Workshop: Kitchens in Britain and Europe, 1500-1950
Date: 18 January 2017
Venue: SH261, Senate House, University of London
The Centre for the Study of the Body and Material Culture is hosting a one-day workshop, ‘Kitchens in Britain and Europe, 1500-1950’, 18th January 2017 at Senate House, University of London.
Description:
In recent years the home has come to be the focus of multidisciplinary and cross-period enquiry, yet the kitchen, although seen as the ‘heart’ of the home in some places and periods, is still a relatively underexplored space. Studies of material culture, technology and domestic work all point to the kitchen’s wider social and cultural importance. Since the early modern period, kitchens have been a nexus of class interaction, and the place of domestic food production. Subsequently, studies of the kitchen have the potential to contribute to social and cultural histories of everyday life. This workshop brings together scholars researching the histories of the kitchen from a range of geographical and chronological perspectives.
For more details, including the programme and how to register please see:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/history/research/researchcentres/csbmc/kitchens-cfp.aspx
Please contact Katie Carpenter (katie.carpenter.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk) for further details.
