How do we and can we, as scholars of the Middle Ages and of medieval art, engage with the general public in the current political climate? A Call for Papers for the 2018 International Congress on Medieval Studies
D(r)ipping Books
Everybody who still reads actual books has experienced this: You are caught in the rain while reading on a park bench and rain drops make your library book all wavy. A guest post from Dr. Tina Bawden.
The Dinner Party: Invitations Long Overdue
The Material Collective Plays with Food: Art and Activism at the 2017 College Art Association Meeting in New York
Open Letter on Precariat Fees
A large and growing portion of the academy is unemployed or underemployed, and we all must consider how we can address the situation.
Becoming Ocean: BABEL 2014 at UC-Santa Barbara
Two weeks ago, in Santa Barbara, we walked the beach together. (It’s taken us all this time to process, and sometimes hungry children and desperate advisees have to come before blogging!) The Material Collective’s participation in the recent BABEL Working Group meeting at UCSB took the form of a special double “session” where we assembled […]