Design/History/Revolution

Published on: February 9th, 2012

The School of Art Design History and Theory at Parsons and the History Department at the New School for Social Research are sponsoring Design/History/Revolution: An Experimental Workshop at the Frontier of Art, Design, Politics and Historical Study on April 27-28, 2012. This conference explores the relationships between design, history and revolution and brings together scholars and practitioners from the humanities, sciences, social sciences, design, and art to consider how design acts as a historical agent, a contested category, and a mode of historical analysis.

The keynote speaker will be Barry Bergdoll Professor of Architectural History in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the MoMA.

For more details see: http://designhistoryrevolution.wordpress.com/

Program Contact

Caroline Dionne, Program Director

Program Update

Parsons is not currently admitting new students to this master’s degree program. Parsons is now offering a Graduate Minor in Design Studies that is designed to complement the MA History of Design and Curatorial Studies and other graduate programs across the university in design, liberal arts, and social research.