CMCS’s graduate student working group ThingStor finished its bi-annual Datathon last week. Over the two-day event, UD students from various disciplines gathered together in a conference room on campus… Read More
DELPHI ’21 Fellow Michael Hartman’s Public Gallery Talk at the Hood Museum’s Exhibition, “This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World”
Last September, DELPHI ’21 fellow Michael Hartman began a full-time position as the Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College.… Read More
WPAMC & WUDPAC to hold a joint Open House on May 20th
We are delighted to share that the Winterthur community will hold an Open House on May 20th. At this special event, visitors will be able to explore academic programs, conservation,… Read More
CMCS Virtual Book Launch Event – Modelwork: The Material Culture of Making and Knowing (May 10, 5:30 pm)
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
CFP – 2023 EMERGING SCHOLARS SYMPOSIUM (Deadline: May 2)
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
Thing Tank
Thing Tank is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Each year, CMCS appoints four Faculty Fellows and six to eight Graduate Fellows as part of a… Read More
Call for Applications: Thing Tank 2022-23 – Material Futures
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
Registration Open | CMCS Biennial Conference, The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches
The Center is thrilled to share that the registration page is open for the upcoming CMCS Biennial Conference in Material Culture, “The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches.” Please… Read More
Elusive Archives: Former CMCS Co-directors published the inaugural volume of Material Culture Perspectives series
In their recently published book, Elusive Archives (University of Delaware Press, 2021), former CMCS co-directors Martin Brückner and Sandy Isenstadt ask how material culture is studied in today’s world. The… Read More
CMCS Rockwood Fund Awardee Lea Stephenson’s Archival Research in Boston
Graduate student Lea Stephenson conducted exploratory research for her dissertation “‘Wonderful Things’: Egyptomania, Empire, and the Senses, 1870-1922” with the support of the CMCS Rockwood Fund. Lea notes that in… Read More