Online open event: MSt in the History of Design
Date:
14 November 2026
Time:
2:00PM
Location:
Zoom
Event status:
Open
Location:
Zoom
Dates:
14 November 2026
Format:
Online
Level:
Postgraduate
Fees:
FREE
Event Overview
Discover Oxford’s part-time MSt in the History of Design and find out where it could take you.
What can the objects, buildings and everyday environments around us reveal about the past? Join us for a free 1-hour online webinar exploring Oxford’s part-time MSt in the History of Design.
Meet Course Director Dr Claire O’Mahony, discover how the programme brings together visual and material analysis, archival research and historical enquiry, and find out more about applying to this part-time course.
You’ll also have the opportunity to ask your questions live, whether you’d like to know more about the teaching format, the application process, balancing study with other commitments, or the wider Oxford experience.
During this 1-hour session, Course Director Dr Claire O’Mahony will provide an in-depth overview of the MSt in the History of Design and will cover guidance and information on how to apply.
You’ll find out:
- what you’ll study and how the programme is taught
- how online and in-person teaching work together
- what to expect from assessment
- what it’s like to study at Oxford as a part-time postgraduate student
- advice for writing your personal statement
- an overview of the application process.
The session will finish with a live Q&A, giving you the chance to put your questions directly to the Course Director.
Course Director
This free webinar will take place online via Zoom.
Book your place, and we’ll send you joining instructions ahead of the session.
If you have any issues, you can get in touch with our team at pgt@conted.ox.ac.uk.
Discover history through the objects and environments people designed, made and used.
Oxford’s two-year, part-time MSt in the History of Design explores how objects and places created since 1851 can reveal fascinating traces of historical experience.
You’ll learn to investigate design through close visual and material analysis, archival research and historical methodologies, developing the interpretative skills to understand objects and environments within their social and historical contexts.
The programme combines online and in-person teaching, making postgraduate study at Oxford more accessible to students around the world and to those balancing study with work, caring responsibilities and other commitments.
Explore the MSt in the History of Design and find out whether the programme is right for you.
Dr Claire O’Mahony studied at the University of California at Berkeley and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Whilst researching her doctorate, she was a Secondary Schools and Community Learning Officer at the Courtauld Gallery and a researcher for Richard Green Galleries and the Royal Academy of Arts, London.