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Nominations sought for Design History Society Teaching and Learning Officer

April 15th 2013

The DHS is seeking nominations for the Teaching and Learning Officer position. More

Victoria and Albert Museum Symposium

April 14th 2013

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

DHS Day Seminar Series: 'It's Personal: Subjectivity in Design History'

April 9th 2013

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...

Nominations sought for Design History Society Executive Committee roles

March 5th 2013

The Design History Society is seeking nominations for three Executive Committee roles: Treasurer, Communications Officer, and Student Officer. More

DHS India Conference 2013

February 4th 2013

CFP Deadline for submissions extended to 4th March 2013 More

Nominations sought for Communications Officer of the DHS

December 17th 2012

The Design History Society are looking to recruit a new member of the Executive Committee. More

Manchester Antique Textile Fair

November 16th 2012

The Textile Society's forthcoming Manchester Antique Textile Fair will be held on Sunday 3rd March 2013 at the Armitage Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester. More

(In)formal networks and the professionalisation of art and design history: Conversations with art and design historians

November 5th 2012

CFP submissions by 12 Nov 2012. The conference will be held at the University of Reading and the panel will take place on either Friday 12th or Sat 13th April 2014 More

Nominations sought for Treasurer of the DHS

October 31st 2012

We are looking for nominations for the post of Treasurer of the Design History Society 2013-2017 More

Free access to a special issue of the Journal of Design History

September 30th 2012

Free access to this special issue of the Journal of Design History (25: 3) 'Design histories of the Olympic Games' until end of 2012 More

Contemporary curatorial posts at the V&A

September 4th 2012

The V&A have created three new posts in Contemporary curating. More

2012 DHS Essay Prize Winners Announced

August 13th 2012

We are pleased to announce the winners for this year's DHS Essay Prize. Our congratulations go to Mark O'Brien and Teresa Reilly. More

Nomination for election to the Executive Committee 2012-2015

July 27th 2012

Nominations are now invited from members of the Design History Society to serve as Essay Prize Officer on the Committee. More

2012 Essay Prize Nominees Announced

July 23rd 2012

Congratulations to all nominees for the DHS Essay Prize 2012 - the prizewinners will be announced in late August and the prizes awarded at the September conference. More

New DHS Research Grant Announced

July 16th 2012

The Design History Society is pleased to announce they are able to offer an additional Research Grant. This one-off grant responds to the theme of the Annual DHS conference 2013 in Ahmedabad, India. More

Design History Society's AGM 2012

June 11th 2012

This year's Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday, 14 September, 2012, 5.30pm-5.45pm, at University of Brighton. More

Conference Programme 2012

May 29th 2012

The provisional programme for this year's conference has been announced. More

ICDHS launches website

May 23rd 2012

Our sister organisation, the International Committee on Design History and Studies launches it's platform for the international community. More

Follow JDH on Twitter

April 21st 2012

Keep up-to-date with the latest news and information from the Journal of Design History. More

New Committee Members

April 18th 2012

We are delighted to welcome new conference and communication officers to the committee. More

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