The Stanford Arcade Colloquium, “Thing Theory in Literary Studies,” is an online site dedicated to publishing a wide array of work about the study of things and materiality in literature.… Read More
Category: Announcements
CMCS Grant Information – Deadline March 15
The Center for Material Culture Studies is thrilled to offer several funding opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students this application cycle. Please see our grant summary page for more information. The… Read More
DELPHI Applications Due Feb 15th
The application deadline for the 2021 Delaware Public Humanities Institute (DELPHI) is rapidly approaching! The Institute will run from May 28 – June 10, 2021, in an entirely virtual format. DELPHI Summer… Read More
Virdi to Participate in Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture
On February 9th, Professor Jaipreet Virdi will participate in a Zoom Roundtable on Victorian Material Culture. Hosted by the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC), the roundtable marks the seventh event in… Read More
CMCS Celebrates its 20th Birthday!
In 2020, CMCS celebrated its 20th anniversary! To mark the occasion, we invited 20 people who have been integral to the Center’s success and longevity to share an object that they… Read More
Virdi Publishes on Disability & Material Culture
Looking for some winter break reading? Be sure to check out Dr. Jaipreet Virdi’s recent publication “Material Traces of Disability: Andrew Gawley’s Steel Hands, ” which appears in a special issue of Nuncius: The Journal… Read More
CMCS Fall Grant Awardees
This application cycle, CMCS awarded four grants from the Graduate Research Fund in Black and African American Material Culture Studies. See below for more information!
Wasserman Awarded MLA’s William Riley Parker Prize
The Modern Language Association of America announced the winner of its fifty-seventh annual William Riley Parker Prize for an outstanding article published in PMLA, the association’s journal of literary scholarship.… Read More
16th Emerging Scholars Symposium — April 24, 2021
Mark your calendars! CMCS is pleased to announce that the 2021 Emerging Scholars Symposium, “Animaterialities: The Material Culture of Animals (including Humans),” will take place virtually on April 24, 2021. Our… Read More
DELPHI Information Session: Dec 2, 5-6pm
The Center for Material Culture Studies is pleased to announce information related to DELPHI 2021. The Institute will run from June 1-11th, 2021, in an entirely virtual format. DELPHI Summer Research Fellowships are awarded to MA… Read More