Society News
The DHS is seeking nominations for the Teaching and Learning Officer position. More
To celebrate the opening of the V&A's new Dr. Susan Weber Gallery of Furniture, the V&A are holding a one-day symposium on the 17th of May to investigate furniture materials, making and design. More
Postmodern theory might have finally killed off the utopian ideal of history as an objective science, but it has arguably left a vacuum, with no comprehensive debate on the role of subjectivity and its potential challenges and benefits...
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Design History Society members include all those interested in design: students, designers, lecturers, historians, researchers, craftspeople, manufacturers, archivists, curators, librarians and collectors. New members are always welcomed and actively encouraged to contribute to events and publications.
Membership of the Society offers the following benefits:
- Quarterly international, peer-reviewed Journal of Design History, published by Oxford University Press.
- Free, unlimited online access to the entire archive of Journal of Design History articles and reviews (for individual and concessionary members only).
- Qualification for a series of prizes and awards for academic work within the field of design history.
- Quarterly newsletter, exclusive for members, with reviews, events and general information.
- Individual Members receive generous discounted rates on fees at our annual conference and other Society events.
- Corporate Members are entitled to a maximum of four discounted places at our annual conference and other Society events.
- Professional networking opportunities within the field of the design history.
- Voting rights on Society business and elections.
- Occasional discounts on publications and exhibitions of special interest.
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Types of membership
The Design History Society offers membership rates for individuals and institutional members. A concessionary rate is also available for students, full and part-time, the unwaged and seniors, for which you will be asked to supply proof of status.
Membership under all categories is administered by Oxford University Press.
Membership rates:
Current membership rates are shown in the Members section of the Journal of Design History prices page on the OUP website. To apply for membership click on the correct rate to download an order form.
You can also apply for your membership online. Details on how to pay are provided on the order form, or at the checkout stage of the online order process, if applying online.
If applying and paying for your membership online, you will be asked to register as an online user of Oxford Journals, unless already registered.
Membership notes
- Membership lasts for a year and runs from January to December.
- Membership is administered by Oxford University Press. Please contact Paula Thomson (Society Liaison Controller), Customer Services, Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, email Paula.Thomson@oup.com, if you have any queries.
- Membership renewals: Existing members will receive an annual renewal letter in October from OUP inviting them to renew their membership for the following year. Reminders to renew your membership will be sent in December and February.
- Concessionary membership renewal: when your membership renewal form arrives asking for re-subscription at the full-rate, please send back proof of status, and you will be able to renew at the reduced rate.