CSDI - The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior, based at the Royal College of Art in London, brings together three institutions: the Royal College of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Bedford Centre for the History of Women at Royal Holloway, University of London. Launched in September 2001, its goal is to develop new histories of the home, its contents, and its representation. It pursues research into the changing appearance and layout of rooms in a range of buildings, from tenements to palaces; the objects that furnished those rooms; the ways rooms and objects were depicted; the manner in which people used them; and how they thought about them.

Domestic Encounters: 1400 to the Present
Postgraduate Research Day

Royal College of Art, London
Monday 14 March 2005

This research day will explore how the domestic interior has been experienced, occupied and perceived from 1400 to the present day. The event brings together scholars studying the domestic interior, providing an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of new research, ideas and approaches.

The event is part of an ongoing initiative of the AHRB Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior to support an interdisciplinary community of postgraduates working in fields related to the domestic interior: anthropology, business studies, design, fine art, geography, material culture, photography and social and cultural history.

Registration: full price - £15, students - £5. Fee includes sandwich lunch, morning and afternoon tea and reception.
Deadline for registration: Tuesday 1 March 2005

Payment can be made by credit card or cheque made out to Royal College of Art. Please download the booking form and return with payment to AHRB Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, UK SW7 2EU.

Participating institutions: Royal College of Art; Victoria & Albert Museum; Bedford Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London. Supported by the Royal Historical Society.

For further information contact the AHRB Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior, csdi@rca.ac.uk; t. +44 (0)207 590 4183.