Tri-University Conference 2019

‘In Small and Large Things Remembered’: Material Culture and History

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Holiday Inn Guelph & Conference Centre, 601 Scottsdale Dr, Guelph.

Conference Description and Call for Papers

Whether medieval illustrated manuscripts, Manet’s paint box, statuary, or everyday items of the home, material objects have shaped and have had a tremendous influence on history. Physical objects, resources, and spaces reveal a great deal about the time in which they were useful and how people defined their culture. “‘In Small and Large Things Remembered’” invites graduate students and scholars to tell the stories of objects that have been uncovered through their research. The Tri-University History Conference welcomes submissions over a broad area of studies and time periods on the impact of material culture on history.

The organizers consider ‘material culture’ in its broadest definition and are interested in submissions examining (but not limited to) the following:

  • Conference poster including shoppers on the main floor, Hudson’s Bay Dept. Store,Winnipeg, Manitoba. Image from Library and Archives Canada.
    Architecture

  • Archives

  • Art

  • The book

  • Business

  • Colour

  • Craft

  • Furniture

  • Mementos

  • Memorials

  • Museums/exhbitions

  • Music

  • Objects

  • Photography

  • Repatriation of Indigenous artefacts

  • Shopping

  • Technology

  • War symbols (e.g. the poppy, medals, etc.)

Conference is sponsored by the Tri-University History program from the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University.