History of Design and Curatorial Studies

Alumni Spotlights

HDCS Alumni, Amanda Forment, and “Crafting Modernity”

April 4, 2024 | Alumni Spotlights

HDCS Alumni, Amanda Forment was mentioned in the New York Times review of a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “Crafting Modernity“. Amanda…

Legacy with Sebastian Grant – November 19th, 2020

November 11, 2020 | ADHT Recommends

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…

HDCS Alum Levi Higgs Interviewed for The Adventurine

April 18, 2018 | ADHT Recommends

Levi Higgs, MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design 2014 graduate (now MA in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies), was recently…

Join Parsons Alumni Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler for a talk at the Met

October 10, 2017 | Alumni Spotlights

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, founders and designers of Proenza Schouler join journalist Alina Cho for a fast-paced, insightful talk about fashion at the intersection…

MA History of Design & Curatorial Studies Alumna Spotlight: BEYOND THE SURFACE with Laura Camerlengo

October 18, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights

Laura Camerlengo is a 2010 alumna of the MA program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design (now the MA program in the History of Design…

MA HDCS Alumni Spotlight: PJ Carlino

August 10, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights

Since graduating from the MA History of Decorative Arts and Design program in 2012, PJ Carlino has been hard at work completing a PhD program…

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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.