Thing Tank is an annual research forum for UD faculty and graduate students. Each year, CMCS appoints four Faculty Fellows and six to eight Graduate Fellows as part of a year-long cohort. Together, they collaborate to explore a major topic in material culture studies. Fellows workshop writing-in-progress, attend biannual public talks by prominent guest lecturers, and participate in field visits to regional collections or sites. (See the links below for more details.)
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Credit: Optics: a soap bubble exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint by M. Rapine, c. 1883, after B. Desgoffe. Wellcome Collection. (Public Domain Art)
Thing Tank 2023–24: Subaltern Matters