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
- Held on Thursday, April 21, 2016
Description:
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)
Anna Bertolet (Auburn) Andrew Morrall (Bard)
11:00 Break
11:30
Early Modern Texts and Cultural Practices (Part 2: Natural History, Food Knowledge)
Deborah Krohn (Bard) Caroline Duroselle-Melish (Folger)
12:45 Lunch (Foulke Conference Room) Including small group discussion
2:00
The Folger in the Context of Modern Collecting
David Jaffee (Bard) Georgianna Ziegler (Folger)
3:15 Tea (Folger Tea Room)
3:45
Fashion, Through Time, and On the Stage and Off
Michele Majer (Bard) Amanda Wunder (CUNY) Natasha Korda (Wesleyan)
5:00
Reformulated questions
Kathleen Lynch (Folger) Deborah Krohn (Bard) Andrew Morrall (Bard)
5:30