Ecomaterialism, the forum topic for 2021-22, focuses on the relationship between environment and materiality. It was once common to think of these terms as distinct. Where “nature” signified the physical… Read More
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Blackness & Publicness Working Group Spring Schedule
The Blackness and Publicness Working Group has released its Spring 2021 workshop schedule. Participants will workshop writings-in-progress and discuss readings that interrogate Blackness and publicness from the early modern period to… Read More
“Heterosexual Histories” co-edited by Rebecca Davis
Heterosexuality is usually regarded as something inherently “natural”—but what is heterosexuality, and how has it taken shape across the centuries? By challenging ahistorical approaches to the heterosexual subject, Heterosexual Histories… Read More
March 19: Material Culture Pedagogy Working Group Workshop
The Material Culture Pedagogy Working Group is hosting its first event of the semester on Friday, March 19 at 12pm. Join the group for “No, It’s Not on the Syllabus,” a workshop on… Read More
Stetz Offers Virtual Course – “Why We’re Still Wilde About Oscar”
Beginning March 23rd, Professor Margaret Stetz is offering the virtual course “Why We’re Still Wilde About Oscar” through The Rosenbach. Read below for the class description: Anyone who saw the… Read More
Mar. 4 Lecture by Jennifer Van Horn – “Painted Afterlives: Enslavement and Representation in the Antebellum South”
On Thursday March 4, 2021 at 6pm, Professor Jennifer Van Horn will deliver a virtual lecture as a part of the Dickson Lecture Series at Penn State. “Painted Afterlives: Enslavement and Representation in the Antebellum… Read More
CFP: New Directions for Thing Theory in Literary Studies
The Stanford Arcade Colloquium, “Thing Theory in Literary Studies,” is an online site dedicated to publishing a wide array of work about the study of things and materiality in literature.… Read More
CMCS Grant Information – Deadline March 15
The Center for Material Culture Studies is thrilled to offer several funding opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students this application cycle. Please see our grant summary page for more information. The… Read More
DELPHI Applications Due Feb 15th
The application deadline for the 2021 Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) is rapidly approaching! The Institute will run from May 28 – June 10, 2021, in an entirely virtual format. DELPHI Summer… Read More
Virdi to Participate in Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture
On February 9th, Professor Jaipreet Virdi will participate in a Zoom Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture. Hosted by the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC), the roundtable marks the seventh event in… Read More