History of Design and Curatorial Studies

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Student Spotlight: Maleyne M. Syracuse

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Maleyne M. Syracuse is a candidate for a Masters Degree in the History of Decorative Arts at the Cooper Hewitt Museum/Parsons New School for Design….

Publics of Art and Design: The Twenty-Third Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the Decorative Arts and Design

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The Twenty- Third Annual Voorsanger Symposium: The Publics of Art and Design will feature a keynote address by Professor Michele Bogart of Stony Brook University, and papers delivered by…

Department Stores and New York Fashion

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  Department Stores and New York Fashion Friday, February 14, 2014 – 10am to 5pm Klein Conference Room (Room A510) 66 W. 12th Street, Fifth…

Students Respond to MoMA’s Design and Violence Site

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Violence and Virtue: Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes” Uffizi Gallery, Florence Inspired by the Museum of Modern Art’s experimental web exhibition Design and Violence, students in…

Winterthur Awards Inaugural Katherine C. Grier Prize to Dr. Bess Williamson, MA History of Decorative Arts and Design Alumna

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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has announced the winner of the first Katherine C. Grier Prize for the best recent article in Winterthur Portfolio: A…

INSIDE (hi)STORIES – Mirror Reflections: Diplomacy and Decoration in France and Siam, 1680s/1860s

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Mirror Reflections: Diplomacy and Decoration in France and Siam, 1680s/1860s The Glass Corner (Room 205), 25 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor October 25, 2013 at…

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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.