On Monday, October 30 2023, Associate Professor Marcy Norton will present a public talk at 5:30pm in Gore Hall 116. The talk is part of this year’s CMCS Thing Tank on… Read More
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Go Barbie or Go Home: An Interview with Sarah Wasserman
Earlier this month, UDaily’s Diane Stopyra spoke with Sarah Wasserman, director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Material Culture Studies and associate professor of English, on Barbie’s immense theater… Read More
Professor Jocelyn Alcántara-Garcia to Give Talk on Spanish Illuminated Manuscripts
On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Professor Jocelyn Alcántara-Garcia will discuss her research on Spanish illuminated manuscripts in her talk, “How Hidalgos Flaunted Their Status: Materials Symbolism in 15th- to 18th-century… Read More
DELPHI ’20 & Thing Tank ’21–’22 Fellow Gabriella Johnson wins Rome Prize
Gabriella Johnson (Art History) has won the Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Marian and Andrew Heiskell Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the American Academy in Rome for… Read More
Professor Margaret Stetz Authors New Book on Aubrey Beardsley
Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies, is the author of a new book, Aubrey Beardsley: 150 Years Young. The book, which was published by the University of… Read More
Call for Applications: Thing Tank 2023–2024 – Subaltern Matters
The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) invites applications from UD faculty and graduate students for the 2023–2024 Thing Tank research forum, Subaltern Matters: Knowledges and Technologies from Below. Thing… Read More
Associate Dean for the Humanities Wendy Bellion Co-Edits New Book on Material Culture
Professor Wendy Bellion, Associate Dean for the Humanities, together with University of Delaware Art History alumna Kristel Smentek, edited a book recently published by Bloomsbury, Material Cultures of the Global… Read More
NBC Philadelphia Segment Features Professor Joelle Wickens and Former Students
Earlier this month, Associate Director of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, Professor Joelle Wickens and some of her former students were featured in a segment on NBC… Read More
CMCS-Affiliated Professors Receive Major National Science Foundation Award
Professors Kelly Cobb (Fashion & Apparel Studies) and Kedron Thomas (Anthropology) are part of a team that has received a three-year National Science Foundation grant of $736,893 for their Recycled… Read More
Kenneth Cohen Co-Edits Entertainment Nation (NMAH, 2022)
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has published Entertainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States, co-edited by Professor Kenneth Cohen and NMAH curator… Read More