The Design History Forum at Drexel University invites papers for its inaugural Undergraduate Symposium in Material Culture Studies (USMCS) to be held via Zoom on Saturday, March 12th, 2022. It invites students who have taken classes in art history, design history, fashion studies, museum studies, and related disciplines to submit abstracts for fifteen-minute presentations that imagine new directions for material culture studies, broadly considered.
It especially invites studies grounded in a specific object or set of objects that might expand or nuance our understanding of the following and/or their entanglements:
To submit a proposal for a presentation, please email the following materials as a single pdf to Professor Joseph Larnerd at JHL73@drexel.edu by 11:59pm EST on Saturday, November 20th, 2021:
Your proposal should be double spaced and in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. The document name and subject of your email should read as follows: "USMCS Proposal-Your Last Name."
Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of scholars active in the field of material culture studies who will also serve as session respondents. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by December 11th. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email Professor Larnerd. Funding for this event has been provided by the Decorative Arts Trust's Emerging Scholars Program.
Contact Info:
Professor Joseph Larnerd, Drexel University, JHL73@drexel.edu
Contact Email: JHL73@drexel.edu
Οι έρευνες στον τομέα των μουσείων δείχνουν ότι το κοινό γίνεται ολοένα και πιο απαιτητικό αναφορικά με την ποιότητα της εξυπηρέτησης, ανεξάρτητα από το είδος του μουσείου. Η ανταπόκριση στις ανάγκες των επισκεπτών είναι βασικό στοιχείο και πρέπει να λαμβάνονται σοβαρά υπόψιν από όλους τους φορείς.
Before composer Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 27, 1827, it was his wish that his ailments be studied and shared so "as far as possible at least the world will be reconciled to me after my death."Now, researchers have taken steps to partially honor that request by analyzing Beethoven's DNA from preserved locks of his hair and sequencing...
Ένα σπάνιο και πολύχρωμο είδος αράχνης που μοιάζει με ταραντούλα εντοπίστηκε στο Κουίνσλαντ της Αυστραλίας. Το συγκεκριμένο είδος αποτελεί αντικείμενο εκτεταμένου ερευνητικού προγράμματος από το 2017, σύμφωνα με μελέτη που δημοσιεύθηκε στο «Journal of Arachnology».
