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
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
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
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 is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Each year, CMCS appoints 4 Faculty Fellows and 6 Graduate Fellows as part of a year-long cohort. Together, they… Read More
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
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
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
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
Fiber, Textiles, and Apparel Working Group Co-convened by Kedron Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Kelly Cobb, Associate Professor of Fashion and Apparel Studies The way we clothe ourselves is… Read More
