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on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >Please join us in London on Monday 9 January 2017 for an Open Day for the >V&A/RCA MA in the History of Design, and for an introduction to our new >specialism in the history and material cultures of performance. > >The V&A/RCA History of Design programme is internationally recognised as >a leading centre for study and research in the history of design and >material culture at MA and PhD level. Our staff and students teach and >research cultural, social, economic, political and technological history >through artefacts and our interactions with them. Projects and expertise >range across global geographies, from the early fifteenth century to the >contemporary. > >From autumn 2017, we are offering a new elective MA specialism in the >history and material cultures of performance, in conjunction with the >Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A. This exciting development >combines the V&Ašs world-leading expertise and collections in costume, >graphics, set design and other theatre and performance materials with the >programmešs the programmešs track record and expertise in teaching and >researching artefact-based history. > >The material cultures of performance specialism will run alongside our >existing MA teaching in the history of design and material culture, which >spans fashion and textiles, architecture, science and technology, the >material culture of politics and the everyday, early modern economic >history, making/craft, practice-based history and global history through >material culture. > >From autumn 2017, the programme will run over fifteen months (September >2017 December 2018), with an option for home/EU students to undertake >the second part of the MA (researching and writing the dissertation ) >part-time. This innovative structure offers students greater flexibility >with full- and part-time study and makes the programme more financially >accessible, while retaining the academic excellence and 240-credit >enhanced MA degree for which the programme is known. (Information on fees >can be found here; please note that the part-time option is not available >to international students for visa compliance reasons.) > >The new specialist area in material cultures of performance and the >15-month model are both subject to revalidation in March 2017. > >The 240-credit enhanced MA is jointly taught by a dedicated team of >academics based in the Research Department of the V&A and the School of >Humanities at the RCA. Our websites (RCA and V&A) provide further >information about the programme. > >The Open Day will offer an introduction to the programme and to >facilities in both institutions, as well as a chance to meet staff and >current students more informally. Handling sessions and gallery tours >will introduce some of the methods we use for teaching and learning. > >Anyone wishing to attend must register in advance to confirm attendance. >This is for security reasons at both institutions. For further details >and to book a place, please contact History of Design Admin (RCA) at >[log in to unmask] or (+44)20 7590 4482. > >We also welcome inquiries from potential PhD students; further >information on PhDs in History of Design is available on our websites >(RCA and V&A). > >___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx