Three Ph.D. candidates in history—Emily Wells, Jennifer Merriman, and Qiong Wu—received Boswell-Caracci Material Culture Study Fund grants to reach beyond campus and their primary fields to connect ...

In the matter of Marxism / Bill Maurer -- Structuralism and semiotics / Robert Layton -- Phenomenology and material culture / Julian Thomas -- Objectification / Christopher Tilley -- Agency, biography ...

Martin Brückner, who currently serves as the Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (WPAMC), specializes in early American literature, material culture, and historical ...

Introduction: Writing Material Culture History / Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello -- Part I. The Disciplines of Material Culture -- Material Culture and History of Art(efacts) / Viccy Coltman -- ...

In today’s world, there’s an unspoken understanding that objects have a meaning, both to the individual and to society. No matter where you are in the world, people recognize that brands and other ...