Thing Tank is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Every year, CMCS appoints a cohort of up to ten Faculty Fellows and Graduate Fellows to study… Read More
Announcing the 2021-2022 Thing Tank Fellows
Introducing the 2021 DELPHI Fellows
Today marks the beginning of DELPHI 2021! The Center is thrilled to (virtually) welcome a new cohort to the Institute. Over the next two weeks, the DELPHI Fellows will learn… Read More
ThingStor Webinar Now Available
A recording of the ThingStor virtual webinar is now available on YouTube. During the event, working group members introduced the database and spoke about their experiences of cataloging objects represented… Read More
CMCS Faculty: Recent Appointments and Elections
Our CMCS affiliate faculty have been busy! The Center is thrilled to share recent news about three of its members: Dr. Zara Anishanslin (History & Art History), Dr. Jesse Erickson (English & Morris… Read More
May 27 – Graduate Student Working Group Panel Discussion
Please join the CMCS Methods in Material Culture Graduate Student Working Group for the panel discussion “Manuscripts as Material Artefacts: Decoding and Interpreting Historic Book Structures and Scripts.” Members from the Collections… Read More
CFP: CMCS 3rd Biennial Conference, “The Disability Gaze”
University of Delaware, April 29-30, 2022 Submission Deadline: September 15, 2021 The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware invites proposals for its third biennial conference, “The… Read More
Yates in Conversation: Noah’s Archive
As a part of the conference “Sea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary,” Professors Julian Yates and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen were interviewed about their book in progress on Noah’s Ark. The… Read More
May 18 – Webinar: Bellion on the Art of Destruction
On May 18th at 4pm, please join Professor Wendy Bellion for the webinar “The Art of Destruction,” hosted by the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) at the American Antiquarian Society. Bellion… Read More
CMCS Spring Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our spring grant awardees! Flip through the slideshow below to learn more.
May 6 – ThingStor Webinar
Are you interested in learning more about ThingStor? Join the ThingStor working group on May 6 at 4:30pm for a virtual webinar. Working group members will introduce the database and talk about… Read More