Faculty Profile

Elisabeth Bogdan

Faculty & Subject Leader: History of Design, Decorative Art and Design, London

Lis Bogdan has been a lecturer in design and decorative art history at the Institute since 2003. She has taught in the visual arts and on art world education since 1992 at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, previously at Southampton Solent University, Oxford Brookes University and the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Her specialist teaching includes eighteenth to twentieth century European and American design, decorative art and architectural history. She teaches on the MA in Fine and Decorative Art and Design, Accredited Courses and for Professional Programs. She has published in the decorative arts, particularly for the Decorative Arts Society, the Design History Society and Phaidon Press. She contributes to courses at the V&A, speaks to collectors associations and is a former Trustee of the Design History Society.

Education:
MA History of Design, Royal College of Art, London
PG Certificate, Higher Education Management, University of London
BA Historical Geography, University of Toronto

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Professional Affiliations

Design History Society
Decorative Arts Society
Twentieth Century Society
Association of University Administrators

Publications

Contributed to research reviews and exhibitions for both the Journal of Design History and The Decorative Arts Society newsletters.

Other publications include:

2010: ‘Plural Public Funding and Canada’s Contemporary Art Market System’ in Cultural Trends, Vol.19, No. 1-2, p. 93-107 (co-authored with Derrick Chong).

2008: ‘The Market for Art in Canada’ in J Goodwin, ed. The International Art Markets: The Essential Guide for Collectors, pp. 90-97 (co-authored with Derrick Chong).

2006: Contribution to Design Classics: Volumes 1-3, Phaidon Press, London.