The Center for Material Culture Studies invites applications for Thing Tank, a new annual research forum for CMCS affiliated faculty and graduate students. Modeled on interdisciplinary seminars at research universities, Thing Tank… Read More
Category: Featured Projects
DELPHI 2020: Fellows & Their Projects
Endowed by the National Endowment for the Humanities and a generous bequest from a private donor, the Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) has been facilitating the professional growth and development of material… Read More
Brückner in Conversation: The Clements Bookworm Webinar
Over the summer, Professor Martin Brückner participated in an episode for The Clements Bookworm, an online webinar series hosted by the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. The webinar… Read More
Blackness and Publicness Guest Lecture Nov. 6: Dr. Mia Bagneris
Don’t miss the CMCS Blackness and Publicness Working Group’s last event this semester! On Friday, November 6 from 12 – 2 pm the group will host Dr. Mia Bagneris, Director of the… Read More
Oct. 28: Graduate Student Working Group Event Emerging Professional Q&A
The Methods in Material Culture Graduate Student Working Group is hosting its next event on Wednesday, October 28th at 6pm. Join the group for a Q&A with emerging professional Nalleli Guillen,… Read More
Material Culture Pedagogy Working Group
The Material Culture Pedagogy Working Group brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students across University of Delaware’s campus and affiliated cultural institutions to discuss how to teach material culture to diverse audiences… Read More
Blackness and Publicness Working Group
What is public and who decides? How is racial identity formed, communicated, and negotiated through material, visual, and virtual formats? Public performances of blackness and the politics of racial identity… Read More
“Whistler’s Afterlives: J.M. Whistler’s Lasting Cultural Legacy” — Lecture by Dr. Margaret Stetz
Want to learn more about Whistler? Check out the latest Scholar in the Library lecture by Professor Margaret Stetz. A description of her talk is below: Like his contemporary and “frenemy” Oscar… Read More
Methods in Material Culture Graduate Student Working Group
The Methods in Material Culture Graduate Student Working Group is an interdisciplinary organization of graduate students at the University of Delaware focused on sharing material culture methodologies. The group convenes throughout… Read More
DELPHI 2020
And that’s a wrap (for now)! Congrats to our 14 DELPHI Fellows and thanks to our 17 guest speakers for an outstanding two weeks. During the Delaware Public Humanities Institute… Read More