Organized by UD's department of art history, sessions will focus on themes of place, motion and identity, and speakers will include art scholars from the University of Delaware, the University of Virginia, Columbia University, Fordham University, Carleton University, the University of Notre Dame, the Université Laval, the National University of Ireland and the Universidad Nacional Aut—noma de México.
Shared research will explore how ethnicity, geography and commerce shaped the material life of early North America and discussion periods will allow symposium participants to exchange ideas.
All sessions are free and open to the public, but registration is required by Friday, April 11.
More information on the speakers and venues, as well as on lodging and registration, can be found at [www.udel.edu/materialculture/objectsinmotion.html]. Information also can be obtained by e-mailing [objectsinmotion@udel.edu] or by calling (302) 831-8415.
The event is cosponsored by UD's Department of Art History, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, UD's College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Material Culture Studies, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and International Programs, the Center for International Studies, the Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events, the Visiting Women Scholars Fund, University Museums, Winterthur Museum, the UD-Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and the Latin American Studies Program.
