WMQ-EMSI Workshop, “Material Culture Studies and Early American History”
Due to social distancing requirements, attendance will be by invitation only.
Ahmanson Classroom at the Huntington Library
9:00am-9:30am
Coffee
9:30am-10:00am
Welcome
Joshua Piker, Omohundro Institute and William & Mary
Steve Hindle, W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research, Huntington Library
Convener’s Introduction
Zara Anishanslin, University of Delaware
10:00am-11:00am
Session 1
Amanda Herbert, Durham University
“Faux and Artificial Foods in the Material Cultures of Britain and the Early Americas”
Commentator: Glenda Goodman, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Peter Mancall, Early Modern Studies Institute at University of Southern California
11:00am-12:00pm
Session 2
Jane Mangan, Davidson College
“Dwelling, Room, Object: Telescopic Views on Material Culture and Colonial Identity in the Urban Andes”
Commentator: Susan Kern, Independent Scholar
Chair: Nicholas Popper, Omohundro Institute and William & Mary
12:00pm-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm-2:30pm
Session 3
Benjamin Schmidt, University of Washington
“Decorative Colonialism: Coconuts and the Dutch Atlantic”
Commentator: Whitney Martinko, Villanova University
Chair: Joshua Piker
2:30pm-3:00pm
Afternoon Coffee
3:00pm-4:00pm
Session 4
Robin Derby, UCLA
The Mysterious Mana of Palo de Cruz: Taino Botanical Legacies on Hispaniola.”
Commentator: Pablo Gomez, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chair: Peter Mancall