Pasold Research Fund

Apply now: up to £750 grants to support #fashion or #textiles research. Did you know? Pasold offers Research Activity Grants to support small projects, conference travel expenses, photocopying and microfilming. Available all year - apply any time. pasold.co.uk/research-activ…

Calling museum staff! Upcoming deadline: 30 June. Raine grants of up to £500 are available to assist curators, conservators and researchers working in UK museums and public collections, for object-based research into #textiles & #fashion history: pasold.co.uk/raine-grants

*Deadline: 15 April* For all MA students in #fashionhistory and #textiles: every year the Pasold Fund offers MA Grants of up to £500 to students on MA courses at UK universities, working in any field of #textilehistory. Apply now: pasold.co.uk/ma-grants

#Fashionhistory and textile scholars! Thinking of applying for #textiles or #dresshistory research funding next year? Get prepared, and find out about the wide range of grants available to all #textilehistory researchers from the Pasold Fund: pasold.co.uk/index

Places are filling up quickly! 50% of places now remain. Join us for The Textile Institute's Introduction to Textiles Short Course, taking place from 18-20 March 2025 at The Midland Hotel, Manchester, UK, visit: buff.ly/3kxmNnp.

Upcoming online lunch lecture, ‘The Glen Affric Tartan: Decoding a unique survivor’. It will take place at 1pm on Nov. 13. The lecture is led by @Conservators_UK and Peter McDonald. The talk will explore oldest known surviving specimen of true tartan. bit.ly/48sVRwo

Upcoming Deadline: 15 Feb 2025. Publication Grants of up to £1000 are available twice every year from the Pasold Research Fund, to support publication image costs for fashion or textile history research. To find out more: pasold.co.uk/publication-gr…

Spent the last two days in a wonderful archive tracking of Ewart Myers and Co as part of my @pasoldfund Colonial Lace Legacies: the evolution of regional design and cultural education in the 19th C

#Fashionhistory and textile scholars! Thinking of applying for #textiles or #dresshistory research funding next year? Get prepared, and find out about the wide range of grants available to all #textilehistory researchers from the Pasold Fund: pasold.co.uk/index

Wednesday’s symposium ‘A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness’ in Mcr. Excellent speakers (below) across fashion, kits, sociology, history - enthusiastic, knowledgeable audience made for great discussion! Thanks to all and Pasold and BSSH for funding.

Tailored by Umbro, Tailored by England: Constructing Englishness Through Cut, Fit, and Style Excited to be presenting our paper on Wednesday at the free one-day symposium, A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness, hosted by the Institute of Sport at Manchester Metropolitan University. We'll be focusing on the 2009/10 England home shirt and exploring how Umbro utilised tailoring and fashion techniques to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct ideas of Englishness through cut, fit, and style. This symposium, funded by the @pasoldfund and the @BritSportHisSoc brings together leading researchers to examine the development, marketing, and sales of an English sporting aesthetic, particularly in football. A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness Wednesday, 9 October 2024 Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-century-of… Schedule Highlights: 12:00-12:40 - Prof. Andrew Groves & Dr Danielle Sprecher (University of Westminster) – Tailored by Umbro: Football, Fashion, and Englishness 12:40-13:10 - @AlexDIreland (Author)- Umbro: Innovating the Iconic 14:10-14:40 - Prof. Jean Williams (University of Reading) - Chris Waddle’s Mullet: Umbro and Changing Celebrity 14:40-15:10 - Dr Liza Betts (London College of Fashion) - Casual Class Resistance 15:40-16:10 - Jacqui McAssey (Liverpool John Moores University) - Football Catalogues and Male Fashion 16:10-16:40 - John Devlin (Author)- The Football Shirt: Umbro’s Impact On and Off the Pitch Images: 2009 Aitor Throup working on a mannequin 2009 Charlie Allen adjusting a jacket on Theo Walcott 2009 Nationals Tailored by Umbro #Umbro #SportingAesthetic #FootballHistory #SportsResearch #FashionInSport #PasoldResearchFund #BritishSocietyofSportsHistory #ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity #SportsMarketing #SportsHistory #FootballCulture #SportsFashion

Volga to Vinland: Early medieval dress and textiles Early Bird tickets and hotel discount for our in-person conference in York on Saturday 9th November 2024 Full details here medats.org.uk/events/volga-t…

This Thursday, I'm speaking @MuseumID conference about mine, @ellie__miles Jen Kavanagh and Susanna Cordner's new @RoutledgeHist book 'Ethics of Contemporary Collecting' museum-id.com/museum-ideas-2…

New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the Renaissance, yet the story has been sidelined. 'A Revolution in Colour' ed. by @CamHistory’s Ulinka Rublack, w/ Giorgio Riello & Maria Hayward, aims to recolour an entire age. hist.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge…

Last year, I spoke at this conference. Please join us this year, if you can! It's a wonderful day, fully online, so everyone can participate. Yes, during the conference my video will be on, and I will be #knitting!

I'm looking forward to presenting at next week's free one-day symposium, A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness, at the Institute of Sport at Manchester Metropolitan University. This symposium, funded by the Pasold Research Fund and the British Society of Sports History, will bring together leading interdisciplinary researchers to explore the development, marketing, and sales of an English sporting aesthetic, with a particular focus on football. A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness Date: Wednesday, 9 October 2024 Venue: Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University. Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-century-of… #Umbro #SportingAesthetic #FootballHistory #SportsResearch #FashionInSport #PasoldResearchFund #BritishSocietyofSportsHistory #ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity #SportsMarketing #SportsHistory #FootballCulture

Join us in Mcr next Weds 12-5pm for a free symposium ‘A Century of Umbro and the Aesthetic of Sporting Englishness’, featuring expert speakers across sport, history and fashion. Many thanks to @pasoldfund and @BritSportHisSoc for funding the event! eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-century-of…

Textile and Fashion History researchers! Research Project Grants of £750 - £2500 are available twice a year from the Pasold Fund, to support high quality projects, workshops, or preparation for grant proposals on any area of #textiles or #fashionhistory: pasold.co.uk/research-proje…

Is it time to share your #textilehistory or #fashionhistory research? The Pasold peer-reviewed journal, TEXTILE HISTORY, is dedicated to study of #textiles and #dresshistory, and welcomes relevant new submissions throughout the year. Find out more here: pasold.co.uk/textile-history

Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!