Centre for Studies of Home

The research hub for studies of home; past, present, and future. A partnership between @qmul and @museumofthehome.

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

Queen Mary celebrates Pride Month 2026 this June🌈

Themes of visibility, community, inclusion and action shape a programme of events, workshops and activities across the university.

Join us in celebrating LGBTQIA+ communities.
🔗 https://t.co/kXy2hqBbkZ

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

Eid Mubarak to everyone across our global Queen Mary community celebrating Eid al-Adha 🌙

#EidMubarak #EidAlAdha

[Alastair Owens @AlastairHackney]

On 17 May I am running the 2026 Hackney Half in aid of Hackney Night Shelter (@HackneyWNS) where I volunteer. It which provides temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness and support to find more secure places to live. Can you support?

https://t.co/uHVEtYZuQJ

[Alastair Owens @AlastairHackney]

Explore the rich history of Whitechapel via this 'Freedom Walk' led by Peter Ahsan on behalf of the Swadhinata Trust (an organisation promoting Bengali history and heritage in the UK)

11am-1pm, Sunday 14 June 2026

https://t.co/IjCExnciDi

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

'Homes for Heroes': Romborough Way and Gardens, Hither Green - some of the 98 houses built by Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Council under the 1919 Housing Act and completed in 1921.

[Irish in Britain @irishinbritain]

An engaging, creative, thought-provoking symposium yesterday at the Museum of the Home: Irish Blood, English Hearth: creativity, identity & the migrant Irish home organised by David Kelly & Prof Sean Campbell
Hugely insightful presentations+ reflections shared by audience members

[Sean Campbell @SPGCampbell]

@irishinbritain Thank you so much for this very kind account of the day. It was an absolute delight to co-host this event with @MuseumoftheHome and @StudiesofHome. We're already planning a follow-up event. Huge thanks to @IrelandEmbGB, @AngliaRuskin and David P. Kelly for supporting this project

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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 https://t.co/lLBiO70Mig

[Dr Rosamund Lily West (she/her) @Rosamund_Lil]

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

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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: https://t.co/dF50xO1qk4

[Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor]

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.

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

Deadline tomorrow! 👇

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

📣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

https://t.co/VLkSGlMaLj

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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.

https://t.co/VLkSGlMIAR

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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.

https://t.co/V6eSZX6K56

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

📣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

https://t.co/VLkSGlMaLj

[Findmypast @findmypast]

📜 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 😮

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

@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: https://t.co/zS75rVzJtH

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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...

[Centre for Studies of Home @StudiesofHome]

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