Hiding in the Pub to Cutting the Cord? Fatherhood and Childbirth from 1950s to Present

Convened by Dr Laura King

Coming June 2012 - 12th and 13th - in conjunction with Warwick Arts Centre, Babakas and China Plate - Our Fathers Theatre Production with panel discussions; 'Father Figures Through Time' & 'Thoroughly Modern Dads'

16 June 2012 - Exhibition, Poetry Readings and 'Make a Fathers day Card' at the Coventry Mysteries Festival

Events and Project Details are launched on our new website: Read more...

War, Memory, Trauma

Convened by Dr Sarah York

This project examining the psychological impact of modern war on servicemen will include a number of public events: a public lecture, creative writing/poetry workshop & exhibition and drop-in object handling sessions at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.

War, Memory, Trauma exhibition and launch events at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum on Saturday 23rd June, 10.30am - 16.30pm. Read more...

Modern Motherhood: Women and family in England, 1945–2000

Dr Angela Davis

This book examines women’s experiences of motherhood in England in the years between 1945 and 2000. Based on a new body of 160 oral history interviews, the book offers the first comprehensive historical study of the experience of motherhood in the second half of the twentieth century. Read more...

Medicine, Technology and the Household in Modern Britain

Dr Roberta Bivins, Professor Hilary Marland, Dr Claire Jones

The project investigates transformations in healing activities in the home in the 19^th and 20^th centuries, exploring the ways in which the household adapted and expanded as a bastion of health management, self-care and therapeutic decision-making, and challenging the assumption that the home declined in importance as a therapeutic space following an early modern heyday. Read more...