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Virdi to Participate in Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture

January 20, 2021
by Kristen Nassif
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On February 9th, Professor Jaipreet Virdi will participate in a Zoom Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture. Hosted by the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC), the roundtable marks the seventh event in… Read More

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CMCS Celebrates its 20th Birthday!

December 21, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

In 2020, CMCS celebrated its 20th anniversary! To mark the occasion, we invited 20 people who have been integral to the Center’s success and longevity to share an object that they… Read More

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Virdi Publishes on Disability & Material Culture

December 21, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

Looking for some winter break reading? Be sure to check out Dr. Jaipreet Virdi’s recent publication “Material Traces of Disability: Andrew Gawley’s Steel Hands, ” which appears in a special issue of Nuncius: The Journal… Read More

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CMCS Fall Grant Awardees

December 17, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

This application cycle, CMCS awarded four grants from the Graduate Research Fund in Black and African American Material Culture Studies. See below for more information!

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Wasserman Awarded MLA’s William Riley Parker Prize

December 15, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

The Modern Language Association of America announced the winner of its fifty-seventh annual William Riley Parker Prize for an outstanding article published in PMLA, the association’s journal of literary scholarship.… Read More

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16th Emerging Scholars Symposium — April 24, 2021

December 11, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

Mark your calendars! CMCS is pleased to announce that the 2021 Emerging Scholars Symposium, “Animaterialities: The Material Culture of Animals (including Humans),” will take place virtually on April 24, 2021. Our… Read More

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DELPHI Information Session: Dec 2, 5-6pm

November 30, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

The Center for Material Culture Studies is pleased to announce information related to DELPHI 2021. The Institute will run from June 1-11th, 2021, in an entirely virtual format. DELPHI Summer Research Fellowships are awarded to MA… Read More

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DELPHI 2020: Fellows & Their Projects

November 20, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

Endowed by the National Endowment for the Humanities and a generous bequest from a private donor, the Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) has been facilitating the professional growth and development of material… Read More

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Wasserman Discusses “The Death of Things” – Nov. 19, 2pm

November 16, 2020
by Kristen Nassif
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On Thursday, November 19 at 2pm, Professor Sarah Wasserman will deliver a talk about her new book The Death of Things: Ephemera and the American Novel. The virtual event is hosted by ASAP (Association for… Read More

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Suffragist Saturday Symposium — Nov. 21, 2pm

November 13, 2020
by Kristen Nassif

Saturday Symposium–Our Vote: Suffragist Saturday Join the College of Arts & Sciences for a Saturday Symposium to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote! This interdisciplinary program will… Read More

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