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Dear colleagues The following research seminars in London may be of interest to design historians. They are open to all. - David Crowley -------------------------------------------------------------------- V&A/RCA Joint Course in the History of Design RESEARCH SEMINAR DESIGN, DECORATIVE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE 1400-1830 AUTUMN TERM, 2002 The seminar meets weekly on Thursdays during the autumn term at 4.00 pm in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It takes place in V&A/RCA Course Seminar Room 2, which is in the premises of the Museum's Research Department. Access to Course Seminar Room 2 is via the entrance to the Research Department, opposite the Metalwork Department offices. To get there, go to the top of the staircase decorated with ceramic tiles that leads from the Italian Renaissance Gallery (Room 11) on level A past the Silver Gallery (Room 70a) on level B. All those with a research interest in the field are welcome. Admission to the Museum is free. Allow at least five minutes to get to Course Seminar Room 2 from the Museum entrances. Thursday, 14th November Hannah Greig (Institute of Historical Research, University of London) Leading the Fashion: Public Display and the Eighteenth-Century Beau Monde. Thursday, 21st November Karen Harvey (RCA) "The Geography of Love": Movement and Violence in Eighteenth-Century English Erotic Culture. Thursday, 28th November Larry Klein (University of Cambridge) Politeness and the Interpretation of the British Eighteenth Century. Thursday, 5th December Caroline Campbell (National Gallery) Simply a Question of Attribution? Florentine Cassoni in the National Gallery. The V&A/RCA Joint Course is also holding an Open Day for prospective MA, MPhil and PhD students on Friday 29th November 2002. Full details can be obtained from Barbara Berry ([log in to unmask]) David Crowley Humanities Royal College of Art London SW7 2EU t: 0207 590 4485 / f: 0207 590 4490 / e: [log in to unmask]