The Graduate Student Lecture Series committee in Art History at the University of Delaware welcomes Dr. Dorothy Moss, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, National Portrait Gallery, who will present the lecture “Active Absence, The Obama Portraits, and… Read More
2nd Biannual CMCS Conference “Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art” University of Delaware, April 26-27, 2019 The second biennial Center for Material Culture Studies conference wants to address the question “What is a black book?” Such question is implicit… Read More
CALL FOR PAPERS for the Annual Conference of The Communal Studies Association October 17 to 19, 2019 Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware “Space, Place, and the Spirit of Material Culture” The deadline for submission of… Read More
The series publishes innovative studies on material culture in literary, visual, and historical studies. The series seeks titles that engage with physical objects— broadly defined and including their formal attributes, ascribed functions, contribution to larger processes… Read More
Winterthur Portfolio invites proposals for a special issue: “Enslavement and Material Culture” Twenty years ago, Winterthur Portfolio published a special issue: “Race and Ethnicity in American Material Life” which has become a standard source for… Read More
Students and faculty from the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware are proud to announce the launch of the first database prototype connecting objects, literature, and the visual arts! You can… Read More
On January 28, 29, and 30, 2019, the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware held its first data entry marathon for our ongoing DH project ThingStor, a material culture database… Read More
How electric light created new spaces that transformed the built environment and the perception of modern architecture. In this book, Sandy Isenstadt examines electric light as a form of architecture—as a new, uniquely modern kind… Read More
The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware is excited to announce the growth of ThingStor: A Material Culture Database for Finding Objects in Literature & Visual Art. Developed by a… Read More
“Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art” April 26-27, 2019 University of Delaware A symposium hosted by the Center for Material Culture Studies in collaboration with UD Library, Museums & Press and the College of Arts & Sciences’ Paul… Read More
