HP 300: Sustainability and the Built World
HP 583/HIS 583: Introduction to Public History
HP 601: Introduction to Historic Preservation
HP 611: American Architecture II
HP 614: National Register and Local Landmark Nominations
Daniel Vivian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Daniel Vivian is a historian and preservation practitioner whose research focuses on the social and cultural history of the Jim Crow South. He is the author of A New Plantation World: Sporting Estates in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1900-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2018); coeditor of and a contributor to Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of a New South: The Sporting Plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Red Hills Region, 1900-1940 (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015); and the author of articles in The Public Historian, Winterthur Portfolio, the South Carolina Historical Magazine, and Ohio Valley History. Dr. Vivian has also prepared multiple nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. He is a faculty affiliate of the Department of History and the African American and Africana Studies Program. With Dr. Amy Taylor of the Department of History, Dr. Vivian co-directs the Graduate Certificate in Public History. He also serves on the boards of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians and the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation and is book review editor for Arris.
Dr. Vivian is currently working on two major projects. One is a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded grant on underrepresentation of historically marginalized groups in the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, with Lydia Brandt of the University of South Carolina, he is editing a collection of essays on the history of modern architecture, planning, and landscape design in the southern U.S.
Dr. Vivian has received multiple awards for his teaching, including recognition for community-engaged courses that put students in conversation with working professionals, interested citizens, and activists in exploring contested historical subjects. He routinely teaches courses on the history, theory, and practice of historic preservation, public history, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century American architecture and design. In 2024, the University of Kentucky Chapter of Tau Sigma Delta honored Dr. Vivian with a silver medal for promoting excellence in design education.
Before earning his Ph.D., Dr. Vivian held positions with the National Register of Historic Places, the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.
Courses Taught
Recent Publications
“From the Margins to the Mainstream: Public History and Public History Education Since the 1970s.” In Perspectives on the National Council on Public History on its 40th Anniversary, ed. Nicole Belolan and Marianne Babal (Indianapolis: National Council on Public History, 2021): 16-19. https://bit.ly/3YfRFug
“Searching for Histories of Tourism in the Ohio River Valley.” Ohio Valley History 19, no. 3 (Fall 2019): 3-6. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/734802
“Investigating Kentucky’s LBGTQ Heritage: Subaltern Stories from the Bluegrass State.” Co-authored with Catherine Fosl. The Public Historian 41, no. 2 (May 2019): 218-244. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26862131
“Career Paths in Public History: Report of the Joint AASLH-AHA-NCPH-OAH Task Force on Public History Education and Employment,” March 2019. Co-authored with Philip Scarpino. https://bit.ly/2DxCjgb
A New Plantation World: Sporting Estates in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1900-1940. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. https://bit.ly/2L57Bgc
“What Do Public History Employers Want?” A Report by the AASLH-AHA-NCPH-OAH Joint Task Force on Public History Education and Employment, Feb. 2017. Co-authored with Philip Scarpino. http://bit.ly/2knHdjz
“Charting the Course: Challenges in Public History Education, Guidance for Developing Strong Public History Programs.” Co-authored with Robert R. Weyeneth. The Public Historian 38, no. 3 (Aug. 2016): 25-49. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26420839
Leisure, Plantations, and the Making of a New South: The Sporting Plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Red Hills Region, 1900-1940. Julia Brock and Daniel Vivian, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015. http://bit.ly/1LrS4yY
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
Shelby Park Historic District, Jefferson Co., KY. Listed Apr. 25, 2024. Co-authored with Wes Cunningham, Abby Marshall, Cooper Shields, and Charles Lawrence. https://bit.ly/4jpUWC0
Amendment to listing for Elks Athletic Club, Jefferson Co., KY. Approved Oct 25, 2016. https://bit.ly/4g80Eph
Sadieville Historic District, Scott Co., KY. Listed July 30, 2013. Co-authored with Andrew Clark, Nicole Cissell, Zac Distel, Robert Goforth, Larry Johnson, Kim Kelley, Meredith Maple, and Scott Weinhusen. https://bit.ly/4joCNVb
Judge Junius G. Adams House, Biltmore Forest, NC. Listed Oct. 5, 2001. https://bit.ly/3CkkCiD
Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot, Camden, SC. Listed June 2, 2000. https://bit.ly/4aK9h8B
Fire Station Number 4, Asheville, NC. Listed Apr. 6, 2000. https://bit.ly/40pYWda
Senn’s Grist Mill, Blacksmith Shop, and Orange Crush Bottling Plant, Summerton, SC. Listed Mar. 24, 2000. https://bit.ly/4avb3Kh
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot, Patrick, SC. Listed Feb. 22, 1999. https://bit.ly/4jjWJsp
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot, McBee, SC. Listed Feb. 22, 1999. https://bit.ly/4jrn4o7
Grants Received
Whose History Are We Preserving?: Mapping the Gaps of the National Register of Historic Places from Racial and Ethnic Historical Perspectives. National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Education and Training Grant, 2022. Grant award: $74,999. Co-principal investigator with Yuha Jung.
Re-Visioning Huntertown: From African American Freetown to Interpretive Public Place. University of Kentucky Sustainability Challenge Grant, 2021. Grant award: $42,000. Co-principal investigator with Jayoung Koo, Ryan Hargrove, Christopher Sass, and Chad Eby.
Sustainability Guidelines for Historic Campus Buildings. University of Kentucky Sustainability Challenge Grant, 2018. Grant award: $32,715. Co-principal investigator with Julie Riesenweber.