PODCAST 🎙 Czechs and colonies. Is It Time to Return Museum Artifacts?

Matthew Rampley was a guest on Afrika, a podcast by the news and current affairs outlet Voxpot, where he discussed the Czech Republic's relationship with the colonial past.

September 2026

DHS Annual Conference 2026 in Brno!

We are delighted to announce that in 2026, Brno will host the Design History Society Annual Conference. Titled Design in an Age of Uncertainty, the event will explore the urgent issues that shape not only the present of design history, but also its pasts and possible futures. From the 3rd to the 5th of September, the Department of Art History will host an event dedicated to exchange of ideas about design history, theory, criticism and practice and will bring together the best and up-to-date research in the field from established as well as emerging scholars!

18 Jun

Agents of Change: Folk Cultures in the Long 20th Century

We present the program of the workshop Agents of Change: Folk Cultures in the Long 20th Century, which will take place at our department on the 18th and 19th of June 2026. Click on the article to view the full workshop program and abstracts of the individual lectures.