Dr Jane Partner (Cambridge)Dr Irene Galandra Cooper (CRASSH, Cambridge)AbstractsDr Jane PartnerReading the Early Modern Body: The Case Study of Textual JewelleryThis paper presents part of the initial research for the book Reading the E

Things - 30 May 2018 - Objects of Knowledge

Jun 8th, 2018 1h 2m

Professor Neil Kenny (University of Oxford)Edwin Rose ( University of Cambridge)AbstractsProfessor Neil KennyThe mineral-hunters: Martine de Bertereau and her husband Jean du ChasteletOne kind of object dominated not just the life of M

Things - 16 May 2018 - Colours and Texture

May 23rd, 2018 33m 36s

Professor Regina Lee Blaszczyk (University of Leeds)Professor Regina Lee BlaszczykThe Secret Life of a Colour CardWho decides the colours of the seasons, and why? This presentation explores the hidden history of colour prediction for the c

Things - 2 May 2018 - Living Things

May 9th, 2018 44m 39s

Mervyn Millar (Independent Artist/Puppetry Director & Designer)Perception and Performing ThingsHow is it possible that we can feel empathy for a thing? Since the beginning of civilisation, humans have been compelled and transfixed by perform

Things - 7 February 2018 - Uncanny Objects

Feb 23rd, 2018 1h 11m

Caroline van Eck (University of Cambridge)Emily Fitzell (Independent Artist, University of Cambridge)

Things - 21 February 2018 - Hallucinogenic Smells

Feb 23rd, 2018 1h 30m

Cecilia Bembibre (University College London)Mark Jenner (University of York)

Things - 22 November 2017 - Precious Stones

Nov 27th, 2017 49m 5s

Dr Tom Blaen (University of Exeter)

Things - 8 November 2017 - Feathers

Nov 13th, 2017 1h 25m

Dr Stefan Hanß (University of Cambridge)Dr Jose Ramon Marcaida (University of Cambridge)

Things - 25 October 2017 - Leather

Nov 2nd, 2017 1h 20m

Thomas Rusbridge (University of Birmingham)Philip Warner (National Leather Collection)

Things - 11 October 2017 - Paper Marbling

Oct 16th, 2017 33m 59s

Dr Mary Newbould (University of Cambridge)

Things - 31 May 2017 - Hands

Jun 2nd, 2017 36m 6s

Professor Jo Ann Oravec (University of Wisconsin at Whitewater)Sleight of Hands: Cheating and Deception Detection by Human Observers and Artificial Intelligence Systems

Things - 3 May 2017 - Food

May 15th, 2017 57m 49s

Professor David Gentilcore (University of Leicester)Richard Fitch (Historic Royal Palaces)

Things - 22 February 2017 - Dress

Feb 24th, 2017 55m 17s

Rebecca Unsworth (QMUL/V&A)Dr Elizabeth Currie (Central Saints Martins)

Things - 25 January 2017 - Collecting

Jan 31st, 2017 1h 1m

Associate Professor Sean Silver (University of Michigan)Dr Ruth Scurr (University of Cambridge)

Things - 23 Novermber 2016 - Knowledge

Nov 25th, 2016 1h 5m

Professor Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling)Professor Gunther Rolf Kress MBE (UCL)

Things - 9 November 2016 - Passageways

Nov 21st, 2016 1h 4m

Dr Daniel Jütte (Associate Professor, Department of History, New York University: Eurias Fellow, CRASSH 2016-17)Jacqueline Nicholls (Independent Artist)AbstractsJacqueline NichollsDoors, Gates & CurtainsTraditional Jewish texts utilises

Things - 26 October 2016 - Armour

Nov 2nd, 2016 49m 22s

Victoria Bartels (University of Cambridge)*Site visit to the Fitzwilliam*

Things - 5 October 2016 - Encounters

Oct 24th, 2016 1h 32m

Encounters on the Shop Floor: Embodiment and the Knowledge of the MakerDr Marta Ajmar (Victoria &Albert Museum)Professor Roger Kneebone (Imperial College, London)Fleur Oakes (Independent artist)This talk will present research from a five-

Things - 8 June 2016 - Bronze

Jun 13th, 2016 1h 17m

Dr Victoria Avery (Keeper of Applied Arts, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge)Andrew Lacey (Artist and Independent Scholar)Bronze was used in Renaissance Italy for numerous types of functional objects (artillery, bells, coins, lamps

Things - 25 May 2016 - Slaves

Jun 13th, 2016 51m 10s

Dr James Poskett (Faculty of History, University of Cambridge)Remembering Haiti: Phrenology, Slavery and the Material Culture of Race, 1791-1861Dr Stefan Hanß (Faculty of History, University of Cambridge)Familiar with the Matter: Slavery an

Things - 11 May 2016 - Art and Science

Jun 13th, 2016 1h 1m

Dr Stella Panayotova (Keeper of Manuscripts and Printed Books, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (Reader in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Cambridge)AbstractRe-Constructing Illuminated Manuscripts and Painti

Things - 27 April 2016 - Paint

May 5th, 2016 25m 46s

Christine Slottved Kimbriel (Assistant to the Director, Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge)

Things - 2 March 2016 - Religion

Mar 10th, 2016 51m 36s

Dr Joanne Sear (History,Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge)Professor Deborah Howard (Architecture & History of Art, University of Cambridge)Prof Deborah Howard Recovering the lost soundscape of Palladio’s church o

Things - 17 February 2016 - Interiors

Feb 29th, 2016 57m 17s

Dr Antony Buxton (Tutor in Design and Domestic History, Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford)Professor Ulrich Leben (Associate Curator of Furniture, The Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor)Dr Antony Buxton 'A Few Sorr