The Center for Material Culture Studies invites UD graduate students from any discipline to submit proposals for the 17th Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, to be held in April… Read More
Thing Tank
Thing Tank is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Each year, CMCS appoints four Faculty Fellows and six to eight Graduate Fellows as part of a… Read More
Call for Applications: Thing Tank 2022-23 – Material Futures
The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) invites applications from UD faculty and graduate students for the 2022-23 Thing Tank research forum, material futures. Thing Tank supports the research and… Read More
Registration Open | CMCS Biennial Conference, The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches
The Center is thrilled to share that the registration page is open for the upcoming CMCS Biennial Conference in Material Culture, “The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches.” Please… Read More
Elusive Archives: Former CMCS Co-directors published the inaugural volume of Material Culture Perspectives series
In their recently published book, Elusive Archives (University of Delaware Press, 2021), former CMCS co-directors Martin Brückner and Sandy Isenstadt ask how material culture is studied in today’s world. The… Read More
CMCS Rockwood Fund Awardee Lea Stephenson’s Archival Research in Boston
Graduate student Lea Stephenson conducted exploratory research for her dissertation “‘Wonderful Things’: Egyptomania, Empire, and the Senses, 1870-1922” with the support of the CMCS Rockwood Fund. Lea notes that in… Read More
2022-23 DENIN-CMCS Working Group: Fiber, Textiles, and Apparel
Fiber, Textiles, and Apparel Working Group Co-convened by Kedron Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Kelly Cobb, Associate Professor of Fashion and Apparel Studies The way we clothe ourselves is… Read More
Feb. 24, 6pm | Art History Graduate Student Lecture Series – Dr. Tina Campt
The Center is glad to share news about the next lecture in the Art History Graduate Student Lecture Series. On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6 pm, Dr. Tina Campt,… Read More
Feb. 24th, 5pm: Speaks -Warnock Symposium | Self-Fashioning and the Black Portrait Tradition
The Center for Material Culture Studies is so delighted to share the news that on February 24th, friends of CMCS will be giving important talks on the Speaks -Warnock… Read More
Dr. Stacy Alaimo’s Thing Tank Lecture | Feb. 23, 5:30 pm ZOOM
The Center for Material Culture Studies is thrilled to announce that Dr. Stacy Alaimo will be giving a virtual lecture in the Center’s Thing Tank research forum on February 23, at 5:30 pm. Please… Read More