Emily Carris is an artist and founding member of The Art Dept, a collective-run community space specializing in reclaiming history through vintage objects, art, and public events. This collaborative vintage store and workshop space is dedicated to sharing stories and uplifting underserved artists.
Prof. Dr. Wayne Modest is the head of the Research Center of Material Culture (RCMC), a flagship institute that serves as a focal point for ethnographic research in the Netherlands. He is also professor of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies (by special appointment) in the faculty of humanities at Vrije Universiteit.
Lunch on Thursday Jan 30 at 12pm
Now that you've settled in after winter break, come and meet our Spring Fellows on the CEE Third Thursday* event, to be held next Thursday, January 30 2020 at 12PM in the CEE Office (Rm 438 of the Penn Museum).This semester we are excited to introduce Emily Carris (Art Dept Collective, Philadelphia) and Wayne Modest (Research Center of Material Culture, Amsterdam) who are teaching phenomenal interdisciplinary courses related to our annual theme of "Medium/Archive".
*This month, CEE Third Thursdays will be held on the fourth Thursday.
Currently In Session
It Was the Law at the Time Museums, Colonialism, and the Question of Property Prof. Dr. Wayne Modest
Ships Modalities of Black Freedom and Escape I
Emily Carris & Dr. Grace Sanders Johnson & Joanne Douglass
Upcoming Event
Zama Zama Project at Slought | Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 PM
"The Zama Zama Project" is a multi-format installation by Rosalind Morris about the world of informal mining in the abandoned gold mines of South Africa, on display January 24 - March 20, 2020. The opening event, titled "The Cost of Gold," will take place on Wednesday, January 29th from 6:30-8:30pm at Slought and will feature a conversation about informal mining and its representation with artist Rosalind Morris and Radhika Subramaniam, moderated by Eduardo Cadava. The exhibit and opening are both free and open to the public.
The Cost of Gold
A conversation about informal mining and its representation with Rosalind Morris and Radhika Subramaniam
Project Spotlight
This week, our very own Juan Castrillón will be presenting his multimodal work at the University of Helsinki. Between January 21st and the 24th, Juan will be delivering three guest lectures: Amazonian Indigenous Music and Communication with Non-Humans: The Sonic Worlds of the Hehenewa People, multimodal methods in ethnomusicology, and Sonic Worlds of Dervishes. In addition, the University will be hosting film screenings of Rehavi (Timekeepers) and ~Kiraiñia (Long Flutes) followed by Q&As with Juan. Check out the trailer to ~Kiraiñia here:
