We have been busy this summer, with talks and handling workshops – and there is still more to come, so if you haven’t caught us yet, make a note of upcoming dates and check back for further details:
Future events
● Saturday 21 September 2024 – Members’ Event for the Northern Society of Costume and Textiles.
2023 events
● 19 October: Public Talk, ‘Accessorizing the Flapper Girl: Fashion between the Old, the New and the Global in Interwar Europe‘ by Professor Cordula van Wyhe – at Wentworth Woodhouse.
● 12 August: ‘Fashion History in Your Hands’, Handling Workshop for All Ages, led by Dr Cordula van Wyhe – in the Spencer Wing, Cannon Hall Museum.
● 12 July: ‘One Object Many Voices: Fashion History Up Close: Looking at Georgian Fashion from the Inside Out‘, Public Event with Dr Cordula van Wyhe; Vanessa Jones (Assistant Curator, Leeds Museum and Galleries); and Dr Sarah Burnage (Curator, Fairfax House) – at Fairfax House, York.
● 27 June: ‘One Object Many Voices: Fashion History Up Close: Encounters with the Materiality of Victorian Parasols and Walking Canes’, Public Event. Dr Cordula van Wyhe (Department of History of Art) with Guest Speakers, Gil Dye (independent researcher and lace maker); Dr Chris Holland (Senior Lecturer in Natural Materials, the University of Sheffield; and Rick Sutton (bone carver) – at King’s Manor, University of York.
● 11 January: York Talks – ‘Modernity and Make-Up: Big Stories in Small Powder Compacts’ – at the Ron Cooke Hub, University of York.
Top: Parasols event at Kings Manor; bottom: Georgian fashion event at Fairfax House
2022 events
● 23 May: Manchester Workshop, with art and dress historians and material scientists.
● 18 June: York Festival of Ideas Workshop, with Dr Cordula van Wyhe – at University of York.
2021 events
● 25 November: Formal launch of the DMDA – Tree House, Berwick Saul Building, University of York.
● 4 August: Public Drop-in event, with Dr Cordula van Wyhe and Dr Susan Vincent – in the York Museum Gardens.