Barbara Penner (born 1970) is an
architectural historian
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and Professor of Architectural Humanities at the
Bartlett School of Architecture
Bartlett may refer to:
Places
*Bartlett Bay, Canada, Arctic waterway
* Wharerata, New Zealand, also known as Bartletts
United States
* Bartlett, Illinois
** Bartlett station, a commuter railroad station
* Bartlett, Iowa
* Bartlett, Kansas
* ...
,
University College London
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.
[Dr Barbara Penner.]
University College London. Retrieved 14 May 2016. She is a specialist in the history of small spaces, specifically the bathroom and toilet, and has written on the institution of the
honeymoon
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in 19th century North America.
Penner received her BA in English literature and history of art from
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
in 1994, her Master of Science in architectural history from
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = � ...
in 1996, and her PhD from
Birkbeck College
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, type = Public research university
, endowment = £4.3 m (2014)
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in 2003.
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Barbara has received a variety of fellowships and awards, including from The Leverhulme Trust, The Clark Art Institute, Cornell University, the Winterthur Museum and the Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History. She has recently concluded a major Humanities in the European Research Area Joint Research Programme grant, Printing the Past: Architecture, Print Culture, and Uses of the Past in Modern Europe, led by the ]Oslo School of Architecture and Design
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design ( no, Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers a unique research-based education with a strong international stan ...
, with partners from digital media lab Factum Arte, Ghent University, Leiden University, Musée d’Orsay, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Selected publications
*''Gender space architecture: An interdisciplinary introduction''. Routledge, London, 1999. (Edited with Iain Borden and Jane Rendell)
*''Ladies and gents: Public toilets and gender''. Temple University Press
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, 2009. (Edited with Olga Gershenson)
*''Newlyweds on tour: Honeymooning in nineteenth-century America''. University Press of New England
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, Lebanon, 2009.
*''Bathroom''. Reaktion Books, 2013.Bathroom History and Evolution.
GDC Interiors. Retrieved 14 May 2016. (RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University-Located Research, 2014)
References
External links
Barbara Penner , Places JournalVIEWPOINTS: BARBARA PENNER
1970 births
Living people
Academics of University College London
Bathrooms
Architectural historians
Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
McGill University alumni
Alumni of University College London
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