The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) was founded in 2000 and has made the University of Delaware a leader in the global study of material culture.

Over the past 25 years, with endowments supported by the Unidel Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, CMCS has awarded over 500 grants to faculty and students whose research examines the things people make and all the ways those things, in turn, inhabit and act upon the physical world.

CMCS serves as an interdisciplinary hub on UD's campus, bringing together scholars and students from across the humanities and social sciences, through initiatives such as ThingTank, the Emerging Scholars in Material Culture Symposium, and DELPHI (the Delaware Public Humanities Institute).

To commemorate 25 years of advancing research in material culture, CMCS is hosting a week of hands-on workshops Nov. 10-14. On Thursday, Nov. 13, CMCS invites the campus community to join the center's affiliates for a student poster session, panel discussion, book exhibit and reception in Memorial Hall, starting at 4 p.m.

Please visit the CMCS website for more details.