The Anthropology department is hosting Dr. Tami Blumenfield (Furman University). Her presentation “The Cultural Politics of Heritage in China and the Southeastern U.S.: Whose Heritage Counts, and Who Decides?” discusses the complex ways that heritage is recognized,… 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
Maria João Petisca (Preservation Studies Program, Department of Art Conservation) was a participant in the Delaware Public Humanities Institute in 2016. She currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal, where she works in a private practice, conserving artifacts for… 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
Katie Wood Kirchhoff was a participant in the Delaware Public Humanities Institute in 2010. She currently lives in Shelburne, Vermont, and is the Associate Curator at the Shelburne Museum. Some of her recent publications and… Read More
With support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, fourteen ten-week summer fellowships were awarded to MA and PhD students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences pursuing research in material culture studies, broadly defined… Read More
BOOKS AND ILLUSTRATION AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA A public symposium presented by The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies Saturday, May 19, 2018 · 1:30 pm Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Parkway,… Read More
