The Association of Dress Historians supports and promotes the study and professional practice of the history of dress, textiles, and accessories of all cultures and regions of the world, from before classical antiquity to the present day.
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Calls For Papers
The Association of Dress Historians is delighted to announce our Calls For Papers. Everyone is warmly welcomed to submit a proposal to present at our conferences.
31 January 2022 is the Call For Papers submission deadline for our annual New Research in Dress History Conference, which is scheduled to be held on 27 May 2022 at National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh (covid permitting). Read about this CFP here!
The Journal of Dress History
Calls for Papers
Article submissions are encouraged for these special themed issues of The Journal of Dress History, the academic publication of The Association of Dress Historians.
Curation and Conservation:
Dress and Textiles in Museums
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 1 December 2021
Topics of potential articles could include Conservation (ie, planning and intervention problems; applied studies and diagnostic analyses) or Museum Displays (ie, organisation and exhibition curation between past and present; exhibition practices and museography).
Fashioning the Body for Sport and Leisure:
A History of Dress and Textiles
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 1 December 2022
Topics of potential articles could include (but are not limited to) dress and textiles for sport activities, such as archery, cricket, cycling, football, golf, hiking, mountaineering, Olympic sports, riding, soccer, tennis, winter sports; or leisure activities, such as camping, dancing, fishing, gardening, holidays, hunting, photography, playing a musical instrument, roller-skating, shopping, sunbathing, water sports.
Articles outside these specific themes can be submitted to journal@dresshistorians.org any time during the year.
For more information about The Journal of Dress History, including Submission Guidelines, please visit our journal page.
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