Knowledge Commons | Sarah Lowengard | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/lowengard/activity/ Activity feed for Sarah Lowengard. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:25:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 4200dfe7469b02a99d2732c9debf36ee Sarah Lowengard posted an update: Color Studies Working Group Meeting Wednesday, April 8, […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1946958/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:52:32 -0400 Color Studies Working Group Meeting Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT Topic: Color in Antiquity.

We will hear from seven (yes! 7!) scholars about color technology & materiality, the interplay between image and text, color in MesoAmerica, in China, and more.

You can read about it at http://www.chstm.org/group/color-studies. Information about…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e641ae5cc7cb783369250528a442cfc Sarah Lowengard's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1940564/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:06:42 -0500 0 bd0c0bfab4f41ce064d50feca2333d5d Sarah Lowengard replied to the topic Color Studies Workinig Group (2nd Wednesday of the month, 12-1:30 US Eastern Tim in the forum Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/groups/science-studies-and-the-history-of-science/forum/topic/color-studies-workinig-group-2nd-wednesday-of-the-month-12-130-us-eastern-tim/#post-97574 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:44:07 -0500 <div class="bbp-reply-content">

10 December 2025. 12:00-13:30 US Easteren Time (UTC -5:00).

We invite your participation in the Color Studies Working Group, a research and meeting group sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Science Technology & Medicine (www.chstm.org; http://www.chstm.org/group/color-studies)

Our next meeting will…[Read more]

]]> fe038ae526e8df1a5681c009727c1052 Sarah Lowengard replied to the topic Color Studies Workinig Group (2nd Wednesday of the month, 12-1:30 US Eastern Tim in the forum Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/groups/science-studies-and-the-history-of-science/forum/topic/color-studies-workinig-group-2nd-wednesday-of-the-month-12-130-us-eastern-tim/#post-93828 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:00:01 -0400 Join us at our next meeting, Wednesday, 8 October 12:00-1:30 US Eastern Time.

We will be discussing Shane Smith Morrissy, "Art, Authority, and the Phantasmagorias of Color at the Panama Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco, CA), 1915," a fascinating chapter about postcards, images of America (literally!), and f…[Read more]

]]> 13493c8444a6cc723ffe08e26bbf32e3 Sarah Lowengard replied to the topic Color Studies Workinig Group (2nd Wednesday of the month, 12-1:30 US Eastern Tim in the forum Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/groups/science-studies-and-the-history-of-science/forum/topic/color-studies-workinig-group-2nd-wednesday-of-the-month-12-130-us-eastern-tim/#post-93827 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:59:42 -0400 Join us at our next meeting, Wednesday, 8 October 12:00-1:30 US Eastern Time.

We will be discussing Shane Smith Morrissy, "Art, Authority, and the Phantasmagorias of Color at the Panama Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco, CA), 1915," a fascinating chapter about postcards, images of America (literally!), and f…[Read more]

]]> af3ab7ffb31fc2eeef920a6b6cc71c91 Sarah Lowengard started the topic Color Studies Workinig Group (2nd Wednesday of the month, 12-1:30 US Eastern Tim in the forum Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/groups/science-studies-and-the-history-of-science/forum/topic/color-studies-workinig-group-2nd-wednesday-of-the-month-12-130-us-eastern-tim/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:39:25 -0400 I invite your participation in the Color Studies Working Group, a research and meeting group sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Science Technology & Medicine (www.chstm.org; http://www.chstm.org/group/color-studies)

CSWG brings together scholars engaged in<b> color-inclusive research</b> and those who want to explore color studies to benefit…[Read more]

]]> e161209b7673a6495ce21c3836858733 Sarah Lowengard posted an update: Sarah Lowengard @364556194B I'm thinking of offering a […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1911420/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:14:42 -0500 Sarah Lowengard @364556194B

I'm thinking of offering a 3-sesson #online #course / #workshop about finding and working with #interns, assistants, and other ad hoc #employees.

I forgot to mention I'm also thinking about reviving "Playing Well With Others," a 2-meeting online series about better collaborations.

Both would be scheduled for July…[Read more]

]]> 0 3627d7402216995a72652f1da154b50f Sarah Lowengard's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1909521/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:31:04 -0500 0 bb75018e694cf22c2cfde1dee15ad83f Sarah Lowengard posted an update: I'm pleased to announce the 2025 Professional […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1909382/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:37:35 -0500 I'm pleased to announce the 2025 Professional Practitioners' Online Business Meetings will start on Wednesday 5 February.

The 60-minute get-togethers will start at 12:00 noon, US Eastern Time (UTC -5:00) on the first Wednesday of the month.

I've planned 8 meetings for 2025, including an optional 2-meeting series for those in the early days of…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c76bc7d810dace9d0ca8ec5fa87502c Sarah Lowengard posted an update: I'm pleased to announce that the September meeting of the […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896298/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:23:29 -0400 I'm pleased to announce that the September meeting of the CHSTM Color Studies Working Group will feature discussion of Georges Roque's « Éléments de méthode d’analyse de la signification des couleurs : expression et contenu ». This is a chapter of his forthcoming book Significations des couleurs dans la peinture (17e - 20e siècles). Discuss…[Read more]

]]> 0 26840844e584da6c1923c5026fb1c69b Sarah Lowengard's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888567/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:27:19 -0400 0 efa4aed74e0d83a605847d3361aa2e57 Sarah Lowengard changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888569/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:36:43 -0400 0 1fb789ff024ef75a37dbd46b35169728 Sarah Lowengard deposited The Materiality of Colour Concepts in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887034/ Fri, 24 May 2024 03:00:26 -0400 An introduction to some new ways to think about the constraints of production tools on the presentation of color theories and philosophies of color.

]]> 0 1fb789ff024ef75a37dbd46b35169728 Sarah Lowengard deposited The Materiality of Colour Concepts in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887033/ Fri, 24 May 2024 03:00:26 -0400 An introduction to some new ways to think about the constraints of production tools on the presentation of color theories and philosophies of color.

]]> 0 b275eac073b1fd60b37edeaf2912f13c Sarah Lowengard deposited The Materiality of Colour Concepts https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1886949/ Thu, 23 May 2024 13:37:45 -0400 An introduction to some new ways to think about the constraints of production tools on the presentation of color theories and philosophies of color.

]]> 0 d24c25815a70fdf1aa7b744afc41485c Sarah Lowengard deposited "These Colors Don't Run:" Chemistry, Politics and Red Textiles, 1870-2002 in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871843/ Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:11 -0500 In this presentation, I outline and reposition the entangled histories of certain objects, technologies, and rhetoric, to show how consumption and consumer identity are reflected in their combination and that each category is never far from the other two.

A narrated iteration of a recent presentation. I consider this an interim version as I…[Read more]

]]> 0 efda64bcb4b14bc73e2cdc40e26476ef Sarah Lowengard deposited "These Colors Don't Run:" Chemistry, Politics and Red Textiles, 1870-2002 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871820/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:06:36 -0500 In this presentation, I outline and reposition the entangled histories of certain objects, technologies, and rhetoric, to show how consumption and consumer identity are reflected in their combination and that each category is never far from the other two.

A narrated iteration of a recent presentation. I consider this an interim version as I…[Read more]

]]> 0 b38b356e1f168a4489c783197196e3b0 Sarah Lowengard posted an update: Organize your working life. Help others to do the same. Move […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866586/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:52:13 -0500 Organize your working life. Help others to do the same. Move forward with the work you want to do.

I'm pleased to announce that I am offering my workshop, "Your Life as an Independent {Whatever]" starting 26 December. This is:
*a 4-week, asynchronous (do in your own time) workshop
*relevant and timely for adjuncts and late-stage PhD…[Read more]

]]> 0 b8cda4e2dbebcad3c1d8232aa2b77503 Sarah Lowengard changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1865296/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:50:24 -0500 0 34cca6f43831e712ef213cb7286b07e8 Sarah Lowengard deposited Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861722/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:53 -0400 I co-edited this collection of essays about color order and color ordering systems based on a workshop held at TU-Berlin in 2020.
https://bit.ly/Ordering_Colours

]]> 0 680e1d56fd6d317e33dc6b819578e03b Sarah Lowengard deposited Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe in the group Early Modern History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861721/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:51 -0400 I co-edited this collection of essays about color order and color ordering systems based on a workshop held at TU-Berlin in 2020.
https://bit.ly/Ordering_Colours

]]> 0 680e1d56fd6d317e33dc6b819578e03b Sarah Lowengard deposited Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861720/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:51 -0400 I co-edited this collection of essays about color order and color ordering systems based on a workshop held at TU-Berlin in 2020.
https://bit.ly/Ordering_Colours

]]> 0 a4e482bd45f3e52da0a6cd6949d66e81 Sarah Lowengard deposited Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861681/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 12:01:02 -0400 I co-edited this collection of essays about color order and color ordering systems based on a workshop held at TU-Berlin in 2020.
https://bit.ly/Ordering_Colours

]]> 0 9c24baf960f88e33df91f00be7b9d254 Sarah Lowengard's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1858984/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:38:29 -0400 0 8c308efda4433717487853ee3d42bf25 Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857414/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:33:13 -0400 This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]

]]> 0 bb85e6d30b8cea1810f71237f482887b Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red in the group Early Modern History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857413/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:33:10 -0400 This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]

]]> 0 bb85e6d30b8cea1810f71237f482887b Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857412/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:33:10 -0400 This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9146d07071762f366394864eed4a561 Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857275/ Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:48:25 -0400 This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]

]]> 0 3674acd28cd66ecc44e8450288905ad3 Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850418/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 02:24:44 -0400 Part of a special issue "Making Animal Materials in Time" (HSNS 53, no. 3)

]]> 0 726cdca854b855a48f42433c7139c02d Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body in the group Early Modern History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850417/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 02:24:43 -0400 Part of a special issue "Making Animal Materials in Time" (HSNS 53, no. 3)

]]> 0 a1ca51225636c02b2544b5f078610580 Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850260/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:51:56 -0400 Part of a special issue "Making Animal Materials in Time" (HSNS 53, no. 3)

]]> 0 cc7ded1ea39d1e2e0ebf8807c37cdd30 Sarah Lowengard started the topic Reading/listening/watching recommendations? in the discussion Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/groups/science-studies-and-the-history-of-science/forum/topic/reading-listening-watching-recommendations/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:36:27 -0400 I wonder if you--historians of technology/historians of sciences/science studies specialists, and others on this list--can recommend useful readings regarding scientific practices and nostalgia. This is to help me with some research into some events taking place between about 1860 & 1960. I'm good on nostalgia in objects, and on the idea of…[Read more]

]]> f3a5b4191e44040c7474b805f9d94ee9 Sarah Lowengard wrote a new post, About this site, on the site Lowengard Projects https://lowengardprojects2.hcommons.org/?p=21 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:13:03 -0400 I am slowly making available here publications and presentations. For the moment, I recommend you look through my c.v. (at
http://bit.ly/SL_resume) and contact me if you want to look at something you can't find elsewhere.

]]> 36c78330a530a937fd702151c407c175 Sarah Lowengard created the event A miscellany of Turkey Red https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1740427/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:44:25 -0400 0 38b19ee20811f3c577da67c00cd49a5d Sarah Lowengard wrote a new post, Projects, on the site Lowengard Projects https://lowengardprojects2.hcommons.org/?p=5 Mon, 31 May 2021 00:54:36 -0400 George Berg (1730-1775) 
George Berg and the Society of Arts: Interest, Improvement, and the Meaning of a Practical Engagement. Interactive electronic paper, The William Shipley Group website, Royal Society of […]

]]> ebf1f9279dc92a8a1b438ee94739fce6 Sarah Lowengard created the site Lowengard Projects https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1740142/ Mon, 31 May 2021 00:26:15 -0400 0 70f2192562142b64ccb0befb88e12384 Sarah Lowengard created the site Animal Fat & Soap: Experiments https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1737854/ Tue, 11 May 2021 13:02:22 -0400 0 71a8e96450230ca7d08b07004b112515 Sarah Lowengard wrote a new post, Animal Fats & Soap Experiences, on the site Animal Fat & Soap: Experiments https://lowengardprojects1.hcommons.org/?p=1 Tue, 11 May 2021 13:02:21 -0400 Introduction
It was early in the COVID-19 lockdown. Everyone, and every media source was offering advice on making it through an amorphous period with no apparent end. I came across a newspaper article about […]

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