1AA3) 2002 (Summer), 2000 (Summer)
Intro. to the Visual Arts (AH 1A03) 2001 (Summer)
Intro. to the Visual Arts (AH 1A06) 1998 (Spring/Summer), 1997-98, 1996-97
(Anti-requisite for AH 1AA3 & AH 1A03) (Fall/Winter), 1995 (Winter; Spring/Summer)
19th and 20 C. Art & /Architecture (AH 2D03) 1999 (Winter);1997 (Spring)
Canadian Art & Architecture (AH 3B03) 1999 (Winter)
Baroque Architecture (AH 3E03) 1998 (Winter)
17th C. Dutch Art (AH 4F03), Seminar course 1998 (Winter)
Italian Baroque Art & Architecture (AH 2N03) 1997 (Fall), 1996 (Summer)
Northern Baroque Art & Architecture (AH 3BB3) 1996 (Winter), 1993 (Summer); 1991 (Fall)
Medieval Art & Architecture (AH 2G03) 1994 (Winter)
Italian Renaissance Art & Architecture (AH 2M03) 1993 (Spring)
19th C. Art & Architecture (AH 2O03) 1992 (Fall)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE: TEACHING ASSISTANT
Atkinson College, York University, School of Arts and Letters
Issues and Themes in Medieval Culture (AK/VISA 3540 6.0) 2006-07 (Fall/Winter)
York University, Department of History
Medieval and Early Modern Europe (History 2220) 2007-2008 (Fall/Winter), 2005-06 (Fall/Winter); 2004-2005 (Fall/Winter); 2003-04 (Fall/Winter); 2002-03 (Fall/Winter)
York University, Department of Visual Arts
Renaissance & Baroque Art (FA/VISA 2560.06) 1989-90 (Fall/Winter)
University of Guelph, Department of History
Ancient Near East (History 49-235) 1995 (Winter)
Medieval Britain (History 49-200) 1994 (Fall)
Europe 1500-1789 (History 49-101) 1993 (Fall); 1993 (Winter)
McMaster University, Department of Art History
Intro. to the Visual Arts (AH 1A06) 1990-91 (Fall/Winter)
MARKER/GRADER
York University, Dept. of Visual Arts
Marker/Grader (Essays and Exams) 1992-2006 (Fall/Winter)
McMaster University, School of the Arts
Supervisor, Reading Course, 17th Century Dutch Art (AH 3V03) 1994 (Winter), 1993 (Fall)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITIONS:
October 22-24, 2009, Edmonton, UAAC Conference. “The Protest Art of Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton”.
November 6-8, 2008, Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design, UAAC Conference. “Princely Palaces”.
April 26, 2008, Toronto, Victorian Studies Association of Ontario. “The Victorian Interiors of Elite Homes in Late Nineteenth-
Century Hamilton, Ontario”.
March 14-15, 2008, University of British Columbia, Conference of Medieval Art Historians. “The Sacred and the
Profane. Architectural parallels in Domestic and Religious architecture in Victorian Hamilton”.
March 25-27, 2004, Toronto, Conference of Medieval Art Historians. “‘All that makes their lives useful’: the Institutional
Gothic Style in Denominational Ladies’ Colleges in 19th Century Ontario: Alma College, St. Thomas”
Nov. 6-8, 2003, Queen’s University, Kingston, UAAC Conference. “Building Style as Elite Signification in Late 19th Century Hamilton: The Example of Senator W. E. Sanford”.
Sept. 9-Oct. 27, 2002, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Photographic Exhibition with accompanying text
“Hamilton Gothic: Gothic Architecture in Hamilton, 1840-1940”.
Jan. 29, 1994. Wilfrid Laurier University, Tri-University History Conference. “‘A Monument to the National Policy and our
Grand Old Man’. The 19th C. Factory and Home of George E. Tuckett, Hamilton”
Nov. 5-7, 1993. University of Windsor, UAAC Conference. “James Balfour’s Designs for the Detroit Museum of Art (1887-88)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:
2009 Session Chair, “Meaning and Symbol in the Visual Culture of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples”, Edmonton, UAAC Conference, Oct. 22-24.
2007 Member, Organizing Committee, and Chair of Archaeology Section, Algonquian Conference, York University, Toronto, Oct. 18-20, 2007
2004 Member, Organizing Committee, “Advocating for Adaptive Reuse”, A Joint Conference of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and Community Heritage Ontario. Hamilton, May 14 - 16, 2004.
OTHER TEACHING-RELATED EXPERIENCE:
ELDERHOSTEL, CANADA: A series of 5 lectures. Crieff Hills Community, Crieff, Ontario.
August, 2000 “Historic Architecture in Hamilton”. (Lecture and Bus Tour)
August, 1999, 1997, 1996 “The Impact of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations on 17th C. Religious Art”.
August, 1998 “The Age of Faith: Romanesque and Gothic Architecture and Sculpture”.
June, 1997 “Christian Art during the Late Roman Period (200-600 A.D.)”.
PUBLIC LECTURES/TOURS:
May, 2007 Illustrated public lecture on historic Hamilton architecture. The Hamilton Mountain Historical Society
April, 2007 Public Lecture and Tour, the Tuckett Mansion, Hamilton
Sept., 2005 Public Walking Tour of the Durand District, Hamilton. For the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO)
May, 2005 Public tour and lecture. "The Tuckett Mansion, Hamilton". Architecture Week, Hamilton
May, 2004 Public tour and lecture. “The Tuckett Mansion, Hamilton” for the Joint Conference of the Architectural
Conservancy of Ontario and Community Heritage, Ontario.
August, 2001 Public tour and lecture. “St. Patrick’s Church, Hamilton. (ACO)
July, 1998 Illustrated public lecture. “The Architecture of James Balfour in Hamilton, Ontario”. Coach House, Dundurn
Castle, Hamilton. Annual General Meeting, Architectural Conservancy of Ontario.
October, 1997 Public tour and lecture. Two 19th century Hamilton churches (St. James and St. Paul’s). (ACO)
MEMBER: ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Canadian Historical Association; Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC); Universities’ Art Association of Canada (UAAC); Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO, Hamilton Branch)
OTHER INTERESTS: Cultural studies/ Music, Art and Architecture, Poetry, Literature/ Heritage buildings/ Archaeology/Indigenous studies/Current affairs/Historical Preservation/Women’s studies/ Traveling (I have traveled extensively in Europe, UK, Israel, and North America, visiting cultural/historical/archaeological sites, museums and art galleries).
SPORTS/HOBBIES: Cycling, Running, Rock Climbing, Canoeing, Hiking, Camping
REFERENCES:
Dr. T. Cohen Professor, Department of History ,York University, Toronto, Ontario
Email: tcohen@yorku.ca
Dr. R. Koopmans, Professor, Department of History, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Email: koopmans@yorku.ca
Dr. M. Thurlby, Professor, Dept. Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Email: thurlby@sympatico.ca
Dr. B. Dodge, Professor, Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Tel.: 416-736-2100, ext.77348; Email: bdodge@yorku.ca