In their recently published book, Elusive Archives (University of Delaware Press, 2021), former CMCS co-directors Martin Brückner and Sandy Isenstadt ask how material culture is studied in today’s world. The… Read More
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CMCS Rockwood Fund Awardee Lea Stephenson’s Archival Research in Boston
Graduate student Lea Stephenson conducted exploratory research for her dissertation “‘Wonderful Things’: Egyptomania, Empire, and the Senses, 1870-1922” with the support of the CMCS Rockwood Fund. Lea notes that in… Read More
2022-23 DENIN-CMCS Working Group: Fiber, Textiles, and Apparel
Fiber, Textiles, and Apparel Working Group Co-convened by Kedron Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Kelly Cobb, Associate Professor of Fashion and Apparel Studies The way we clothe ourselves is… Read More
Feb. 24, 6pm | Art History Graduate Student Lecture Series – Dr. Tina Campt
The Center is glad to share news about the next lecture in the Art History Graduate Student Lecture Series. On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6 pm, Dr. Tina Campt,… Read More
Feb. 24th, 5pm: Speaks -Warnock Symposium | Self-Fashioning and the Black Portrait Tradition
The Center for Material Culture Studies is so delighted to share the news that on February 24th, friends of CMCS will be giving important talks on the Speaks -Warnock… Read More
Dr. Stacy Alaimo’s Thing Tank Lecture | Feb. 23, 5:30 pm ZOOM
The Center for Material Culture Studies is thrilled to announce that Dr. Stacy Alaimo will be giving a virtual lecture in the Center’s Thing Tank research forum on February 23, at 5:30 pm. Please… Read More
DELPHI 2022 Applications due Feb. 15th
The application deadline for the 2022 Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) is rapidly approaching! The Institute will run from May 31 – June 10, 2022. DELPHI Summer Research Fellowships are awarded to… Read More
Rebecca Davis, Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions that Changed American Politics (UNC Press, 2021)
Professor Rebecca L. Davis published her new book, Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics (UNC Press, 2021). Her study explores the way in which mid-twentieth-century American… Read More
Dec. 7th, 6pm CMCS Book Launch | Elusive Archives: Material Culture Studies in Formation
Join us for a virtual celebration and discussion of the first publication in the Material Culture Perspectives book series! Series and book editors Sandy Isenstadt and Martin Brückner will discuss… Read More
Noah’s Archive: A Conversation with Julian Yates and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Last May, Professor Julian Yates joined Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen to give a virtual talk about their work-in-progress at the “Sea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary” conference.… Read More