CHARLOTTE JIROUSEK
Associate Professor and Curator
Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design
208 Martha Van
607/255-8064 (office) 607/255-1093 (fax)
caj7@cornell.edu
Course Website http://char.txa.cornell.edu/
Costume Collection Website http://costume.cornell.edu
Personal Website http://char.txa.cornell.edu/charhome/myhome.htm
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
August 1992 to present: 12 month, tenure track, 45% teaching, 30%
research, and 25% curator of the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Design, Housing and Apparel,
B.A., Sociology,
RESEARCH
Chapters and
Articles in Books
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Turkish
Dress.” Encyclopedia of World Dress, Berg Publications, 2010
Jirousek, Charlotte. “The
Kaftan.” Encyclopedia of World Dress, Berg
Publications, 2010.
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Carry it close to
your heart: Exchanges of textiles associated with courtship and marriage.” In The
Fabric of Life: Cultural Transformations in Turkish Society. Global Publications, State
Jirousek, Charlotte. "Finding
the Cloth for the Clothes: Traditional Weaving Technologies in Anatolian
Erdogan,
Zeynep and Jirousek, Charlotte. “
Kayabasi,
Nuran and Jirousek, Charlotte. “Turkish Natural Dyeing Traditions.” C. Jirousek,
translation. In The Fabric of Life: Cultural Transformations in Turkish
Society. Global Publications, State
Tansug, Sabiha. (C. Jirousek, Translation)"The Turkish Culture
of flowers." In The Culture of Turkish Textiles and
Dress.
Tagi, Sema Özkan. (C.
Jirousek, Translation) “Traditional Dress in the Black Sea Region of
Jirousek,
Charlotte. “Ottoman Influences in Western Fashion.” In Costume and Identity in the Ottoman Empire
Jirousek, Charlotte. "Clothing." In Encyclopedia
of Islam and the Muslim World. Vol. 1. Edited by Richard C.
Martin.
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Islamic Textiles.” In Encyclopedia of Clothing and
Fashion, Valerie Steele,
ed.
Jirousek, Charlotte. “The Transition to Mass Fashion System Dress in the Later
Articles in refereed journals
Young, C., Jirousek, C., and
Ashdown, S.P. 2004. Undesigned: A study in sustainable design of apparel using post-consumer recycled
clothing. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Volume 22, #1/2,
pp 61-68.
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "The End of the Silk Road: the Decline
of Sericulture in Twentieth Century
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "From 'Traditional' to 'Mass Fashion System' Dress Among Men in
a Rural
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Dress and Social Policy: Change in Women's Dress in a
Southwestern
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Superstars, Superheroes and the Male Body Image: Some Visual
Implications of Football Uniforms." Journal of American Culture19,
no. 2 (1996); 1-11.
Jirousek,
Charlotte." An Interactive Electronic Design Textbook on
the World Wide Web." Computer Applications to Textiles and Apparel,
ITAA Monograph #8 (1996); 63-70.
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "More Than Oriental Splendor: A comparison of Gothic and
Ottoman Headgear." Dress 22 (1995); 22-33.
Articles in Proceedings
Jirousek, Charlotte. Rediscovering Camlet: Traditional
mohair cloth weaving in Southeastern Turkey. Proceedings of
the 2008 Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, 2009
Berman,
Kimberly and Jirousek, Charlotte: Sustainability of Hand-woven Carpets in
Jirousek, Charlotte. “The
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Market Effects Upon the Design and
Construction of Carpets in the Milas Region of
Jirousek, Charlotte and Lee W. Rahe.
Jirousek, Charlotte. Indigenous Textile
Craft Materials in
In
Press: Refereed Article in Book
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Turkish
Traditional Dress.” (forthcoming
2011 in Encyclopedia of National Dress,
ABC-CLIO Publishing).
In Preparation: Book
Authored
Jirousek, Charlotte. More Than Oriental Splendor: Exchanges in Fashion,
Design and Culture in the Mediterranean World During
the Ottoman Era.
Exhibition
Catalog
Common Threads:
Dress, Identity and Art in the Twentieth Century, (Exhibition
Catalogue) 2001,
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Turkish
Traditional Dress.” (forthcoming
in World Dress, MacMillan Press)
ORAL
PRESENTATIONS
Refereed
Presentations at Conferences and Symposia
Davis, Elizabeth and Charlotte Jirousek. "Visualizing la mode: fashioning the world in seventeenth
century French prints." Costume Society of America National Symposium,
Kansas City, MO, May 2010.
Jirousek,
Charlotte. Mode a la turque
in women’s dress during the late Baroque. Costume Society of America Symposium,
Phoenix AZ, May 2009.
Roman, Mario and Jirousek, Charlotte. Attired at Home, Disguised in the World: Dress Choices of South Asian Women in America.
Costume Society of America Symposium, Phoenix AZ, May 2009. Adele Filene Graduate Student Research Award.
Jirousek, Charlotte. Rediscovering
Camlet: Traditional mohair cloth weaving in Southeastern
Turkey. Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium,
Honolulu Hawaii, September
2008.
Jirousek, Charlotte; The market and the maker: Transformation of the Milas Carpet Tradition 1964-2007. American Anthropologial Association
Meeting, Washington DC, Nov.28-Dec. 3
2007.
Greene, Denise, Jirousek, Charlotte and Lewis,
Van Dyk. Fashioned Youth
Sub-Cultures in a Small Town: Exploring the nature of street fashion through
documentation and collecting. Costume Society of America, Region II
Symposium, September 2006.
Berman, Kimberly and C. Jirousek. Why women weave: Changes in Carpet
Production in
Jirousek,
Berman,
Kimberly and Jirousek, Charlotte: Sustainability of Hand-woven Carpets in
Green, Denise, Jirousek, Charlotte and Lewis, Van Dyk. Fashioned Youth Sub-Cultures in a
Ning Fangjun,
Bao Mingxin and Charlotte
Jirousek. “The Credibility Of
Costume Figures in Some Of The
Murals In The
Jirousek,
Charlotte and Warner, Patricia. “Imaginary Dress? Invented Drapery? Timeless
Costume? Studio Props? Try
Turkish.” Costume Society of
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Ottoman Influence in Western Dress.” Ottoman Material
Culture: Costume and Identity.” Fifth Annual Conference on Ottoman History,
Jirousek, Charlotte. “The
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "The Transition from Traditional to Mass
Fashion System Dress in the Later
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Market Effects on the Design and Construction of Carpets in
the Milas Region of
Greene, Susan and Jirousek, Charlotte. "Determining
Dates of Printed Dresses, 1800- 1860."
International Textile and Apparel Proceedings; October 21, 1994Greene, Susan; and Jirousek, Charlotte. "Prints
charming; textiles and dress fabrics, 1800-1865." Costume Society of
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Textiles of Islam and the West in the Age of
Exploration." Ars Textrina
11th Annual Symposium on Textiles, Madison Wisconsin, June 1993.
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "More than Oriental Splendor: Western Dress and the
Invited Presentations
Jirousek, Charlotte. More than Oriental Splendor: Islamic influences in Western Fashion.
Invited lecture, Sponsored by Alumni Affairs and Development, College of Human
Ecology, Cornell University; Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New
Mexico; April 15; and Salt Lake City, Utah; April 16, 2005.
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Innocents abroad: Orientalism and Victorian Fashion”. Symposium in conjuction with the exhibition Modesty Died when Clothes were born: Clothing of the Clemens and
Langdon families.
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Yorgan: Quilts and Quilting in
Jirousek, Charlotte. “Islamic
influences in Western Dress during the Ottoman era.” Symposium on
Costume in Ottoman History.
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Turkey Red: Madder Dyeing in
Jirousek,
Charlotte. "Turkey Red, Turkish Style" Costume Society Region II
Conference,
Jirousek,
Charlotte. “Regional Differences in Wedding Dress.” DeWitt Historical Society of
Jirousek,
Charlotte. Dress and Social Policy: Change in Turkish Rural Women's Dress.
Gender and Global Change Colloquium,
Jirousek,
Charlotte. The Art and Science of Color: Color Terminology and "The
Culture/Psychology of Color. (Two presentations) Cornell Cooperative Extension Inservice,
Grants Obtained
2004-2007-Issues of Social
Responsibility in the Textile and Apparel Industry , USDA Innovation in
Education grant (three year grant) , $89,999, Co-PI.
1998-
1997- Ankara
University Research Grant.A proposal for field
research on disappearing textile technologies in the Black Sea Region of
Turkey. 1998-1999. Collaborative project with colleagues at
1996- American
Research Institute in
1995-
1995- College of Human Ecology, International
Travel Award, to present paper at Ars Textrina Conference in Leeds, England, July 1995. $1,000.
1993/94 -
1993 -
TEACHING AND
ADVISING
Graduate Student Advisees in The Dept. of Fiber
Science and Apparel Design:
Kang,
Eun Jung, Second year PhD student. Kant
and fashion theory
Kang,
Jinyoung. First year PhD student Fashion and art.
Steiner,
Rebecca. First year MA student, Irish
crochet lace in l. 19th c. dress.
Roman, Mario. MA thesis Dress Choices of South Asian
Women in America.
(Completion in early 2010)
Davis, Elizabeth. Lace and the Democratization of Dress (MA, 2007,.
CSA Stella Blum Research
Award winner, 2006) MA; continuing PhD, 17th
Century Dress prints. Has passed A exams.
Angela Claire James. Sustainability in
Apparel Design through use of Recycled Clothing (Thesis
in progress, on leave)
Berman, Kimberly. Issues
of Sustainability inTurkish Carpet Weaving. 2006, MA.
Ning, Fangjun. Costume
in the U.S.-China Trade 1790-1840. 2006, MA.
Kim,
Heejung. A
Study of Apparel Design Process: Integrating Korean Aesthetics for American Consumers. 2003,
M.A.
Singer,
Daphne Poppy. Engaging Learning: Experiments in Sharing
Power with Students in a Hands-on Design Lab 2002, M.A.
Young,
Carol. Undesigned: A Study Using Post-consumer Recycled Clothing and Materials in the Apparel Design Process.
2001, M.A.
Sherwin,
Sara Kate. The Tent of Meeting: An Exploration of how Symbolism can Enhance Surface and
Structural Design. 1998, M.A.
Faerber, Erin. An Analysis of Costume
Collection Accessibilty on the Internet.
1997, M.A.
McMullen,
Yulando. Alternative Flat Patterning
in Garment Construction Based on Architectural Paper Techniques. 1996, M.P.A.
Greene, Susan Weise Printed
Dress Fabrics 1800-1860. 1994, M.A.
Graduate
Committee membership outside of the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel
Design:
Robinson,
University. A Study of Textile-related Art. dissertation in progress, PhD. 2007.
Ozbek,Nadir.
Committee member, Department of History The politics of welfare:
Philanthropy, voluntarism and legitimacy in the
Honors theses
mentored
Alana Staiti (FSAD),
Fashioning the Tourist: An Andean Traveler’s Wardrobe:
A Study in Curatorial Practice, 2006
Matthew Keagle
(University Scholar) Men's Winter Coats
of the Eighteenth century, 2005
Emily Clark
(University Scholar) Women Wearing Hats:
A Collection of Modern Millinery Designs, 2005
COSTUME
COLLECTION
Exhibitions
(Gallery closed due to construction until move in 2011)
All of Them
Ladies of Taste and Refinement: How Lace Democratized Fashion in Late Victorian
Women's Dress: 1870 – 1890. May 20, 2007-January 31 2008. (With Elizabeth Davis,
graduate student curator) Elizabeth Schmeck
Brown Gallery, MVR.
Street Fashion and Youth Subcultures.
Gatsby’s Closet:
Dress and Identity in the Great Gatsby. July 2006 to
Fashioning the Tourist: Reinterpretation of Andean Textiles and
Dress.
November 2005-June 2006. (with
Alana Staiti, Honors student in museum studies and
the ethnography of dress) Elizabeth Schmeck
Brown Gallery, MVR.
Military
Uniforms in the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection. May-October 2005. (with
Matthew Keagle, Honors student in historic dress).
Dress Across Time and Space. May 6-
Inside Out: The
Cut of Clothes September
2003-February 2004 (with Susan Ashdown) Elizabeth Schmeck
Brown Gallery, MVR.
Quilts and Coverlets in the Cornell Costume and
Textile Collection
May- September 2003 Elizabeth Schmeck Brown Gallery,
MVR.
The Langdon
Collection
February –May 2003 (with Susan Greene) Elizabeth Schmeck
Brown Gallery, MVR.
Color! September 2002-February 2003. Elizabeth Schmeck Brown Gallery, MVR.
Crossing Time
and Culture: Perspectives on World Dress. May 5-
What Comes
around Goes Around: The Recycling of Fashion March - September 2002. Elizabeth Schmeck Brown Gallery, MVR.
The Devil is in the Details: Couture, September,2001-February 2002. Elizabeth Schmeck Brown Gallery, MVR.
Little Threads: Childrens
Dress in the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection, March 31-
August 15, 2001 (research for this exhibition conducted in collaboration with
Dr. Joan Brumberg’s class HD241 History of Childhood.) Elizabeth Schmeck Brown Gallery, MVR.
Common Threads: Art, Identity and Dress
in the
Selections from
the Brown Collection Elizabeth
Schmeck Brown Gallery, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. Sept 2000 to March 2001.
Buttoned up: Coats in the Cornell Costume and
textile Collection. November 1999
to August 2000. Costume and Textile Collection Gallery, third
floor MarthaVan Rensselaer Hall.
Ancestry and
Invention: Connecting Identity with Style and Tradition. May 5 to
Textile Treasures in the Cornell Costume and Textile
Collection. February 1998
to October 1999. Costume and Textile Collection Gallery,
third floor MarthaVan Rensselaer Hall.
Finding the cloth for the clothes:
Traditional Turkish textiles and their technologies November 1-
The Remey Collection September 1-
A Dialogue
Across Time: Evolution and Change in Dress May 7-
Kalaga:
Textile Art of
Cross Dressing:
Exchange of Clothing Styles Across Cultures May 9-
Textiles of the Andes.October 20-April 9, 1993. First
Floor Gallery, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Silk Painting by
Mohamed Najib Dawa, March
30-
CITIZENSHIP
Professional service activities
Costume Society of
Richard C. Martin Exhibition
Award Committee Member, 2009
Committee Chair, Awards
and Fellows Nominations, Costume Society of America
2002-2005
Elected
to the CSA Scholars Roundtable, 2002
Reviewer, Dress 1996-2009
Textile
Society of
Web site manager, 1998 to 2003;
Proceedings
editor, Biennial Symposium 2000-2001.
Board member,
Regional representative 2000-2002.
International
Textile and Apparel Association:
Reviewer, Clothing and Textiles
Research Journal 2004, 2007
Annual Meeting Design Competition:
Curator of Design Exhibition. Goldstein Gallery,
Berg
Publications
Reviewer, book proposal 2009
Textile
History (Pasold Foundation, Journal)
Reviewer 2009
Cornell Professional service activities
University Boards and Committees
Johnson
Museum Faculty Advisory Committee, 1996-present
Library Faculty Advisory Committee, 2003-2006
Cornell
Council for the Arts, 1992-2005
College of Human Ecology
Educational
Policy Committee, 2009-present
Human Ecology Diversity Committee,
2005-present
Chair, Diversity Art Competition and exhibition, 2009
Ad-Hoc Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee, 2005-2006
University
Advisory Committee for Cornell Abroad, 1994-1996
Human
Ecology International Education Committee, 1994-1995
Educational
Policies Committee,
Department
of Fiber Science and Apparel Design
Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2009 to present
Director of Graduate Studies, 2007 to 2009
FSAD Graduate Admissions Committee, 1998-2007
Adviser,
Cornell Design League, 1996-1997