• Globally Connected @ FIT: Can Sustainability Be Inclusive?

    Join us for a conversation on a people-centered approach to sustainability in the curriculum and workplace. Dr. Namrata Sharma is on the faculty at SUNY Oswego and is an international education consultant. She is interested in global citizenship education, sustainability, and international and comparative education. Dr. Sharma has authored several journal articles and books. More […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: The Future of Chinese Creative Fashion with a Historical Perspective

    The talk will be based on Dr. Sabine Ichikawa’s book published in 2022, L’émergence d’une industrie créative en Asie - L’apport du Japon dans le système de mode chinois (The Emergence of a Creative Industry in Asia - Japan's Contribution to the Chinese Fashion System) which examines the emergence of the Chinese fashion industry in […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: Cultural Mapping of American and Chinese Dreams: Imagining Across Transpacific Boundaries

    Virtual event

    A discussion based on Dr. Melody Li’s new book Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States. The book examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-U.S. tensions. Intersecting with and bridging Sinophone studies, Chinese […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: Getting in Touch with Aegean Dress History

    Virtual event

    How do archaeologists study the production and consumption of clothes in prehistoric times? In what ways was dress important in prehistoric communities? Why should contemporary fashion designers learn about textile archaeology and dressing in antiquity? After briefly presenting the fundamentals of practicing textile archaeology without archaeological textiles—the most common case for archaeological projects in prehistory—and […]

  • FIT Study Abroad Fair

    Breezeway, between Business and Liberal Arts Center and Dubinsky Student Center Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

    Join the Office of International Programs at FIT's Study Abroad Fair to explore global programs and partnerships. Learn about winter/summer offerings, meet with representatives from partner institutions, and hear from students who’ve experienced studying abroad. It’s a great chance to discover how you can support international initiatives and collaborations. This event is for the FIT […]