RISK! An Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

Sponsored by the Center for Material Culture Studies

All sessions (except October 19) will meet 4:00-5:30 in the History Conference Room, 203 Munroe Hall.

September 2, 2006
Janet Hethorn, Fashion and Apparel Studies
Dangerous Dressing: Risk and Fashion on the Street

October 19, 2006
Debra Hess Norris, Dr. Joyce Hill Stoner, and Faculty and Students from the Winterthur-University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Our Cultural Heritage at Risk: Response and Recovery Following Hurricane Katrina: A Presentation and Tour of the Winterthur Conservation Laboratories

Please note special location and time: Winterthur Museum, 5:00-5:45 reception, 5:45-7:00 talk and tour of conservation laboratories.

November 30, 2006
Ken Cohen, Department of History
"Good Blooded Horses" and "A Great Concourse of People": The Materiality of Risk in the Early Republic's Sport of Kings

February 22, 2007
Arwen Mohun, Department of History
Duty, Obedience, and Skill: American Risk Cultures before the Machine

March 15, 2007
David Ames, Center for Historic Architecture and Design
Aging and Catastrophe: Double Risks for Bridges as Material Objects

April 19, 2007
Fred J. DeMicco, Ph.D, Professor and ARAMARK Chair of UD HRIM
Marvin Cetron, Ph.D., President, Forecasting International
From Armani to Armor: The Hospitality Business and Leisure Travel in an Age of Uncertainty (and Terror)