The Centre for Design History is delighted to welcome Dr Mark Sheerin, Visiting Research Fellow, to present his current research as part of our IOTA II Seminar Series Contemporary Caves: Immersive Art Experiences Dr Mark Sheerin, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre… Continue Reading →
CDH PGR Isabel Duarte reports on the recent International Conference on Design History and Design Studies, and the range of papers delivered by the CDH members in attendance. The 14th edition of the International Conference on Design History and Design… Continue Reading →
Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Jayne Knight, reflects on a recent conference paper that enabled her to reflect on the changing fortunes and future potential of a historic collection. From cameras to smartphones: Addressing changes in popular photography in the Kodak… Continue Reading →
The Centre for Design History is delighted to welcome our former PhD Students and recent Visiting Research Fellows, Andrea Potts and Jayne Knight, as part of our IOTA II Seminar Series 2025-26. Museum Visiting: Memory and Colonialism in Museum Exhibitions,… Continue Reading →
Join us for an afternoon workshop with Mathilda Tham organised by CDH’s Sustainability Research strand leads Sally Sutherland and Chantal Spencer, and programmed as part of the University of Brighton’s Global Challenges Week (2-5 December 2024). Monday 2 December, 2-5pm… Continue Reading →
This is the Centre for Design History’s statement on how our researchers think about ‘Design’, and how we understand our work At the Centre for Design History, we research ‘design’ in its broadest, most inclusive forms. We critique and question Western, industrialised and commercialised hierarchies and… Continue Reading →
Each month, the CDH host a workshop for PhD students and recent graduates. MA students interested in developing academic skills are also very welcome to attend, as are PhD students who are not CDH members. These are designed to help students… Continue Reading →
We are pleased to announce a new series of CDH research seminars entitled IOTA II (image-object-text-analysis). These monthly seminars are open to all and take place 4-5.30pm. Schedule of IOTA II (image-object-text-analysis) Seminars 2022-2023 Open to All, 4-5.30pm … Continue Reading →
The Centre for Design History (CDH) at the University of Brighton invites applications for Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellows (VRF) to spend time at the Centre to pursue their research within CDH’s themes and to form collaborations with CDH members. The… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to CDH member Zeina Maasri who has won the 2021 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize for her monograph, Cosmopolitan Radicalism: The Visual Politics of Beirut’s Global Sixties (Cambridge University Press, 2020) The award recognises originality, clarity and accessibility, and… Continue Reading →
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