| 2 September | Getting lost in an object. |
| 9 September | Julian Yates, Department of English, “’Oranges and lemons say….’; Or, nursery rhymes and material culture.” |
| 16 September | Lance Winn, Department of Art, “Frankenstein revisited: Technology and monsters.” |
| 23 September | Martin Brueckner, Department of English, “Map, wars, and object lessons: The cult of cartifacts in 19th century America.” |
| 30 September | Will Scott, Department of History. “The retail revolution: From Main Street to mall, 1900-1960.” |
| 7 October | MEET IN THE MECHANICAL HALL GALLERY. Julie McGee, Curator of African American Art, tour of the current exhibit, “Sound: Print: Record: African American Legacies.” 2009 exhibition |
| 14 October | Ritchie Garrison, Department of History and Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, “Before FedEX and UPS: The Atlantic world and the problem of freight.” |
| 21 October | Joyce Hill Stoner, Department of Art Conservation, “Speaking directly with the artists: Focus on the Wyeths.” |
| 28 October | Lu Ann DeCunzo, Department of Anthropology, “What their garbage tells us about people in the past.” |
| 4 November | Marcy Dinius, Department of English, “Mirror with a memory: The American daguerreotype.” |
| 11 November | MEET AT THE RAVEN PRESS, 2nd floor, Studio Arts Building, near Old College. Ashley Pigford, Department of Art, workshop on type and hand printing. |
| 18 November | Alison Klaum, Department of English, “Pressing flowers: Floral representations in Nineteenth Century print ephemera” and Ginny Garnett, Department of English, “Scrapbooks and SuperFans: May Ward’s tribute to Ellen Terry.” |
| 25 November | No class. |
| 2 December | Anne Krulikowski, Department of History, “Through the Colonial (Revival) doorway: Fact and fancy in the Gilded Age.” |
| 9 December | Amanda Norbutus, Department of Art Conservation, “Preserving the meaning (and materials) of public murals” and Andy Bozanic, Department of History, “From whiskey bottles to railroad nails: Everyday objects and the history of the acoustic guitar.” |
