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
Emerging art conservator Alyssa Rina’s summer was unlike any other. After attending Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) in June, she flew to Alaska for her internship at the Alaska State… Read More
The British Society for the History of Science recently announced that the 2021 Hughes Prize for an accessible book in the history of science is awarded to Dr. Jaipreet… Read More
Thing Tank is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Every year, CMCS appoints a cohort of up to ten Faculty Fellows and Graduate Fellows to study… Read More
Today marks the beginning of DELPHI 2021! The Center is thrilled to (virtually) welcome a new cohort to the Institute. Over the next two weeks, the DELPHI Fellows will learn… Read More
A recording of the ThingStor virtual webinar is now available on YouTube. During the event, working group members introduced the database and spoke about their experiences of cataloging objects represented… Read More
Our CMCS affiliate faculty have been busy! The Center is thrilled to share recent news about three of its members: Dr. Zara Anishanslin (History & Art History), Dr. Jesse Erickson (English & Morris… Read More
Please join the CMCS Methods in Material Culture Graduate Student Working Group for the panel discussion “Manuscripts as Material Artefacts: Decoding and Interpreting Historic Book Structures and Scripts.” Members from the Collections… Read More
University of Delaware, April 29-30, 2022 The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware is pleased to announce its third biennial conference, “The Disability Gaze: Material and… Read More
As a part of the conference “Sea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary,” Professors Julian Yates and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen were interviewed about their book in progress on Noah’s Ark. The… Read More
