CMCS is happy to announce that it is now accepting donations to its carefully curated lending Library of Things (LoT). This collection will house portable, representational objects that all faculty… Read More
Lending Library of Things
Category: Material Culture Projects
Launching the Material Culture Perspectives Book Series!
The series publishes innovative studies on material culture in literary, visual, and historical studies. The series seeks titles that engage with physical objects— broadly defined and including their formal attributes, ascribed… Read More
ThingStor: A Material Culture Database for Finding Objects in Literature & Visual Art
Students and faculty from the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware are proud to announce the launch of the first database prototype connecting objects, literature, and… Read More
ThingStor Data-thon!
On January 28, 29, and 30, 2019, the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware held its first data entry marathon for our ongoing DH project… Read More
WANTED: 1,000 OBJECTS!
The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware is excited to announce the growth of ThingStor: A Material Culture Database for Finding Objects in Literature &… Read More
UD Hosting 200th Anniversary Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon with the Smithsonian, Feb. 14th
Dear CMCS Faculty, Students, and Friends, You’re invited to a celebration of Frederick Douglass Day on February 14, 2018, the 200th anniversary of his chosen birthday. This year, UD is… Read More
The Material Culture of the Ese’Eja People of the Amazon
Project Managers: Jon Cox, Department of Art, and Rocío Martínez, Rainforest Expeditions, Peru Curatorial Leader: Dr. Mónica DomÍnguez Torres, Department of Art History Conservation Advisor: Dr. Vicki Cassman, Department of Art Conservation… Read More
The Architecture of Electric Light
By Sandy Isenstadt, Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies The Architecture of Electric Light reconceives modernism in architecture to include not just the aesthetic exploitation of new materials… Read More
Shopping: Material Culture Perspectives
Shopping: Material Culture Perspectives was published in Fall, 2014, by the University of Delaware Press. The volume was edited by Deborah Andrews, the former Director of the Center for Material… Read More
ThingStor
ThingStor: An American Material Culture Database for Finding Objects in Literature and Visual Art ThingStor is an interactive database that will enable students and scholars to recognize and better understand… Read More