A London Conference that might be of interest to some...
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The Histories of Home Subject Specialist Network?s Second Annual
Conference, /Multiple Belongings: Diaspora and Transnational Homes/ is
an exciting opportunity to explore the meanings associated with the
material culture of transnational homes from the late eighteenth-century
to the present, with a particular emphasis on contemporary homes. Papers
will focus on material aspects of setting up home in another country,
such as room layouts, furnishings and other possessions and how these
are adapted, integrated or negotiated between host nation and place of
origin. Wider meanings of home will be explored through concepts of
belonging and questions around what and where home is, where and when
people ?feel at home?.
The conference programme reflects both the interdisciplinary nature of
the SSN and the international scope of the theme with a wide range of
backgrounds and methodologies represented including religious studies,
geography, cultural and architectural history, material culture,
ethnology and museology.
The conference is aimed at
- SSN members
- museum and heritage professionals working with home-related
collections in interpretation, exhibitions, contemporary collecting and
documentation, community work and audience development
- academics and postgraduate students with a research interest in
domestic cultures
- housing and immigration policy-makers
Delegate fees are £70/£45 (full-time students), including a light lunch
and refreshments.
For further details and to book please contact SSN Co-ordinator
Krisztina Lackoi on [log in to unmask]
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/find_a_network/subject_specialists/Histories_of_the_Home
Krisztina Lackoi
SSN Co-ordinator
Geffrye Museum
Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA
0207 749 6009
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Dr Alastair Owens
Department of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
United Kingdom
tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5401
fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7479
email: [log in to unmask]
homepage: www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/owensa.html
RESEARCH
Living in Victorian London (AHRC funded project)
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/victorianlondon
Women investors in England and Wales, 1870-1930 (ESRC funded project)
www.womeninvestors.org.uk
POSTGRADUATE STUDY
MA London Studies
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/docs/pgadmissions/4717.pdf
MA Cities and Cultures
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/docs/pgadmissions/4715.pdf
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