Professor Jennifer Van Horn took her graduate seminar, “Landscapes of Slavery,” to Charlottesville (UVA’s campus, Monticello, and Montpelier) to experience plantation landscapes firsthand & to consider how these spaces are being presented to the public.… Read More
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UDAILY: Students Develop Online Gallery for Wilmington Artists
UDAILY writes about Professor Anne Bowler’s class, “Sociology of Art & Culture.” Together, they created a digital gallery of the work of Wilmington artists. Read the full article here!
Lecture: Professor Jennifer Van Horn
To kick of the 2019-2020 Art History Lecture Series, Professor Jennifer Van Horn will give a talk titled “‘Stealing a Glance’ Enslaved Viewers and Iconoclasts in the Plantation South” this Wednesday at 5:30 in Willard… Read More
Department of Art History Lecture Series: 2019-2020
The Department of Art History is excited to announce its Lecture Series for the 2019-2020 academic year! The full schedule of events can be found here: ARTH Lecture Series Brochure.
Jessica Conrad wins Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize in the Humanities
Jessica Conrad wins the Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize in the Humanities! More on Conrad’s work can be found here.
Sarah Wasserman: Podcast about Ephemera
EphemaWHAT?!? This is the title of Sarah Wasserman’s (Assistant Professor, Dept. of English) podcast on ephemera. In the podcast interview, Wasserman explains what is ephemera and why is it worth studying; Check it out here: https://www.ephemeral.show/episode/ephemawhat
Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art – Great discussions!
The conference “Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art” took place on April 26 and 27 and hosted around one hundred attendants in order to discuss what is a black book. The first day of the conference started with… 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 the visual arts! You can… 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 & Visual Art. Developed by a… Read More
“Hazardous Objects: Function, Materiality, and Context” April 27-28, 2018
Hazardous Objects: Function, Materiality, and Context Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library April 27-28, 2018 REGISTER HERE! View/Print Flyer PROGRAM Click Here to View/Download Full Program Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alison Matthews David, Associate Professor in the… Read More