For centuries, knowledge about arts and crafts has been passed on from generation to generation. But what role do instructive texts play in that process? On 29 June, Ph.D. Thijs…

Bachelor students at Utrecht University have developed Taste of Time to discover forgotten, traditional Dutch recipes and show you how to make them. The project is part of the Living Pasts…

The Making and Knowing Project (www.makingandknowing.org) celebrates the publication of Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France. A Digital Critical Edition and English Translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640,…

If you are interested in contributing, please submit an abstract (300 words maximum) via email by 30 March 2020. Click here to go to the website of the conference,which will take place…

We welcome paper abstracts to the panel track Alternative Knowing Spaces (track no. 5) at the 4S/EASST Conference in Prague, from 18 – 21 August 2020. This open panel focuses…

Cabinet, Elaboratory, Gallery 1500-1800 – The Preservation of Art and Material Culture in Europe and Beyond This one-day conference will take place on Friday the 24th of July 2020, at…

A recently published book review on Michael H. G. Kuijpers’s book An Archaeology of Skill: Metalworking Skill and Material Specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe, which might interest anyone interested in…

Archeologist Christina Petty (CA) recently published the article Working with Artisans; The ‘It Depends’ Dilemma in which she reflects upon the ‘Well, it depends …’-response many academic researchers receive on their…

** Application deadline is on Monday 15 Dec. 2019 ** Intvitation to participate in the Fourth International Seminar on the Material Culture in the History of Phisics, which will take…

Join the Textile Research Centre and the Knitting History Forum at the finale of the Texel Stockings Project in the historic centre of Leiden, The Netherlands! As many as a…