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 […]