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
ThingStor Webinar Now Available
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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
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
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
Virdi Participates in Bard Graduate Center Podcast
This past February, Professor Jaipreet Virdi participated in an episode of Fields of the Future, a podcast hosted by the Bard Graduate Center. The podcast amplifies the voices and highlights the work of… Read More
Carla Guerrón Montero, From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions (The University of Alabama Press, 2020)
Based on long-term ethnographic and archival research, From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions: Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama considers the intersection of tourism, multiculturalism, and nation building.… Read More
Special Collections Online Exhibition – “Greetings from Delaware: A Century of Postcards”
The University of Delaware’s Special Collections has recently published the online exhibition “Greetings from Delaware: A Century of Postcards.” Postcards have long been a part of American material culture, yet they… Read More