by Christine | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
“Green Light: Prospects in Lighting Design and Technology” symposium will be held on Friday, October 16, 2015 at: Clayton Hall, University of Delaware 100 David Hollowell Drive Newark, DE 19716 Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Program 10:00 a.m. – 5:40 p.m. Reception 5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $55 or $25 for full time students with ID (includes symposium, seated lunch, and parking) To register and for more information, go to www.udconnection.com/green-light....
by Sandy Isenstadt | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized |
This annual symposium, organized entirely by University of Delaware graduate students, provides emerging scholars—graduate students and recent PhDs from a variety of academic disciplines as well as museum professionals—with a venue for interdisciplinary conversations centering on material culture. We encourage discussion across perceived boundaries of discipline, medium, and methodology; past symposia have included scholars and professionals from such fields as anthropology, art history, historical archeology, history, and American studies. Each fall, we welcome paper proposals from graduate students and professionals early in their careers on any topic related to material culture. Presented by the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library: Saturday, April 11, 2015 Keynote speaker: Scott Herring Associate Professor of English at Indiana University For the full schedule, click here . ....
by Sandy Isenstadt | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Up to twelve ten-week summer fellowships will be awarded to University of Delaware MA and PhD students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences pursuing research in material culture studies, broadly defined to include both the preservation and conservation of objects and the scholarly investigation of the relationship among people, material processes, and objects. Fellowship recipients will participate in a two-week Institute, June 1 – June 12, 2015, during which they will learn a variety of skills for engaging non-specialists through public speaking and digital media. The fellowship funds uninterrupted summer research on participants’ own projects. Click here for more information and for application instructions . . . ...
by Sandy Isenstadt | Aug 30, 2014 | Uncategorized |
“Survivor Objects” considers the meanings of material objects that have been tempered by trauma. By bearing historical witness, such objects can come to hold a privileged place in cultural memory and, as a result, play a powerful role for present-day communities. The symposium features faculty, graduate students, curators, and conservation specialists from across the country. Please see the full program for panel and paper topics. November 14th and 15th, 2014 Clayton Hall Conference Center 100 David Hollowell Drive, Newark, Delaware “Survivor Objects” is open to the public but registration is required. The Marriott Courtyard – Newark is offering discounted room rates of $134.00 per night for symposium attendees. Follow this link to book your room now: Group rate: Survivor Objects Room Block. This rate is available only until October 24,...
by Sandy Isenstadt | May 28, 2014 | Uncategorized |
A Fall, 2014, colloquium sponsored by the Center for Material Culture Studies On the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, this series of talks by faculty, advanced graduate students, and experts from the community provides interdisciplinary perspectives on people and objects during times of armed conflict, declared or not, on the battlefield and on the home front. Topics range widely and include images of war in photographs and other media, health and technology in the organized violence of war, design measures that accommodate those injured during war, victory gardens, uniforms, armor, generals, foot soldiers, bombs, what’s destroyed, what survives. Wednesday 12:30-1:10 Integrated Science and Engineering room 222 MCST299-010: One credit. Pass/Fail. No...
by Sandy Isenstadt | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Consuming Objects: Negotiating Relationships With the Material World Presented by the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library: Saturday, April 12, 2014 Keynote speaker: Wendy A. Woloson Assistant Professor of Digital and Public History at Rutgers University-Camden. This annual symposium, organized entirely by University of Delaware graduate students, provides emerging scholars—graduate students and recent PhDs from a variety of academic disciplines as well as museum professionals—with a venue for interdisciplinary conversations centering on material culture. We encourage discussion across perceived boundaries of discipline, medium, and methodology; past symposia have included scholars and professionals from such fields as anthropology, art history, historical archeology, history, and American studies. Each fall, we welcome paper proposals from graduate students and professionals early in their careers on any topic related to material culture. Consuming Objects: Schedule Emerging Scholars in the News Material Matters: Selected Papers from the 2012 Emerging Scholars...
