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.

News

The CSDI newsletter disseminates updates on our activities and collects news about relevant publications, institutions, conferences and other events from across the world.

Issue 10: Summer 2006
Issue 9: Winter 2005
Issue 8: Spring 2005
Issue 7: Winter 2004
Issue 5: Spring 2004
Issue 4: Autumn 2003
Issue 3: Spring 2003
Issue 2: Autumn 2002
Issue 1: Summer 2002

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