Material Worlds – The Virtual Salon at IMAREAL
Materielle Welten – Der virtuelle Salon am IMAREAL

As of late, the IMAREAL offers a virtual venue to enhance communication on material culture: the Virtual Salon. In the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to offer an online lecture series in order to broaden the opportunities of scholars to exchange new ideas on questions of material culture without having to travel around.

The single lectures are highly interactive, offering the chance to discuss ideas and hypotheses either directly after the talk or at individual ‘coffee tables’ in a breakout room on wonder.me. Every participant may attend one or more coffee tables according to their personal preferences and the time they are willing to spend in the salon. Filled wineglasses or coffee cups welcome!

The lecture series started on October 13, 2021, with the art historian Aden Kumler (University of Basel). Click here for further information on the lecture.

On November 10, 2021, Rainer Atzbach (University of Aarhus) continued the lecture series with a talk on the excavation site of a castle in Boringholm.

Bettina Bildhauer (University of St Andrews) talked about the agency of shiny things on April 27, 2022.