Dr Madeleine Seys Fashion Historian and Consulting Curator and Conservator

17/02/2026

I had a ball talking about fashions past and present with David Curnow on "Where are we at we at with...?" podcast.

Also check out the other eps!

Where Are We At With...? · Episode

21/11/2023

Catch me on ABC TV and iView talking about Don Dunstan's pink shorts and all other things Australian fashion!

A vibrant exploration of Australian fashion, The Way We Wore uncovers the cultural and historical significance of fashion, revealing how the clothes we wear can give intimate and surprising insights into how the country has evolved.

19/11/2022

Join us for the final AVSA seminar for 2022 on November 25th! We're thrilled to welcome Katie Hansord to speak on "Mary Bailey: Gender, Poetry and Political Voice".

10/06/2022

Calling all nineteenth-century fashion and literary studies enthusiasts! I'm presenting some "research joy" on my favourite Pasifika pirate heroine at the "Nineteenth Century Dress and Textiles Reframed" "At Home" seminar series on June 26th.

Adelaideans, fair warning: this even starts at 10.30pm our time!

Tickets are free but bookings are necessary to access the Zoom link.

19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed 'At Home' - meet & greet short talks celebrating the joy of research!

13/11/2020

Hello friends! Catch me in conversation with Nives and Jo talking about q***r and Victorian fashion

On this episode of Are We Q***r Yet? Producers Jo and Nives sit down and chat about q***rness, q***r signalling and q***r clothing in the Victorian Era with Dr Madeleine Seys. Dr Seys is an academi…

21/09/2020

Writers of Adelaide!

Join me on October 24th for a workshop exploring ways of researching and writing about dress and about what your characters are wearing (or not wearing!)

As a freelancer, Karen writes trade book reviews for Books + Publishing and has op-eds published in NITV, Meanjin, Al Jazeera, Guardian Australia and Indigenous X. She has a piece in the Spring issue of Meanjin, which is a fictional telling of four girls in Western Australia, who were part of the St...

21/09/2020

For the International Day of Democracy, I facilitated a webinar on craftivism and democracy for History SA's Centre of Democracy.

You can catch up on my in conversation with textile artists Nikki Sullivan, Tal Fitzpatrick and Sera Waters here:

Democracy is as much a process as a goal. On the International Day of Democracy, join Nikki Sullivan from the Centre of Democracy and Dr Madeleine Seys from ...