| Sept 3 | Debby Andrews. Center for Material Culture Studies. Course overview |
| Sept 10 | Arwen Mohun. Department of History Dangerous things: The social construction of technology |
| Sept 17 | Lance Winn. Department of Art Scholar rocks, bonsai trees, and crunched up cars: The possibility of the sculpted object |
| Sept 24 | Meet in the Art Conservation lab, 120 Old College Jae Gutierrez. Department of Art Conservation Photographic materials: History, deterioration, and preservation |
| Oct 1 | Margaret Stetz. Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies Clothing and culture in girl’s coming-of-age fiction |
| Oct 8 | Bess Williamson. Graduate student, Department of History Design and life of a food processor: The Cuisinart |
| Oct 15 | Meet at the Raven Press, 2nd floor, Studio Arts Building, near Old College Ashley Pigford. Department of Art Physical pixels: A kinesthetic approach to graphic design |
| Oct 22 | Julian Yates. Department of English A particular fondness for oranges about 1597 |
| Oct 29 | Will Scott. Department of History Blue jeans and the transformation of American culture |
| Nov 5 | Annette Giesecke. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature Gardens, urbanism, and utopias in ancient Greece and Rome |
| Nov 12 | Chandra Reedy. Center for Historic Architecture and Design Sand mandalas: Ephemeral material culture in Tibetan life and religion |
| Nov 19 | Meet in the University Gallery in Old College Fritz Nelson. Department of Geography Common Cold: Art and science in polar exploration |
| Dec 3 | Lu Ann DeCunzo. Professor of Anthropology and Early American Culture The interpretation of garbage |
| Dec 10 | Janneken Smucker. Graduate Student, History of American Civilization
Amish quilts and the crafting of value |
