John Eliot Hancock
- 513 556 0223
- 7210A DAAP
- john.hancock@uc.edu
BArch (cum laude), University of Nebraska, 1974
Autumn Quarter 2009 Courses
- 23ARCH710 Thesis Research
- 23ARCH790 Independent Study
- 23ARCH890 Independent Study
Topics of research and/or creative and professional work
Ancient Greek Architecture
Ancient Architecture of the Ohio River Valley Region
Architecture and its Discourse since the 1960's
Theories of Precedent and Influence in Design
Interactive Multi-Media Design and Production
Critical and Research Writing in the Design Disciplines
Recent Work
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park,
Chillicothe Ohio (2003 -- )
EarthWorks Interactive Video Museum Exhibit,
"Little Miami Valley"
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (2003 -- )
"The Earthworks Hermeneutically Considered" presented at the Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2004 (Publication forthcoming).
"On Seeing Fort Ancient" presented at the Fort Ancient Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2003 (Publication forthcoming).
"On The Greekness of Greek Architecture" in ORION Festschrift for Dimitris Fatouros (Thessaloniki, 2001).
"Radical Hermeneutics and the 'Work' of Architecture" presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, Seattle, 1995 (Published in the Proceedings).
"Who Put the 'ism' in Classicism: A Theory of Authority" in The Classicist No. 1, published by The Institute for the Study of Classical Architecture, New York, 1994.
"Between History and Tradition: Notes Toward a Theory of Precedent" published in The Harvard Architecture Review, Rizzoli, New York, 1986.
Professor Hancock has taught architectural history and theory in the College since 1978, and been a registered architect since 1979. He directed the postprofessional Master of Science in Architecture Program from the late 1980's until 2002, and currently serves as the College's Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. He regularly teaches courses in recent architectural history, graduate architectural theory, and advanced research writing. He is the author of many national and international publications, presentations, grants, and awards on topics in architectural history and interpretation. He is a co-founder of CERHAS (The Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites), where he currently directs production of the "EarthWorks" project, a multi-media, interactive-video production on the architecture of the ancient Ohio Valley (www.earthworks.uc.edu). Notable awards include large grants from the Ohio Board of Regents and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and three wins at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival.