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
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2022 “The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches”
University of Delaware, April 29-30, 2022 The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware is pleased to announce its third biennial conference, “The Disability Gaze: Material and… Read More
Yates in Conversation: Noah’s Archive
As a part of the conference “Sea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary,” Professors Julian Yates and Jeffrey Jerome Cohen were interviewed about their book in progress on Noah’s Ark. The… Read More
May 18 – Webinar: Bellion on the Art of Destruction
On May 18th at 4pm, please join Professor Wendy Bellion for the webinar “The Art of Destruction,” hosted by the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) at the American Antiquarian Society. Bellion… Read More
CMCS Spring Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our spring grant awardees! Flip through the slideshow below to learn more.
April 30 – Blackness & Publicness Working Group Event
Please join the CMCS Blackness & Publicness Working Group’s final event on Friday, April 30th, from 12-2pm: Dr. Jonathan M. Square’s lecture “Envisioning the Afric-American Picture Gallery.” Dr. Square will… Read More
May 14 Pedagogy Working Group Event: Syllabus Speed Dating
UD faculty and graduate students: got a syllabus? If so, consider attending the CMCS Material Culture Pedagogy Working Group’s next event! On May 14 from 12-1pm, please join us for… Read More
CMCS: A History 2000-2020
To mark our 20th anniversary, the Center has developed an illustrated history of CMCS on the ArcGIS platform StoryMaps. Explore our rich history by scrolling through the window below, or click… Read More
UD Museums Spring Exhibitions
This spring, UD’s Old College Main and West Galleries opened two new exhibitions with a wide material culture focus. Read below to learn more! Art, Artifacts and Specimens from the… Read More
Wasserman on Disappearing Things and Postwar American Fiction
In March, Dr. Sarah Wasserman participated in an interview for A Bit Lit where she spoke about her recently published book, ephemera, and material culture studies. Founded in spring 2020, A Bit Lit provides a… Read More