CFP - 'Material Scotland'

Professor Nenadic was a leading scholar of Scottish material culture studies, gender, social and cultural history, as well as an ardent supporter of and mentor to students and early career researchers. The conference will be based on themes that reflect her illustrious career, while also highlighting and promoting new and future areas of research. 

Professor Stana Nenadic
Professor Stana Nedadic

Proposals for 20 minute papers are invited from established scholars, early career, postgraduate and independent researchers who work within the field of Scottish historical studies and material culture (broadly considered). Potential themes include (but are not limited to):

  • The art, craft and industry of making  
  • Dress, textiles and accessories
  • Object biographies and biographical objects
  • Gender, race and material culture in Scotland 
  • Material culture and place (urban, rural, Highland, Lowland, in Scotland and beyond)
  • Material culture of the Scottish home, including food and drink
  • Colonial and global influences on Scottish material and visual culture 
  • Intellectual engagement with objects e.g. Enlightenment practices, attitudes towards style, taste and design 
  • The sustainability and ethics of material culture in historical contexts

Please submit an abstract (max. 200 words) for a 20 minute paper, and short biography (50 words) to Dr Sally Tuckett (sally.tuckett@glasgow.ac.uk) and Dr Sarah Laurenson (s.laurenson@nms.ac.uk).

Deadline for submission: 7 February 2025.

Full programme and registration details will be released shortly.

Organisers: Dr Sally Tuckett (University of Glasgow), Dr Sarah Laurenson (National Museums Scotland) and Dr Rosalind Carr (University of Edinburgh).