Making and Unmaking Value I: Transformations through Time

The first in a series of symposia presented by the "Metals, Minerals, and the Life Cycle" project of the Department of the History of Art & Architecture and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, this two-day event will explore how the value of metals and minerals has shifted over time through cycles of use, reuse, repair, repurposing, and decay. Featuring a keynote address by Eugene Wang (Harvard University), hands-on sessions at the Harvard Peabody Museum and the Harvard Art Museums Materials Lab, and presentations by Joe McConnell (Desert Research Institute), Alain Touwaide and Emanuela Appetiti (Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions), Mark Schiefsky (Harvard University), Pamela Smith (Columbia University), Isabela de Oliveira Dornelas (Max Planck Institute), Laure Marest (Harvard Art Museums), Michael Puett (Harvard University), Jeffrey Kotyk (Max Planck Institute), Anthony Quickel (Max Planck Institute), Eurydice Georganteli (Harvard University), and Dagmar Schäfer (Max Planck Institute). Sponsored by the Harvard University Department of the History of Art & Architecture, Center for Hellenic Studies, Peabody Museum, CAMLab, and Committee on Medieval Studies, the Harvard Art Museums, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. For a complete program and schedule, please visit the symposium website here.