Spring 2026 History GR8154 section 001

Knowledge and Materiality in the Early M

Knowledge/Materiality Ear

Call Number 12409
Day & Time
Location
MW 10:10am-12:00pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Pamela Smith
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Intended for advanced graduate students, this course considers classic and recent works in materiality and material culture in the early modern period (ca. 1400-1700), especially as they are fruitful for the history of science and knowledge. Class sessions will include discussion, museum visits, and hands-on work in the Making and Knowing Lab. Topics to be considered: embodied knowledge, material complexes, materialized concepts and identities, agentive matter, human-environment relations, and material imaginaries.

Web Site Vergil
Department History
Enrollment 0 students (12 max) as of 9:06PM Thursday, October 9, 2025
Subject History
Number GR8154
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
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Section key 20261HIST8154G001