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.
International Conferences
The Association of Dress Historians is delighted to announce our international conferences.
Please join us for exciting days of scholarship in dress history!
27 May 2022:
This is the date for our annual New Research in Dress History Conference, to be held at National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh (covid permitting). (The Call For Papers submission deadline is 31 January 2022.)
30 September-1 October 2022:
This is the date for our International Conference of Dress Historians, titled, Fashioning the Body for Sport and Leisure: A History of Dress and Textiles, which will be held at the historic Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT, England. The Call For Papers submission deadline was 1 September 2021. The conference programme, schedule, and ticketing information will be published soon.
7-8 October 2024:
This is the date for our International Conference of Dress Historians, titled, Dress and Art: Clothing and Textiles in Painting and Portraiture, which will be held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. The Call For Papers (CFP) for this conference will be published soon.
Select an ADH conference to read the programme.
21-22 October 2021
Curation and Conservation:
Dress and Textiles in Museums
Turin Long Conference Programme
7-13 June 2021
The New Research in Dress History Conference
Winter 2020/2021
ADH Lecture & Conversation Series
25–26 October 2019
The Victorian Age:
A History of Dress, Textiles, and Accessories, 1819–1901
24 May 2019
The New Research in Dress History Conference
26 October 2018
Dress and War:
Clothing and Textiles at Home and Abroad during the First World War Era, 1910–1920
13-14 April 2018
The New Research in Dress History Conference
27-28 October 2017
Interwoven:
Dress that Crosses Borders and Challenges Boundaries
25 February 2017
The New Research in Dress History Conference
5 November 2016
Out of the Dark and into the Light?
Dress in the Early Modern Period and the Age of Enlightenment, 1400–1800
20 February 2016
The New Research in Dress History Conference
31 October 2015
Survival and Revival:
Clothing Design that Survives and Fashion Trends that Are Revived
21 February 2015
The New Research in Dress History Conference
12 July 2014
The Legality of Dress:
Historical and Modern Approaches to the Control of Clothing and Textile Production
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