ANNOUNCING THE FIRST WINNER OF THE 2002 DESIGN HISTORY SOCIETY EVENT AWARD:
(DHS MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE YOUR DISCOUNTED FEE).
SHOPPING FOR MODERNITIES: Selling and buying goods for the home 1870-1939
FRIDAY 10 MAY/SATURDAY 11 MAY 2002
Kingston University, Dorich House Annual Conference No. 4, Faculty of Art
Design and Music.
Increasing interest in the subject of shopping for goods with which to
create the domestic interior and through which a modern identity was created
provides the starting point for this conference. The papers will address the
themes of shopping and class formation, shopping and gender, shop display,
the development of the department store, retail interiors and the expansion
of the local high street in Europe and the USA.
Keynote address: Professor Rachel Bowlby. Other speakers: Deborah Ryan,
Serge Jaumain, Penny Sparke, Pat Kirkham, Clive Edwards, Trevor Keeble,
Bronwen Edwards, Jo Lintonbon, Lesley Whitworth, Anthony Parsons.
Full delegate rate: £135/ Student and Design History Society members rate
£50
For bookings and accommodation details please contact:
Short course Unit, Faculty of Art Design & Music, Kingston University,
Knights Park, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2QJ, Tel: +44 (0) 20 8547
2000 ext. 4066. Email: [log in to unmask]
For information about the programme Email: [log in to unmask]
Please note that due to increasing demand for places, this year's conference
will be held in the Lawley Lecture Theatre on the Kingston Hill campus, 5
minutes walk from Dorich House. Dorich House will be open for delegates to
visit from 10am - 1pm on Friday morning (free admission but booking required
for numbers).
Brenda Martin
Curator, Dorich House
Kingston University
Kingston Vale
London SW15 3RN
Tel: +44 (0)20 8547 7515
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Grace Lees-Maffei MA RCA ILTM
Senior Lecturer in the History & Theory of Design & Applied Arts
University of Hertfordshire
Faculty of Art and Design
College Lane
Hatfield AL10 9AB
Direct Line: 01707 285369
Fax: 01707 285350
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Design History Society Event Award Co-ordinator
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/dhs/2002.html
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