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- Offered jointly with the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the History of Design and Curatorial Studies program leads to a Master of Arts degree. Graduates go on to careers as historians, curators, and scholars in museums, universities, historic houses, auction houses, and galleries.
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About ADHT

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

To celebrate the release of Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, we are organizing a series of dialogues to further explore what “dark times”...

Working in Fashion / Studies: MAFS Alumni and Career Panel

Working in Fashion / Studies MA Fashion Studies Alumni & Career Panel In recognition of the launch of our MA Fashion Studies program...

The New Literary Review and Theory of Fashion present: Francesca Granata, Experimental Fashion

Credit: Garment designed by Nina Veresova for her “-ology” collection (2017). Photographer: Nadezhda Belova The Russian edition of Prof. Francesca Granata’s book Experimental Fashion: Performance Art,...

Legacy with Sebastian Grant - November 19th, 2020

Scholarship in the history of jewelry making in the 20th Century has often focused on a very narrow discourse based on primarily white European and...

Francesca Granata on the Grotesque Body in Fashion

Fashion Studies Professor Francesca Granata was interviewed about her book Experimental Fashion and the concept of the grotesque body in fashion for Thrive Global. Read the full...

Monthly Archives: April 2012

INSIDE (hi)STORIES – X is for an Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway’s “26 Bathrooms”

By adht | Published: April 28, 2012

Parsons Festival 2012: Graduate Student Symposium

By adht | Published: April 25, 2012

This symposium highlights a diverse sampling of student research on decorative arts history, fashion studies and history, and design studies and theory. The event promotes…

Exhibition: Eve Sonneman’s La Côte d’Azur

By adht | Published: April 23, 2012

Eve Sonneman’s La Côte d’Azur Recent Photographs and Paintings Nohra Haime Gallery 730 Fifth Avenue March 14-April 28, 2012 Eve Sonneman’s photographic series “La…

X is for An Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway's 26 Bathrooms

By adht | Published: April 23, 2012

INSIDE (hi)STORIES Barbara Penner, Senior lecturer, Architectural History, Bartlett School of Architecture Friday, April 27th. 6:15. 25 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor. Parsons The New…

Fashioning DIY and Craft Revivalism

By adht | Published: April 20, 2012

Tuesday, May 1st from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm Theresa Lang Student Center 55 W 13th Street, 2nd Floor New York NY 10011 This…

INSIDE (hi)STORIES – Intersensory Interiors in Eighteenth-Century France

By adht | Published: April 20, 2012

The Arts of Memory

By adht | Published: April 17, 2012

Please see the full conference schedule.

INSIDE (hi) STORIES: Intersensory Interiors in Eighteenth-Century France

By adht | Published: April 16, 2012

We Are The Public Sphere

By adht | Published: April 9, 2012

We Are The Public Sphere is a weblog created for the ADHT Publicizing Creative Work class this semester. Students post short pieces about social media,…

Design/History/Revolution

By adht | Published: April 9, 2012

Friday, April 27, 2012, 2:00–8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 66 Fifth…

Hidden Secrets on Book Covers: Signature Issues of Book Designers in Republican China (1912-1949)

By adht | Published: April 4, 2012

The event is free and open to the public; seating is first-come, first-served.

Laura Auricchio Gives Keynote Speech at the French and American Lithography Conference

By adht | Published: April 2, 2012

With A French Accent: French and American Lithography Before 1860 Davis Museum and Cultural Center Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 This past…

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About ADHT

The School of Art and Design History and Theory offers courses to students in all schools at Parsons. Its curriculum helps student develop the intellectual rigor necessary to become the next generation of art and design leaders.

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The School of Art and Design History and Theory

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

Working in Fashion / Studies: MAFS Alumni and Career Panel

The New Literary Review and Theory of Fashion present: Francesca Granata, Experimental Fashion

Legacy with Sebastian Grant - November 19th, 2020

Francesca Granata on the Grotesque Body in Fashion

Monthly Archives: April 2012

INSIDE (hi)STORIES – X is for an Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway’s “26 Bathrooms”

Parsons Festival 2012: Graduate Student Symposium

Exhibition: Eve Sonneman’s La Côte d’Azur

X is for An Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway's 26 Bathrooms

Fashioning DIY and Craft Revivalism

INSIDE (hi)STORIES – Intersensory Interiors in Eighteenth-Century France

The Arts of Memory

INSIDE (hi) STORIES: Intersensory Interiors in Eighteenth-Century France

We Are The Public Sphere

Design/History/Revolution

Hidden Secrets on Book Covers: Signature Issues of Book Designers in Republican China (1912-1949)

Laura Auricchio Gives Keynote Speech at the French and American Lithography Conference

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