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      • 2017 “Imagined Forms: Modeling and Material Culture”
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      • The CMCS Graduate Research Publication Subvention Fund
      • Unidel Louise Roselle Collections-Based Research Travel Award
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      • 2024: “A Conversation about Material Culture Studies Today”
      • 2022 “The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches”
      • 2019 “Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art”
      • 2017 “Imagined Forms: Modeling and Material Culture”
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Welcome!

Founded in 2000 at the University of Delaware, the Center for Material Culture Studies is a national leader in humanities scholarship
and interdisciplinary collaboration. From grants to symposia, internships to fellowships,
CMCS advances research, learning, and public engagement about the wide world of material things.
Explore our ongoing programs here and our rich history on StoryMaps!


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“A Conversation about Material Culture Studies Today” Symposium

“A Conversation about Material Culture Studies Today,” organized by CMCS directors, Sarah Wasserman and Carla Guerrón Montero, with support from CAS events, took place April 26-27 at the STAR campus… Read More

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Laura Helton Publishes New Book: Scattered and Fugitive Things

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Go Barbie or Go Home: An Interview with Sarah Wasserman

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Photograph of Gabriella Johnson and detail of Galatea's Realm, oil painting on canvas by Bernardo Cavallino, c. 1650
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DELPHI ’20 & Thing Tank ’21–’22 Fellow Gabriella Johnson wins Rome Prize

Peruvian Salt Pans
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CMCS Thing Tank 2023–24: Subaltern Matters

Image of students looking at a painting with new technology from NBC10
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NBC Philadelphia Segment Features Professor Joelle Wickens and Former Students

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