Research at BGC

The BGC's commitment to research extends to our students and alumni as well. We maintain and support several endowed fellowships designed to enable our students to pursue research connected to their theses and dissertations. For detailed application information click here.

We also support a student-planned and student-run graduate symposium that takes place every April. This year the the Graduate Student Symposium, "Failed Design: What Were They Thinking?" will focused on considering design as a process and the significance of failed design and the insight it offers into societies and individuals. Titles of past symposia have been:

2009- Failed Design: What Were They Thinking?
2008- Certified Authentic? Counterfeits, Copies, & Constructions of Culture
2007- At Home and Abroad: Geography of the Decorative Arts
2006- Passing Fancies: Fixing the Unfixed
2005- Skin Deep? Surfaces and Beyond
2004- Accumulative Effects: The Psychology, Aesthetic, and Display of Collections
2003- Designed Identities
2002- Modern Means

This year's symposium is scheduled for spring, 2010. Detailed information will soon be available.