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SéminaireAlternate Tuesdays, 12.30-14.30, University of CambridgeThe early-modern period was the age of ‘stuff.’ Public production, collection, display and consumption of objects grew in influence, popularity, and scale. The form, function, and use of objects, ranging from scientific and musical instruments to weaponry and furnishings were influenced by distinct and changing features of the period.Early-modern knowledge was not divided into strict disciplines, in fact practice across what we now see as academic boundaries was essential to material creation. This seminar series uses an approach based on objects to encourage us to consider the unity of ideas of this period, to emphasise the lived human experience of technology and art, and the global dimension of material culture. We will build on our success discussing the long eighteenth century in 2012-13 to look at the interdisciplinary thinking through which early modern material culture was conceived, adding an attention to the question of what a 'thing' is, to gain new perspectives on the period through its artefacts.Each seminar will feature two talks each considering a way of thinking about objects.April 30, 2013 - Printed ThingsDr Sean Roberts (University of Southern California) and Dr Elizabeth Upper (UL Munby Fellow)May 14, 2013 - Paper, Making, ThingsDr Elaine Leong (Max Planck Institute, Berlin) and Dr Helen Smith (University of York)May 28, 2013 - Handling Things Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck (National Maritime Museum), Felicity Powell (Artist), and Ben Carpenter (University of Wolverhampton)June 11, 2013 - Painted ThingsDr Matthew Hunter (McGill University) and Professor Mark Hallett (Paul Mellon Centre)Site Web du Crassh (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities): http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1036/things-material-cultures-.htmPour s'abonner à la liste de diffusion: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/crassh-thingsOu consulter le blog: http://thingsc18th.wordpress.com/