CMCS is hosting its sixteenth Emerging Scholars symposium on April 24 and 25th. Please check out the call for papers here!
CFP: Emerging Scholars: Animaterialities: The Material Culture of Animals (including Humans)
December 4th: DELPHI Information Session
CMCS is calling all graduate students in material culture studies! UD’s Center for Material Culture Studies cordially invites you to a reception and information session for DELPHI (Delaware Public Humanities Institute) fellowships for summer 2020. The 2020 Delaware… Read More
Professor Jennifer Van Horn’s Graduate Seminar: Research in Charlottesville
Professor Jennifer Van Horn took her graduate seminar, “Landscapes of Slavery,” to Charlottesville (UVA’s campus, Monticello, and Montpelier) to experience plantation landscapes firsthand & to consider how these spaces are being presented to the public.… Read More
“Iconoclasm in New York: Revolution to Reenactment” by Dr. Wendy Bellion
King George III will not stay on the ground. Ever since a crowd in New York City toppled his equestrian statue in 1776, burying some of the parts and melting the rest into bullets, the… Read More
October 15th Deadlines for CMCS Grants
CMCS Grant Opportunities and Deadlines with October 15th Deadlines Fall 2019 deadline: October 15 The Center for Material Culture Studies is pleased to offer several sources of funding to University of Delaware graduate students and faculty… Read More
Communal Studies Association Conference: Space, Place, and the Spirit of Material Culture
The Communal Studies Association is holding its annual conference at Winterthur October 17-19, 2019. This year’s theme is “Space, Place, and the Spirit of Material Culture. See here for more details.
UDAILY: Students Develop Online Gallery for Wilmington Artists
UDAILY writes about Professor Anne Bowler’s class, “Sociology of Art & Culture.” Together, they created a digital gallery of the work of Wilmington artists. Read the full article here!
Lecture: Professor Jennifer Van Horn
To kick of the 2019-2020 Art History Lecture Series, Professor Jennifer Van Horn will give a talk titled “‘Stealing a Glance’ Enslaved Viewers and Iconoclasts in the Plantation South” this Wednesday at 5:30 in Willard… Read More
Faculty Funding Opportunity: IHRC
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center announces a special grant funding opportunity for arts & sciences faculty. More information can be found here!
Department of Art History Lecture Series: 2019-2020
The Department of Art History is excited to announce its Lecture Series for the 2019-2020 academic year! The full schedule of events can be found here: ARTH Lecture Series Brochure.