Craft History Workshop is a virtual works-in-progress seminar that aims to expand the temporal, geographic, and methodological scope of research in craft history. For more information, and to register for sessions, please visit https://crafthistoryworkshop.com/schedule/#spring-2023

----March 9, 2023: Pulling the Golden Thread: Tracing Embroidery Histories
2:00p – 4:00p EST, Via Zoom

• “A Workshop of Women: Byzantine-style Gold-figure Embroidery in 18th Century Istanbul“
Catherine Volmensky · PhD Candidate, Art History, University of British Columbia
• “Textiles of Silver and Gold: Exploring the Development and Meanings of Burmese Shwe Chi Doe“
Rebecca Hall · Curator, USC Pacific Asia Museum

----March 23, 2023: Revival, Renewal, and the Nation
10:00a – 12:00p EDT (please note change to US Daylight time), Via Zoom

• “Decolonization and Development: Craft Revivals and Activism in Post-Independence India“
Adhitya Dhanapal · PhD Candidate, History, Princeton University
• “The Case of Zakopane: Craftsmanship as Driver of Renewal”
Kaja Schelker · Researcher, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe; PhD Candidate, Art History, Ludwig Maximilian University

----April 20, 2023: Transmission and Transaction: The Textile Workshop in Contemporary South Asia
9:00am – 11:00a EDT, Via Zoom

• “Skill Regimes” and the Flow of Craft-Marked Expertise in the Mumbai-World Fashion Industry”
Matthew Raj Webb · New York University
• “Endangered Crafts: Documenting Shu Making in Chitral, Northern Pakistan“
Adil Iqbal · Independent Scholar; and Friederike Voigt · Principal Curator, West, South, and Southeast Asian Collections and Head of Asia Section, National Museums Scotland
• “House of Kalamkari Durries in Hyderabad: A Space for Making, Learning and Sharing“
Somedutta Mallick · PhD Student, Fine Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

----May 4, 2023: Visibility and Labor in the American Empire
1:00p – 3:00p EDT, Via Zoom

• “Camouflage and Coercion: Cryptic Coloration and Hidden Empire in Martial Law Hawai’i“
Desiree Valadares · Assistant Professor, Geography, University of British Columbia
• “Broom-Making in Immigrant, Incarcerated and Disabled Communities of the Early 20th-Century United States“
Rebekah Edwards · Associate Professor of Digital and Critical Pedagogies, California College of Arts

----May 18, 2023: Paper Play and Interplay: Marbling Paper and Drawing Marble
2:00p – 4:00p EDT, Via Zoom

• “Scintillating Sheets: Decorated Papers in Early Modern Islamicate Manuscripts and Their Impact“
Jake Benson · Research Associate for Persian Collections, John Rylands Library
• “The Artisan’s Share: The Craft of Modular Imagination in Late Cinquecento Drawn Designs of Hardstone Inlaid Tables“
Wenyi Qian · PhD Candidate, Art History, University of Toronto