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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop

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Material Culture Workshop | convened by graduate students at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📣 Michaelmas Term Call for Papers 📣 This term, we are inviting submissions of twenty-minute papers on the theme "Re-Materialising: Navigating Transience and Absence" from early career researchers and practitioners. We are so excited to read your submissions and to see you in October.

A poster for our latest call for papers on the theme Re-materialising: Navigating Transience and Absence. The background is an eighteenth-century wallpaper of blue flowers on a white background. The title is in large white letters. The main text, in blue typeface in a white text box, reads: How do we approach object-based studies without the object?

How can we use extant archival material to “reconstruct” the material lives of groups and individuals traditionally underrepresented in institutional collections?

How does the archive present challenges and opportunities as a material object itself?

This theme invites projects which challenge disciplinary divisions and embrace material culture studies of non-extant objects and understudied groups. Papers may engage with themes of fragmentation, archival absence, loss, transient objects/experiences, unconventional archival practice, and related topics.

The Material Culture Workshop is convened by postgraduate students Cecelia Eure and Robert Hewis and aims to highlight the work of early career researchers and practitioners in history, art history, archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies, and related disciplines. It is hosted in-person at the University of Cambridge and online at 5:30 pm every other Monday.

Submissions must include a title, abstract (250 words), and a brief bio, sent as a Word document to Cecelia Eure (cre48@cam.ac.uk) by 11 September 2026.

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We're extending our CfP! You now have until 🚨 1 MAY 🚨 to send us something over - please remember we accept papers outside the theme!

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🚨 CFP 🚨 The Cambridge Material Culture Workshop is excited to announce our Easter Term call for papers on the theme of ‘unworked’. We look very forward to hearing about your work!

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We are very happy to announce our Lent term card! Come along to hear our scintillating speakers and gorge on some cheese and wine - looking forward to seeing everyone!

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🚨 CfP 🚨 We are delighted to announce our Lent term call for papers, deadline 13 January 2026! This term we are accepting work on any theme - we look very forward to receiving your abstracts!

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hi Sarah! So the best way is to join our mailing list, where we distribute the link each week - you can join here: t.co/oUIiHFNpoI

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https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/soc-materialcultureworkshop

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We are very pleased to announce our Michaelmas 2025 term card - we received some brilliant responses to our theme 'Holding Court' and looking so forward to welcoming our speakers. Catch us (and our wine and cheese 🍷🧀) around St John's on Monday nights!

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Cambridge Material Culture Workshop @material-cam.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Hello Bluesky! We are migrating our account from Twitter and will be using this as our new platform going forward. Looking so forward to making connections here!

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