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Robin Schuldenfrei
Department of Art History (M/C 201)
208B Henry Hall
University of Illinois at Chicago
935 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7039
(312) 996-2607 FAX: (312) 413-2460
 schul@uic.edu
Education
- Ph.D., History and Theory of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 2008.
Dissertation: "Luxury and Modern Architecture in Germany, 1900-1933."
- M.A. History and Theory of Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 2003.
- M.A. History of Art and Architecture, Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, 2000.
- B.A. History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, 1995 with honors.
- Areas of Specialization: History of the Object, Interior Architecture and Design, 19th Century Architecture, 20th Century Architecture, German Modernism, Architectural Theory.
Present Position
University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor, 2007-present.
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
- 2008 College of Architecture and the Arts Research Prize for research in Germany.
- 2007-2008 Graduate Society Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.
- 2007 Citation of Special Recognition, Carter Manny Award program, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
- 2007 Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Graduate Summer Travel Grant.
- 2007 SAH Junior Annual Meeting Fellowship to deliver a paper at the Society of Architectural Historians' 60th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, April 11-15, 2007.
- 2006-2007 DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Graduate Scholarship, for dissertation research in Berlin (granted 2005, deferred).
- 2005-2006 Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University, for dissertation research in Berlin.
- 2005 ADM-HEA Student Bursary, The Art Design Media Subject Centre, Brighton, England, to present paper at The Annual Design History Conference, London, England.
- 2005 "Design~Recline" exhibition awarded second place in the "Best Architecture or Design Show" category by New England AICA (International Associations of Art Critics) for 2004.
- 2005 "Design~Recline" exhibition publication awarded second place in the NEMA (New England Museum Association) design competition.
- 2001-2005 Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University.
- 2004 Pre-Dissertation Prospectus Award, Graduate Society Fellowship, Harvard University.
- 2003 Graduate Student Council, Harvard University, Summer Research Grant for dissertation research.
- 2003 Honorable Mention, Effective or Innovative Use of Technology in Teaching, "19th Century Architecture and Urbanism," Northeastern University.
- 2002 Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, "Landmarks of World Architecture," Harvard University.
- 2002-2003 Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University.
- 2002 DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Language Fellowship to attend the Goethe Institute, Berlin.
- 2002 Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship, Harvard University, for summer research travel.
- 2002 John Coolidge Student Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians, for summer research travel.
- 2001 Kress Foundation Scholarship to attend the Attingham Summer School in England, Summer 2001.
Publications
"Luxus, Produktion, Reproduktion," (Luxury, Production, Reproduction) in Die Bauhaus-Moderne und ihre Mythen (Bauhaus Modernism and its Myths). Ed. Anja Baumhoff and Magdalena Droste (Berlin: Reimer Verlag, forthcoming).
Review of Jill Pearlman, American Modernism: Joseph Hudnut, Walter Gropius, and the Bauhaus Legacy at Harvard (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007) for Design & Culture (forthcoming).
"The Bauhaus and the Bürger," Chicago Art Journal, Special Issue on "Consumption." Volume 17, Spring 2007, pp. 2-35.
Design~Recline: Modern Architecture and the Mid-Century Chaise Longue, Harvard University Art Museums Gallery Series, Number 40, 2004.
Exhibitions
Curator, Design~Recline: Modern Architecture and the Mid-Century Chaise Longue.
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, (March 20, 2004 through June 21, 2004).
Conferences and Sessions organized
Conference co-organizer, Bauhaus Palimpsest: The Object of Discourse. Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, March 14-15, 2008.
Session chair, Benjamin's Objects. College Art Association, Design Studies Forum Special Session,
Los Angeles, CA, February 25-28, 2009.
Conference Papers, Symposium Papers, and Public Lectures
"The Werkbund and the Display Window: Visual Cultures of Luxury and Modernism." Session: Changing Visual Economies in German Culture and Theory during the Early Twentieth Century, German Studies Association, St. Paul, MN, October 2-5, 2008.
Commentator for session: Cultural Appropriation in the Visual Arts, German Studies Association.
"Mies van der Rohe and Weimar Interiority." Paper for session: "The Limits of Community" — Bourgeois and Middle-Class Modernism in German Architecture from c.1900 to 1940, Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, OH, April 23-27, 2008.
"Luxury, Production, Reproduction." Invited conference paper, Die Bauhaus-Moderne und ihre Mythen (Bauhaus Modernism and its Myths), Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, November 15-17, 2007.
"The Harmonious Impress of the Dwellers Within: Domestic Architecture and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie in New York City, 1880-1900." Invited public lecture, Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL, February 21, 2007.
"Industry, Kauflust and the AEG." Paper for session: Factory-Made: Historic Intersections of Architecture and Industry, Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2007.
"Incremental Modernism in the American Home: Russel Wright's American Modern." Conference paper, Locating Design 2005, The Design History Society Annual Conference, London, England, September 7, 2005.
"Decorative Arts and Design in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna." Gallery talk for exhibition: "As though my body were naught but ciphers": Crises of Representation in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, February 27, 2005.
"Pattern, Color, Texture: Sampling the Collection." Gallery talk in series: Close-Up: Study Room Collections in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, February 5, 2003.
"The New Stones of Berlin: Recent Architecture and Restoration." Public lecture, Director's Night, Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter, Boston, MA, December 5, 2002.
"Bauhütten in Weimar: Walter Gropius, Utopian Visions for Postwar Germany, and a Retreat from Modernism." Symposium paper, Modern Means, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, NY, NY, April 19, 2002.
"Collections and Collecting at Home and Abroad: Evergreen and Hampton." Symposium paper, American Interiors, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE, May 11, 2001.
"Chic Peak and the Social Infrastructure of Architectural Amenities, the Rise and Fall of Bath, c. 1700-1800." Symposium paper, Dichotomies: Transgressing the Borders of Art History, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, March 9-10, 2001.
"Living Up to Our Gloves: Anxious Etiquette and the Victorian Lady." Public lecture, Victorian Art and Culture Lecture Series, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, November 8, 2000.
"Etiquette, Anxiety, and Artistry: An Art Nouveau Glove Box." Symposium paper, Ninth Annual Symposium on the Decorative Arts, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NY, NY, April 7, 2000
Academic Experience
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture.
- Lecturer, "History of Architecture: Antiquity to Baroque," Summer 2004, 2005.
- Lecturer, "History of Architecture: Enlightenment to Post-Modernism," Summer 2004, 2005.
Boston Architectural College.
- Instructor, Seminar: "The Modern Interior," Summer 2005.
Northeastern University. Department of Architecture.
- Lecturer, "19th Century Architecture and Urbanism," Fall 2003.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture.
- Teaching Fellow, "Buildings, Texts and Contexts," regular and intensive reading sections, 2003-2005.
Taught under Professors Eve Blau, Sarah Goldhagen, K. Michael Hays, Antoine Picon, Anthony Vidler.
Harvard University. Department of Art History.
- Head Teaching Fellow, "Landmarks of World Architecture," Fall 2002.
Williams College. Department of Art.
- Teaching Assistant, "20th Century Architecture," Fall 1999.
- Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Art History," Fall 1998 - Spring 1999.
Brown University. History of Art and Architecture Department.
- Teaching Assistant, "20th Century Architecture," Fall 1994.
Related Professional Activities and Affiliations
Plan Commisson, City of Evanston, IL, July 2007-Present.
Chair, Graduate Student Roundtable, Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 11-15, 2007.
Volunteer Coordinator, Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, April 14-18, 2004.
Organizer, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th Annual Student Symposium, Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter, Cambridge, MA, March 16, 2002; April 5, 2003; February 28, 2004; February 12, 2005.
Student Liaison to the Board of Directors, Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter, Boston, MA, Fall 2001-2005.
Membership:
Society of Architectural Historians, national and local chapter; College Art Association, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.
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