Profile – Julia King, PhD

Dr Julia King has taught at universities in Great Britain and America. She has worked on projects in conservation, historic preservation, archives and architectural history on both sides of the Atlantic. Dr. King has written and lectured widely on art and architectural history in both countries.

EDUCATION

PhD Birkbeck College, University of London, 2001. Dissertation: George Hadfield (1763-1826): his life and works and his place in American architecture

MA in Publishing, Oxford Brookes University, 1979

BA (Hons.) in History of European Art, Courtauld Institute, University of London, 1965

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City, Ashgate Publishing, 2014, Farnham, Surrey, UK and Burlington, VT, USA
The Flowering of Art Nouveau Graphics, Trefoil Publications, London, 1989; Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990
Equestrian Monuments, Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, 1979

Articles:

“Sir James Wright” in New Dictionary of National Biography, 2005
“Villa Madama”, “Villa Giulia”, “Biltmore House”, in Encyclopaedia of Gardens: History and Design, 2002“George Hadfield” American National Biography, 1999, vol.9, 774-5
“The American Dome: Symbol of Democracy”, The Dome, Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2000
“An Ambassador’s House in Essex”, Georgian Group Journal Volume VII, Richard Hewlings, editor, Georgian Group, 1997, 117-129
Book review subjects include: W.R. Lethaby, Architecture in the West Indies, and English country houses

ACADEMIC LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS:

George Hadfield and his architectural legacy, Washington DC Historical Studies Conference, Washington, DC, 2005Rugby, Tennessee: a ‘righteous and prosperous colony in those fascinating mountains’, SESAH, Knoxville, TN, 2004An Ionic and Ironic Episode: George Hadfield and the Executive Office Buildings, SECAC, Norfolk, VA, 1999
Patent Artificial Slate, Georgian Group, London, 1997
George Hadfield’s City Hall: ‘the handsomest building in the United States’, SAH regional conference, Washington, D.C., 1997
Honour’s Temple: ‘The Most Conspicuous Residence in America’ George Hadfield’s Arlington House, Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art, Amsterdam, 1996
‘Brought up a Catholic’: the Hadfield family in Florence, London and Washington, Catholic Historical Society of Washington, Washington, D.C., 1996
George Hadfield, Architect, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1995

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Fellow, United States Capitol Historical Society
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Member, Society of Architectural Historians
Member, Vernacular Architecture Forum
Member and past conference organiser, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
Member, Georgian Group, Great Britain and Ireland
Member, Royal Archaeological Institute
Member, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Member, Association of Art Historians

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