Object Colloquia Series - Amsterdam Centre for Studies in Early Modernity

Object Colloquia Series

The Object Colloquia Series explores the world through the material turn. Each interdisciplinary duo of speakers takes one object or product as a point of departure to study and discuss various aspects of Early Modern art, culture and history.

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Muller

14 Mar 2023

We regularly see the muller and the grinding stone depicted in paintings of artist studios, and find it mentioned in inventories of artists from the time, including that of Johannes Vermeer. This is no wonder, for ...
ACSEM Object Colloquium: Graphometer

11 Apr 2023

What is the relationship between the mysterious ‘general graphometer’ and an eighteenth-century book of female-authored poetry? How can the graphometer’s technical drawing capacities help us to develop a fresh ...
ACSEM Object Colloquium: Sugar

9 May 2023

In his MA course 'Sugar and the World', students learn about global issues, such as inclusivity and multicultural societies, through an everyday product: sugar. Enoch Aboh, professor of linguistics at UvA, and his ...
ACSEM Object Colloquium: Blue paper

13 Jun 2023

The 'life' of Dutch blue paper can be seen as a journey through the Early Modern world, starting in the West Indies, passing through the Amsterdam Rasphuis and paper mills in the Zaanstreek, and finally, landing in ...

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Muller

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Graphometer

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Sugar

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Blue paper

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Ruff

ACSEM Object Colloquium: A Baluster

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Bone

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Table

ACSEM Object Colloquium: 'Geusenbecher'

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Cheese

ACSEM Object Colloquium: Anatomia Humani Corporis

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Map and the Monument

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The Shell

ACSEM Object Colloquium: The VOC Boardroom

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