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
The 2021 BSHS Hughes Prize Awarded to Dr. Jaipreet Virdi’s Hearing Happiness
The British Society for the History of Science recently announced that the 2021 Hughes Prize for an accessible book in the history of science is awarded to Dr. Jaipreet… Read More
Oct. 1 – Dr. Jocelyn Alcántara-García’s TEDx Talk
The Center is delighted to share the news that Professor Jocelyn Alcántara-García will give a talk at the 2021 TEDxUniversityofDelaware event on October 1st. In her talk, “How to Improve… Read More
Finkel Fund Awardee Naomi Subotnick Reflects on the Creation of Historical Memory
“As I compiled a furnishings plan based on both primary and secondary source research, I reflected on how historical memory is shaped locally: the various actors involved in the creation… Read More
Announcing the 2021-2022 Thing Tank Fellows
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
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