Centre for Studies of Home

Coming up soon: our one-day symposium on the Irish diasporic home, with papers from Prof Enda Delaney (@EdinburghUni), Dr Sara Hannafin (@UL), Prof Aoife Monks (@QMUL) and more. Join us on Wednesday 1 April at @MuseumoftheHome museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/irish…

Lecturing on the representation of working-class interiors @ChelseaUAL today.

Hot off the press! 'Pandemic Geographies of Home: Domestic Thresholding in Response to COVID-19' draws on research from our @ahrcpress funded @stayhomestories project. Read it here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tr…

John the Fox. Joyce Edwards' squatter portraits are now being shown publicly for the first time at Four Corners in Bethnal Green in an exhibition entitled, 'Joyce Edwards: A Story Of Squatters', which opens on 13th February and runs until Saturday 20th March.

Deadline tomorrow! 👇

Working on Irish diaspora culture in Britain? 2 weeks left to submit a proposal for our symposium at @MuseumoftheHome, where we'll bring together scholars, journalists and creative practitioners to consider the significance of home for Irish migrants. museumofthehome.org.uk/our-work/resea…

We're excited to welcome @katie_mccrory, author of the upcoming 'Where the Heart Is', to give this year's CSH Annual Lecture on Wednesday 18 February. Join us for a discussion on what home feels like, and how we can make it better. museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/more-…

Happy new year! Exciting things coming in 2026 - here are some dates for the diary 📝 📅30 Jan: deadline for abstracts for our symposium on the migrant Irish home 📅18 Feb: @katie_mccrory gives our annual lecture 📅1 Apr: "Irish Blood, English Hearth" symposium

📣Call for papers! We're welcoming proposals for our symposium '"Irish Blood, English Hearth": Creativity, Identity and the Migrant Irish Home’; inspired by @MuseumoftheHome's Irish room. ✍️Deadline for abstracts: 30 January 📅Symposium: 1 April museumofthehome.org.uk/our-work/resea…

📜 From the archives: the woman who wrote on every inch of her census return While digitising the 1921 Census in 2021, our team stumbled upon an extraordinary record: a return covered with one woman’s handwritten commentary 😮

@Cambridge_Uni @QMUL 🧑‍🎓Isabelle Patricia Orange Stone, exploring 'Netherlandish Networks: Home-Making in an Age of Emerging Global Capitalism, 1565 - 1799' at @OpenUniversity Find out more about past and present PhD projects linked with our research hub for studies of home: centreforstudiesofhome.org.uk/phds

@Cambridge_Uni 🧑‍🎓Vanessa Houlder, researching 'Soundscapes of Domesticity: Music and Lived Experiences in Non-Elite English Homes, 1780–1870' at @QMUL

We recently welcomed some fantastic new PhD students to our cohort of researchers linked with the Centre for Studies of Home. These projects are through the 'Hidden Histories of Home' programme of @ahrcpress-funded studentships with @MuseumoftheHome. 👋A warm welcome to...

Winter Past is now open 🌟 Discover the homes and traditions of winters past, present and future in our annual festive exhibition. Exclusively on display from 18 November to 11 January 2026.

‘Tis the season for sustainable gifting! Shop vintage homewares, upcycled textiles, and conscious crafts at our upcoming Winter Market on Saturday 29 November. Explore the full list of stallholders and get your tickets now at museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/winte…

The Home Where We Grow | The Root of Our Adult Life makinghomehome.com/2025/11/03/the… via @MakingHomeHome

🎄Create your own Victorian-inspired tree decoration! Discover the festive symbolism hidden in historic culinary moulds with food historian, archaeologist and Kitchenalia founder Emma Kay. 🎟️ Book your place now at museumofthehome.org.uk

✨Get hands-on with objects from The Jewish Museum's collection outside our 1913 tenement flat, enjoy delicious doughnuts from Rinkoffs Bakery, spin a dreidel, and join us for a Chanukiah lighting🕯️ Thursday 18 December | 11am-4pm All ages welcome. Free drop-in.

Better together? We certainly think so. Check out Alastair Owens' piece in @timeshighered on the value of collaborative PhD projects! Prof Owens sits on our steering group and has supervised several members of our PhD student cohort. timeshighereducation.com/campus/better-…