CFP for workshop 3 now out! How have transnational forces shaped the museum professions from design to curating and beyond? We will be online in May and in KuK TU Berlin in June. Please join us and spread the word. …seumprofessionals.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/workshop-3/

The recordings of workshop 2 on Navigating Museum Careers held The Centre for Design History are now online! We had some fantastic presentations from Laharee Mitra 💙 Anisha Gupta Tamsin C Russell Amanda Tobin Ripley Dr Nuala Morse Diversity Lewes Sarah Gore Kate Guy Enjoy! …seumprofessionals.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/workshop-2-nav…

📣LAST CHANCE!

CLOSING SOON: x3 Visiting Research Fellowships 2023-24

DEADLINE: 5pm GMT on Monday 15th January 2024

Further information and application details are linked in the bio 👀

(image credit: University of Brighton Design Archives)

Last month I went to Budapest for the launch of a research centre dedicated to vernacular photography. I spoke on Learning from Photographic Mistakes. I begin with Mass Observation photos, discuss my recent book Four Corners Books and introduce my new project: youtu.be/szOn0XMA38A

I have my copy of Histories of Exhibition Design by ⁦Kate Guy⁩, ⁦Hajra⁩ and ⁦Claire Wintle⁩ for review. I’ve already read the intro and it’s a book that fills a huge gap in the extant literature and one I wish existed when I was a PhD students. 🤩

Published! This Focus book revisits the definition of a record and extends it to include memory, murals, rock art paintings and other objects. It draws on examples from across Africa and authors analyse archives in the African context. routledge.com/Indigenous-Arc… Routledge History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology

Our director Sue Breakell is giving the keynote speech at The Tangible Archive Symposium tomorrow London Met Uni on The Materiality of The Archive, co-edited with Wendy

Open access copy here: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…..

We are recruiting one more Ambassador! Could you play a key role in supporting the DHS through events, social media, and new initiatives? Find out more and apply: buff.ly/3NADYCP

Interested in climate change and museum objects? Fancy doing a PhD supervised by me, George Adamson & Museum of Cambridge? Consider applying for the funded collaborative PhD '‘Weathering’ climate change' More details here: tinyurl.com/4hpxtbkb

My first presentation since returning from mat leave! Thanks to colleagues who organised, presented and attended the Making Museum Professionals workshop, I found it incredibly thought-provoking. Here's hoping I can turn all this inspiration into some productivity...

I'm really pleased to be in such illustrious company with a chapter in 'British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in the Second World War', coming soon from Bloomsbury Academic + co-edited by
Beatriz Lopez (bealoplop.bsky.social), Guy Woodward and James Smith The PWE and British Culture bloomsbury.com/uk/british-wri…

Thanks Heidi Lowther and the rest of the team at Routledge Books, for publishing our book. I'm incredibly proud that it is the first in the new and exciting Museum Making series!

Within 24 months of your PhD? Interested in visual and material culture and art and design history? New! Opportunity to become a Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellow with the Centre for Design History at University of Brighton University of Brighton The Centre for Design History blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordesig…

Pleased to announce a dedicated Visiting Research Fellowship at the Design Archives in conjunction with The Centre for Design History for the upcoming spring semester 2024. Deadline 15 January, more info here:
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesign…

I have been beavering away organising this symposium for the last few months. Very glad to finally be able to invite people to Weaving Waves - the first (I think) exploration of maritime tapestry as a genre rmg.co.uk/whats-on/natio…

It’s finally here! So excited to see the work of so many #dresshistory friends Dr Suzanne Rowland Dr Lucie Whitmore Hannah Wroe Beatrice Behlen Dr Eliza McKee Hilary Davidson fourredshoes.bsky.social Valerie Wilson Vanessa Jones Ciara Phipps. Thanks to our wonderful editors Bethan Bide Jade Halbert Dr. Liz Tregenza

Jeremy Aynsley of ⁦The Centre for Design History⁩ delivers his keynote “Has Design History Changed?: some reflections” at RCA/V&A conference “Change over time/ Time for change” this afternoon at the V&A ⁦V&A/RCA History of Design⁩

Greetings from Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest!

It’s publication day! Can’t wait to see this in its material form. Thanks again to all our fabulous authors for their participation and especially to my co-editor Wendy for the journey we’ve been on together. And of course to Heidi Lowther and her colleagues at Raj #savesoil

So pleased that our new book is now in the world! Histories of Exhibition Design in the Museum is the sum of a great deal of hard work from a wonderful team of researchers and practitioners. Special thanks to my co-editors Kate Guy and Hajra routledge.com/Histories-of-E…