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Jessica Mace is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, specializing in art architecture in Canada. Her research interests center on questions of modernity and the circulation of knowledge in the 19th and 20th centuries, extending to current issues in heritage. She explores numerous typologies and contexts, bringing attention to long overlooked topics while aiming to bring new narratives to the public sphere and contextualize visual culture in Canada within broader debates. Mace's work is supported by the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative at the University of Toronto and various fellowships and scholarships. An award-winning educator, she focuses on student experience through small seminars and large lecture halls, exploring innovative pedagogies including experiential learning while overseeing the undergraduate internship program in the Department of Art History. Her recent courses cover topics from Architecture in Toronto to Canadian Painting and studies in Canadian Architecture and Landscapes, among others. Mace is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada and has published multiple works on heritage topics.
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