History of Art (Fashion History) MA

Develop individual specialisms. You'll gain skills in interpretation, object handling and analysis. Our modules will also help you make connections between the global and the local. This will enable you to respond to the concerns and challenges of the present, such as sustainability, belonging and inequality. 

Work directly with fashion collections. You'll study York’s extensive fashion study collection. Sessions held in our purpose-built store will give you hands-on experience of handling and analysing fashion objects. Yorkshire is exceptionally rich in museum fashion collections. You'll work directly with partners such as The Bankfield Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries, York Museums Trust and Harrogate Museums and Galleries.

Explore an exciting range of option modules. You can tailor your degree to match your own academic and professional interests. We offer both fashion-specific and more general art history option modules, allowing you to gain a comprehensive understanding of how fashion fits into art historical discourse.

Join one of the largest art history departments in the UK. You'll become part of a community whose fashion expertise crosses many departments and research centres. These include the Departments of Archaeology, English and Related Literature, and History, as well as areas in the sciences and social sciences. Our expert staff have research interests that span geographical and historical boundaries, from the ancient to the contemporary.