Centre for Fashion Studies [centre de recherche et d'études]

The Centre for Fashion Studies was established at Stockholm University in 2006.

The Centre for Fashion Studies is a self-contained subdepartment of the Department of Art History.  The Centre consists of fourteen employees and have approximately 250 students.

The current staff is trained in Art History and Theory, Cinema Studies, French Literature, Gender Studies, History, Marketing and Performance Studies. The Centre have students on all levels and fund and employ six PhD Students.

What is Fashion Studies? Read more.

the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research (CTR) [centre de recherche]

In 2005-2015, the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research (CTR) focuses on textile history. This is being realised via substantial research programmes, as well as via the research training of young scholars, and a variety of activities connected with textile history involving universities, museums and design schools. The CTR organises seminars, conferences and courses in textile history on all academic levels.

CTR is located at the University of Copenhagen/SAXO Institute and at the National Museum of Denmark. 

The overarching theme to be explored in the period between 2010 and 2015 is the connection between textile, environment and society in the 1st and 2nd millennium BC. 

Arts, littérature et langage du corps

Depuis 2003, le groupe « Arts, littérature et langage du corps » (université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux 3) poursuit un ensemble de recherches consacrées au corps, aux sexualités, aux genres et à leurs représentations dans les arts et la littérature, au sein du laboratoire et Équipe d’accueil du L.A.P.R.I.L. de l’Université Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 3). "Stigma" est le site internet de ce groupe de recherche. Il publie notamment des actes de colloque, tel que le colloque "La Pornographie et ses industries: un univers fantasmatique "marchandisé" ?" qui eut lieu en novembre 2009 à l'université de Bordeaux III.

Research Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Cultures (London)

The Research Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Cultures was launched in May 2006 as a cross-college initiative between Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London. The Centre is dedicated to the analysis of fashion, the body and material cultures and seeks to develop creative and theoretical work in these inter-related areas. The interfaces that exist between the interiority of the body and the external material world are the field of research. The Centre brings together researchers in cultural and historical studies and those working within fashion design and technology to explore the synergies and productive tensions that exist between theory and practice.

The Centre’s London location marks its close engagement with the fashion capital, its commercial and cultural industries, and the broader global network. The Centre’s connections with academic and industry partners, both nationally and internationally, make it a dynamic focal point for the promotion of fashion as an area of intellectual enquiry.

The Centre aims to:

• explore the nexus of fashion, the body and material cultures
• address contemporary concerns emerging from this nexus
• interrogate fashion as object, image and text
• engage theory with practice