Deadline this week! We are looking for a new Teaching & Learning Officer to foster and sustain a global network through which the exchange of good practice and support for all those involved in learning and teaching in design history and related fields is facilitated. Find out more: buff.ly/0sGtru7

Call for papers: DHS Affiliated Society panel at the 115th CAA Annual Conference, New York, 3-6 February 2027. The Global Architecture of Fashion, chaired by Rebecca Carrai, KU Leuven. Find out more: buff.ly/chnwtl2

Announcing student events at the annual Design History Society conference! Bring Your Research Challenge Student Meet-Up Day 1: Thursday 3.9.2026 9.00-10.00 Register here: buff.ly/bRX45Uk

Have you renewed your membership? We offer DHS only (non-journal), Print & Online, and Online only options

In this month’s Provocative Objects blog, Curator and Design Researcher Lieke Penders discusses mannequins, absence, and the politics of display. Read it here: buff.ly/J6xQ3qX

Could you be our new Teaching & Learning Officer? Apply here: buff.ly/0sGtru7

A reminder that DHS annual memberships run from 1st August and expire on 31st July. DHS membership and Journal of Design History subscription can be purchased for one year from 1st August. Find out more: buff.ly/xA0QlhD

The 3 year tenure of Deepika Srivastava, current Teaching and Learning Officer, is coming to an end so the DHS is now seeking to recruit a successor for this position. Find out more here: buff.ly/0sGtru7

Our Virtual Event Grant facilitates interaction, debate, and research activity in design history through virtual initiatives proposed by researchers. It represents the Society’s commitment to encouraging transnational dialogue with less negative impact on the environment buff.ly/sI1Qhau

Our next Routes to Design History podcast is now available! This time we chat with William Seung, a curator and design historian whose interests span contemporary design, digital culture, and East Asian visual and popular culture. Listen here: buff.ly/tanCbex

The deadline to apply to be the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History is next week! For further details and how to apply: buff.ly/0HMZHQt

Don't forget that the deadline for the 2026 Design Writing Prize is next week! Submit your entry here: buff.ly/AFBPy9W

We are pleased to announce that Dr Tanveer Ahmed has been appointed as Inclusion Officer of the DHS. Find out more about Tanveer here: buff.ly/bfHDQkm

Could you be the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History? Considerable previous experience as an active member of academic journal Editorial Boards is essential. You may reside anywhere in the world with access to internet connectivity and a computer suitable for virtual meetings.

Our Outreach and Event Grant invites our members to organise workshops, seminars, lectures, or any event that promotes the field. Applications involving collaborations across multiple institutions, localities and/or constituencies are especially encouraged. Find out more: buff.ly/jsYJJMR

New vacancy: the Design History Society is looking for a new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History. Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/0HMZHQt

In this month’s installment of our Provocative Places blog, DHS Ambassador Aurore Damoiseaux discusses the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp perimeter fence, reimagined by activists as both disruptive place and object. Read it here: buff.ly/HSyGtOk

Our next Routes to Design History podcast is here! This month we talk to Dr Jesse Adams Stein, Director of Design Studies at UTS School of Design. Listen here: buff.ly/Ef6KBnB

Want to know more about the 2026 Design Writing Prize? Submission formats can include essays, interviews, reviews, or editorial commentary. Submissions can also include more experimental approaches to disseminating design history research such as film or podcasts. Find out more: buff.ly/OtO34nj

New on the blog: @amyjanebarnes a Staff Tutor & Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History at The Open University reports on her research into post-1949 Chinese ceramics in UK museum collections, as recipient of the Society’s Research Access Grant (Academic). Read it here: buff.ly/kf6Ay70

Don't miss your chance to buy tickets for this year's annual DHS conference 'Design in an Age of Uncertainty' at Early Bird prices. You only have a few days left to do so! Book here: buff.ly/WqUD9ZR

Join us this week for our Design History Society Annual Student Conference EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS, taking place online Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June. Register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

The Design History Society Annual Student Conference takes place next week! Register your place here: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

Take a look at the programme for our upcoming DHS Student Conference EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS, taking place online Friday 12 June, 13:00-17:00 BST and Saturday 13 June, 10:15-16:30 BST: buff.ly/jhjuZpy

Our Outreach and Event Grant is designed to encourage Design History Society members to convene an event to highlight and promote the field of design history. Applications are welcome all year round and remain open until all allocated funds have been distributed. Find out more: buff.ly/jsYJJMR

DHS Student Conference 12–13 June 2026 (online) EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS Click here to register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

The deadline for applications to convene our 2027 conference is this weekend. The Design History Society works internationally to promote and support the study and understanding of design history and the 2027 conference falls in the 50th Anniversary Year. Find out more: buff.ly/vTGE72a

In this month's Provocative Objects blog, our Ambassador Katy Easthill shares her research on 'The Wapping Post', a newspaper set up by sacked printworkers and journalists during the Wapping dispute forty years ago. Read it here: buff.ly/zS2A2JI

Don’t forget that the deadline for our student and precariously-employed speaker bursaries for the Design History Society annual conference is next week. Apply before 1st June 2026 here: buff.ly/x2HIDKt

Deadline next week – call for convenors of the DHS 2027 conference. We welcome proposals from individuals & institutions that support & engage with teaching & research in the field of design history. 2027 is particularly special as it will mark the Society’s 50th anniversary! buff.ly/nIGCycJ