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CFA – Wandering and Home

Posted on June 26, 2018 by domesticimaginaries

Wandering and Home Following the success of our recent eleventh interdisciplinary conference, we are calling for articles on the same theme for publication in a future issue of our on-line journal Skepsi, to be published during 2019. The focus of … Continue reading →

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Domestic Imaginaries book is released this month!

Posted on November 1, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Domestic Imaginaries: Navigating the Home in Global Literary and Visual Cultures (edited by Bex Harper and Hollie Price) This book examines representations of home in literary and visual cultures in the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection brings together scholars working … Continue reading →

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CFP: Postgraduate Study Day

Posted on October 8, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Centre for Studies of Home: Postgraduate Study Day 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS The Centre for Studies of Home’s annual postgraduate study day aims to bring together postgraduates providing them with an opportunity to share current research ideas through a series … Continue reading →

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Event: Mobile and Temporary Domesticities, 1600-2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Mobile and Temporary Domesticities, 1600-2017 10th October 2017, Geffrye Museum of the Home  This one-day workshop explores the ways in which mobility and temporariness inform ideas and practices of home and domesticity. Central questions include: What kinds of domestic practices, … Continue reading →

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CFP: Temporary and Mobile Domesticities, 1600 to the present

Posted on June 20, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Call for papers: Temporary and Mobile Domesticities, 1600 to the present  10th of October 2017, The Geffrye Museum, London Traditionally, home is imagined as a specific place, a site of stability, continuity, safety, and familiarity. Yet, homelife is also characterised by … Continue reading →

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Event: Decoding the domestic interior in British portraits

Posted on June 6, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Decoding the domestic interior in British portraits, seminar, 28 June 2017 There are still places available for the Decoding the domestic interior in British portraits, seminar. This seminar for scholars and museum professionals seeks to explore some key themes around the nature … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 5, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display  Professor Peggy Levitt The Geffrye Museum, Lecture Room  Thursday 9th March 2017, 3-4pm Free  According to the World Bank, one out of every seven people in the world … Continue reading →

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CFP: THE WORKING CLASS AT HOME, 1770–2017

Posted on March 2, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE WORKING CLASS AT HOME, 1770–2017  One day workshop:  Thursday 4th May 2017 The Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA In recent years there has been a proliferation of publications – across a range of disciplines – which … Continue reading →

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Event: ‘Studies of Home’ seminar

Posted on February 25, 2017 by domesticimaginaries

The next seminar in the Institute of Historical Research seminar series ‘Studies of Home’ convened by the Centre for Studies of Home will be held on Wednesday 1st March at 5.30pm in the North American History Room on the 2nd floor, IHR, North block, Senate House, London. It will be given by Kathy … Continue reading →

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CFP: Mobilizing Home(s): New Approaches to the Study of Home in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Posted on November 27, 2016 by domesticimaginaries

Symposium: Mobilizing Home(s): New Approaches to the Study of Home in Contemporary Literature and Culture deadline for submissions: January 15, 2017 full name / name of organization: Aarhus University; University of Koblenz-Landau contact email: butter@uni-landau.de Home is a key arena … Continue reading →

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