Galina Olmsted (Department of Art History) was a participant in the Delaware Public Humanities Institute in 2016. She defended her dissertation “Making and Exhibiting Modernism: Gustave Caillebotte in Paris, New… Read More
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“The Death of Things: Ephemera and the American Novel” by Dr. Sarah Wasserman
“Nothing ever really disappears from the internet” has become a common warning of the digital age. But the twentieth century was filled with ephemera—items that were designed to disappear forever—and… 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
“Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History” by Dr. Jaipreet Virdi
At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi’s world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society… 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
Ren Things: Material Culture Colloquium Creates Website Cataloging Objects
CMCS is proud to feature Matthew Rinkevich’s online learning resource, built with his material culture colloquium. Students engaged in independent research to catalog objects they found in plays they read… Read More
Emerging Scholars Conference: April 23-24, 2021
“Animaterialities: The Material Culture of Animals (including Humans)” has been rescheduled for April 23-24, 2021. This page will be updated with conference details as they become available.
“Iconoclasm in New York: Revolution to Reenactment” by Dr. Wendy Bellion
King George III will not stay on the ground. Ever since a crowd in New York City toppled his equestrian statue in 1776, burying some of the parts and melting… Read More
Communal Studies Association Conference: Space, Place, and the Spirit of Material Culture
The Communal Studies Association is holding its annual conference at Winterthur October 17-19, 2019. This year’s theme is “Space, Place, and the Spirit of Material Culture. See here for more details.
UDAILY: Students Develop Online Gallery for Wilmington Artists
UDAILY writes about Professor Anne Bowler’s class, “Sociology of Art & Culture.” Together, they created a digital gallery of the work of Wilmington artists. Read the full article here!