The Design History Society is one of the leading organisations that promotes and supports the study of design histories, both in the UK and internationally. Through its journal, annual conference and programme of events it brings together all those engaged in the subject – students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators among them. It also acts as an advocate for the subject in a number of different contexts.

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Call for Panel Proposals: DHS Affiliated Society Panel: 114th CAA Annual Conference, 18-21 Feb 2026, Chicago, IL
The Design History Society invites proposals for an Affiliated Society panel at the College Art Association conference…
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Report: Cosmopolitan “German Fashion” at the Cologne Men’s Fashion Week | DHS Conference Bursary recipient
Peter J. Sproule, PhD candidate and SSHRC doctoral fellow in the Department of Art History at Queen’s University,…
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