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Material Cultures of Knowledge MRG renewed

We are pleased to say that the Multicampus Research Group in “The Material Cultures of Knowledge 1500-1830” has been renewed for 2012-2013 by the University of California Humanities Network and the University of California Humanities Research Institute. Please check back … Continue reading →

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Conference: Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century (April 2012)

Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century A conference honoring the work of Peter H. Reill A conference at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library —organized by Professors Jenna Gibbs, Florida International University and Keith Baker, Stanford … Continue reading →

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“Indisciplines of Enlightenment”: Graduate Participants

Call for Graduate Participants: “Indisciplines of Enlightenment: Firsts, Origins, Foundations” (seminar, July 19-22) We seek graduate student participants in an interdisciplinary summer seminar co-organized by Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside) and Ian Duncan (UC Berkeley) at UC Berkeley, July 19-22, 2012. … Continue reading →

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Postdocs: Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture

Six five-year postdoctoral research fellowships at Cambridge University: The European Research Council funded project The Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture Based at CRASSH and in collaboration with the Faculty of Classics FURTHER DETAILS Vacancy Reference VM13252 CRASSH (The Centre … Continue reading →

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Changes to Email Subscriptions and RSS feed

We have a new setup for Email Subscriptions and the RSS feed. The new Email Subscription form connects directly to WordPress, and it can be found in the sidebar to the right → The new RSS feed URL is: http://materialcultures.ucr.edu/feed/ We … Continue reading →

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“Collections in Flux: The Dynamic Spaces and Temporalities of Collecting” (UCLA Clark Library, 2014)

“Collections in Flux: The Dynamic Spaces and Temporalities of Collecting” Clark Library Conference, Spring 2014 Organized by Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside) and Mary Terrall (UCLA) in collaboration with the UC Multicampus Research Group on the Material Cultures of Knowledge and the UCLA Clark Library. … Continue reading →

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News: Fellowship Opportunity

The Disciplines & Technologies Project at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Mellon Postdoctoral Scholar positions, each of which will last for two academic years (2012-14). Each Postdoctoral Scholar will be expected to propose and pursue an in-depth … Continue reading →

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Disorder of Things: journal issue and podcasts

The series of events on “The Disorder of Things: Predisciplinarity and the Divisions of Knowledge,” held at UC Riverside, University of London, Birkbeck, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the British Museum from 2009-2011, has resulted in a special issue … Continue reading →

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Simon Schaffer events March 2012 cancelled

Unfortunately Simon Schaffer’s 2012 lecture and master class at the Huntington Library have been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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“Things: Material Cultures of the Long 18th Century” new Cambridge University Group

See Cambridge University’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)  new research group exploring material cultures and interdisciplinary knowledge: “Things: Material Cultures of the Long Eighteenth Century”

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