Cultural Histories of the Material World (workshop)
Cultural Histories of the Material World: Early Modern Books and Objects
- A Workshop in partnership with the Bard Graduate Center and the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Board Room
Description: In collaboration with the Bard Graduate Center, the Folger Institute will host a day-long workshop on early modern material studies. Topics to be discussed may include books-as-artifacts, relations of texts and practices as exemplified by food knowledge, collecting practices and institutions, craft and design, and natural historical objects. The different perspectives on material culture of the anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist, literary critic, and historian will be highlighted.
Organizers: Andrew Morrall and Deborah Krohn of the Bard Graduate Center, and Kathleen Lynch and Owen Williams of the Folger Institute.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
9:00
Coffee and Pastries
9:30
Welcome and Introductions
Owen Williams (Folger Institute)
9:45
Early Modern Texts and Cultural Practices (Part 1: Embroidery)
Speakers: Anna Bertolet (Auburn); Andrew Morrall (Bard)
11:00
Break
11:30
Early Modern Texts and Cultural Practices (Part 2: Natural History, Food Knowledge)
Speakers: Deborah Krohn (Bard); Caroline Duroselle-Melish (Folger)
12:45
Lunch, including small group discussion
- (Foulke Conference Room)
2:00
The Folger in the Context of Modern Collecting
Speakers: David Jaffee (Bard); Georgianna Ziegler (Folger)
3:15
Tea (Folger Tea Room)
3:45
Fashion, Through Time, and On the Stage and Off
Speakers: Michele Majer (Bard); [[]Amanda Wunder]] (The City University of New York); Natasha Korda (Wesleyan)
5:00
Reformulated Questions
Speakers: Kathleen Lynch (Folger); Deborah Krohn (Bard); Andrew Morrall (Bard)
5:30
Closing Reception