The Center for Material Culture Studies is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a virtual book launch to celebrate the publication of Modelwork: The Material Culture of Making… Read More
The Center for Material Culture Studies invites UD graduate students from any discipline to submit proposals for the 17th Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, to be held in April… Read More
The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) invites applications from UD faculty and graduate students for the 2022-23 Thing Tank research forum, material futures. Thing Tank supports the research and… Read More
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
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
