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
DELPHI 2022 Applications due Feb. 15th
The application deadline for the 2022 Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) is rapidly approaching! The Institute will run from May 31 – June 10, 2022. DELPHI Summer Research Fellowships are awarded to… Read More
Rebecca Davis, Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions that Changed American Politics (UNC Press, 2021)
Professor Rebecca L. Davis published her new book, Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics (UNC Press, 2021). Her study explores the way in which mid-twentieth-century American… Read More
Dec. 7th, 6pm CMCS Book Launch | Elusive Archives: Material Culture Studies in Formation
Join us for a virtual celebration and discussion of the first publication in the Material Culture Perspectives book series! Series and book editors Sandy Isenstadt and Martin Brückner will discuss… Read More
Noah’s Archive: A Conversation with Julian Yates and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Last May, Professor Julian Yates joined Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen to give a virtual talk about their work-in-progress at the “Sea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary” conference.… Read More
Conserve, Connect, and Communicate: DELPHI ’21 Fellow Alyssa Rina’s Summer Journey in Alaska
Emerging art conservator Alyssa Rina’s summer was unlike any other. After attending Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) in June, she flew to Alaska for her internship at the Alaska State… Read More
Oct. 27th: Artist Rose B. Simpson’s Virtual Lecture in the Thing Tank Research Forum
On October 27 at 6 pm, artist Rose B. Simpson will join us to give a virtual lecture, “To What End: The Environmental Impacts of Artmaking.” The Center is delighted… Read More
Finkel Fund Awardee Yoo Jin Choi Thinks About the Past and Future of Hanbok
Finkel Fund awardee Yoo Jin Choi had a special summer internship experience in Seoul, South Korea. Supported by the funding of the Finkel Fund through the University of Delaware Center… Read More
Oct. 27, 5pm | “The Objects That Remain: The Ethics of Tending to Sacred Objects”
What makes an object sacred, and what does it mean to care for sacred objects? In “The Objects That Remain: The Ethics of Tending to Sacred Objects,” DELPHI ‘21 fellow… Read More