Jessica Conrad wins the Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize in the Humanities! More on Conrad’s work can be found here.
Jessica Conrad wins Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize in the Humanities
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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
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
Spring 2017 CMCS Grant Awardees
The Center is pleased to announce and congratulate twenty-four awardees for Spring 2017. Learn more about the winners of our competitive grants below. The CMCS Graduate Research Publication Subvention Fund Karli Wurzelbacher, Department of Arty History Publication: “19th-Century… Read More
Students Share Their Research At Osher
The Center arranged a speaker series for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, based in Wilmington. Speakers were drawn largely from current UD graduate students, from English, History, Art History, Art Conservation, Preservation Studies, and the… Read More