Dubai World Trade Center 12^th November 2025, 14h30-16h00

PAPER SESSION A-8 COSTUME X ICETHICS

HOMO VIATOR. DRESSING NOMADS, TRAVELERS, MIGRANTS and PILGRIMS

ICOM COSTUME CHAIR CORINNE THEPAUT-CABASSET

ICOM ICETHICS CHAIR LINA GEBRAIL-TAHAN

 

Ghia Haddad (ICOM UAE) member of COSTUME, Threading the Journey: Palestinian Embroidery and Displacement

Tobias Moerike (ICOM Austria) member of COSTUME, Social Fabric Textile Histories in the North African and West Asian Collections at the Weltmuseum Wien

Aldona Jedrusik (ICOM Slovakia) member of COSTUME, Textiles in Armenian Books as Witnesses of Cultural Migration

Xiaofen Ji (ICOM China) member of COSTUME, Research on the Evolution and Form of the Gold Belt System in Song Dynasty

 

Dubai World Trade Center 12^th November 2025, 16h30-18h00

PAPER SESSION BC-4 COSTUME

HOMO VIATOR. DRESSING NOMADS, TRAVELERS, MIGRANTS and PILGRIMS

ICOM COSTUME CHAIR CORINNE THEPAUT-CABASSET

 

Joanna Kowalska (ICOM Poland) member of COSTUME, Poles Travelling for Health and Relaxation, 1800-1850

Janet Purdy (ICOM USA) member of COSTUME, Embroidered Traditions, Roots and Routes: Presenting Tangible and Intangible Histories from SWANA in a Museum Exhibition

Katarzyn Wodarska-Ogidel (ICOM Poland) member of COSTUME, The Vision of Wanderers and Nomads in European Theatre. Costume as a Reflection of Changing Attitudes to Nomads and Travelers

Adila Laidi-Hanieh,  From Nomad to Settlement, from Villager to Refugee, to the Museum

Myoung-Sun Song, Wearing Where I’m From. A Korean American Adoptee’s Journey in Identity and Belonging

 

Dubai World Trade Center 13^th November 2025, 14h30-16h00

PAPER SESSION C-7 COSTUME X DESIGN

ADORNMENT and IDENTITY

ICOM COSTUME CHAIR CORINNE THEPAUT-CABASSET

ICOM DESIGN CHAIR MELISSA RINNE

 

Tiina Kul (ICOM Estonia) member of COSTUME, From Trade Fabric to Intangible Heritage: The Enduring Legacy of English Callimanco in Estonian Visual and Material Culture

Chih-I Lai (ICOM Taiwan) member of DESIGN, Curating Woven Narratives: Okinawan Textiles, Resilience, and the Dynamic Preservation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage through Design

Katarina Nina Simoncic (ICOM Croatia) member of COSTUME, On the Border Between Designed and Coded Suit: A Case Study of ‘’SOLL’’

Anika Ohlerich (ICOM Netherlands) member of ICAMT, Cameos and Identity: Personal Expression Across Time at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden (RMO)

Tatjana Mikulic (ICOM Serbia) member of COSTUME, Body.exe: codes on digital skin

Hsiang-Yin Chen (ICOM Taiwan), Weaving Memories: Adornment and Identity in Atayal Clothing

 

COSTUME DAY Al Shindagha Museum 15^th November

9h-10h Welcome Center/Costume Meeting

10h Coffee Break

10h30-12h30 Museum talks and tours

12h30-13h30 Lunch Break at Fish House

14h-16h Dubai Fashion & Design District Walk

17h-19h Parsons Fashion School and L’École Van Cleef & Arpels (TBC)

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NB: Programming might be subject of changes