History of Design and Curatorial Studies

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Legacy with Sebastian Grant – November 19th, 2020

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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…

Guy Debord’s Game of War: A Conversation With Emmanuel Guy

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Thursday, November 14 6:00 pm Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Avenue We know Guy Debord (1931-1994) as a poet, filmmaker, artist, revolutionary theorist, editor and founder…

ADHT Dean, Rhonda Garelick, Joins Bard Graduate Center for BGC Late: Jazz & Conversation in the Gallery

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BGC LATE: JAZZ & CONVERSATION IN THE GALLERY: WOMEN DESIGNERS: CHANEL, LANVIN, BOUÉ SŒURS AND JEANNE PAQUIN Bard Graduate Center Gallery 18 West 86th Street…

Playing The Auditorium – Kabir Carter

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Playing The Auditorium Kabir Carter October 2, 2019, 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM The Auditorium (Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall) The New School, 66 West 12th…

Glenn Adamson Leads Course on Material Culture and Politics at ADHT

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Curator and author Glenn Adamson assumed his most recent role as Director of New York’s Museum of Arts and Design in October of 2013 and…

Faculty Spotlight: Tracy Ehrlich of HDCS Embarks on Smithsonian Fellowship

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MA in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies faculty member Tracy Ehrlich has been awarded a Smithsonian Institution Senior fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year….

Sarah Lichtman succeeds Jilly Traganou as Book Reviews Editor of The Journal of Design History

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2015 marked the end of Associate Professor in Spatial Design, Jilly Traganou’s tenure as Reviews Editor of The Journal of Design History. Traganou will be…

Sarah Lichtman is interviewed over at Interiors and Sources

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Sarah A. Lichtman, ADHT’s Program Director of History of Design and Curatorial Studies, was recently interviewed by interior design magazine Interiors and Sources for the…

HDCS Director Lichtman offers her expertise on an upcoming Sotheby’s auction

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ADHT’s Program Director of History of Design and Curatorial Studies, Sarah Lichtman, was recently featured in a video by the Associated Press about the upcoming Sotheby’s auction…

HDCS Director Sarah A. Lichtman named recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award

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Tell us a little bit about your history as a teacher. How long have you been teaching? I started teaching at Parsons 10 years ago…

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Offered jointly with the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, 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.

Visit the main Parsons site for more information about the MA in History of Design and Curatorial Studies.