Eileen Michaud, a master’s student in Historic Preservation at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, has been selected to present at the Graduate Student Lightning Session at the ICOMOS-USA Symposium in Philadelphia this July.
Michaud will present her paper, “105 Mercer Street and Prostitution in 19th-Century SoHo: A(shamed) Historical Record,” which she originally researched for PR-643A Architecture & Urban History last semester. The work examines a largely overlooked chapter of New York City history, bringing fresh scholarly attention to questions of memory, place, and historical accountability.
The ICOMOS-USA Symposium, themed “Shared Heritage, Shared Future,” brings together preservation professionals, scholars, policymakers, and community practitioners to explore how heritage is defined, interpreted, and protected across communities and generations. Graduate student lightning talks are designed to spotlight emerging scholarship and community-engaged research in a brief, dynamic format.
Michaud brings a strong interdisciplinary background to her preservation studies. Before joining Pratt, she earned an M.S. in Urban Planning and Policy from Northeastern University and spent three years as an urban planner for the City of Boston. Since relocating to New York, she has served as a Graduate Assistant to the Academic Director of Historic Preservation and completed the Communities of Color Fellowship with the Historic Districts Council. She is currently interning with the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
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