Vanessa Vanden Berghe
@vbruggemeyer.bsky.social
Senior lecturer @chelseaUAL | PhD on the domestic work of Oliver Hill during the interwar period @MIRC_KU |
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The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that the plenary speakers for our upcoming conference are Dr Sarah Jackson, Professor Peter J. Capuano and Caroline Seymour!
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We are delighted to announce that the plenary speakers for our upcoming conference are Dr Sarah Jackson, Professor Peter J. Capuano and Caroline Seymour!
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
Visit our website for more information: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference
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Just out: Factory tourism in inter-war Britain: the spectacular construction of social-democratic mass production: academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...
Factory tourism in inter-war Britain: the spectacular construction of social-democratic mass production
Abstract. In the 1920s and 1930s, British mass-manufacturers opened their factories to hundreds of thousands of ordinary consumers. As the market for brand
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October 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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What a great project 🤩
Resharing as many people thought was about a different kind of darkroom 😂
📸🏠🏳️🌈I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom/using a darkroom (in Britain) that felt like home.
If you are interested please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831
📸🏠🏳️🌈I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom/using a darkroom (in Britain) that felt like home.
If you are interested please get in touch:
📧 m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
📞 +447902489831
September 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What a great project 🤩
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Folks, has anyone written anything on bisexuality and modernism and/or the First World War? I can't immediately see things, but maybe they're hiding in work without that in the title.
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Folks, has anyone written anything on bisexuality and modernism and/or the First World War? I can't immediately see things, but maybe they're hiding in work without that in the title.
Call for Papers: After the Global Turn: Current Colonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Architecture www.mdpi.com/journal/arch...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Call for Papers: After the Global Turn: Current Colonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Architecture www.mdpi.com/journal/arch...
Whoop whoop 🙌 this looks right up my street
Wheeee: contributor's copy of www.bloomsbury.com/uk/1920s-978... arrived today! (My chapter is 'The Way Things (Still) Are: Women, Visions and Realities in the 1920s')
The 1920s
The particularity of 1920s British fiction has become obscured by an academic focus on modernism. This book takes a fresh approach to the decade by examining bo…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Whoop whoop 🙌 this looks right up my street
Job: Lecturer in Interior Design www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/lecture...
Lecturer in Interior Design - 0899-25
Thinking of the next step in your career? Take a look at our exciting new role, Lecturer in Interior Design based at our Preston Campus. Find out more and appl…
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August 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Job: Lecturer in Interior Design www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/lecture...
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Well, this is going into a class next year for sure - how many impossible, dubious or just incredibly dangerous things can you spot? I’m up to 8 here.
I think the toilet is my favorite part of this weird AI.
August 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Well, this is going into a class next year for sure - how many impossible, dubious or just incredibly dangerous things can you spot? I’m up to 8 here.
This looks amazing
1/ I'm excited to have contributed a chapter to this significant new book 'Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being: Modernity, Economic Recovery, and Social Change'. Available at discounted price for pre-order now. Table of contents follows ...
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www.routledge.com/Post-War-Pub...
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This looks amazing
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Alex Todd & I are co-chairing the Design History Society sponsored panel at CAA in Chicago 2026 on DESIGN ACTIVISM AS REPETITION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REINVENTION.
Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
Session: Design Activism as Repetition, Reconstruction and Reinvention (CAA 114th Annual Conference)Preliminary Program
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July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Alex Todd & I are co-chairing the Design History Society sponsored panel at CAA in Chicago 2026 on DESIGN ACTIVISM AS REPETITION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REINVENTION.
Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...
The Architecture Exhibition of Tomorrow at the architecture gallery | Berlin www.architecture-exhibitions.com/en/architekt...
The Architecture Exhibition of Tomorrow | AEX
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July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Architecture Exhibition of Tomorrow at the architecture gallery | Berlin www.architecture-exhibitions.com/en/architekt...
Lecturer in interior design | Bristol www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNV408/l...
Lecturer in Interior Design / Product Design / Product Design Technology at UWE, Bristol
Apply now for the Lecturer in Interior Design / Product Design / Product Design Technology role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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July 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Lecturer in interior design | Bristol www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNV408/l...
Paths to Restitution www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jeremy Harding · Paths to Restitution: Leopold’s Legacy
The Royal Museum of the Belgian Congo became the Royal Museum of Central Africa after Brussels choked back its fury and...
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July 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Paths to Restitution www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Om/Mother exhibition | FOMU Antwerpen fomu.be/en/exhibitio...
FOMU Antwerpen | Exhibitions | ‘Om/Mother - A participatory…
‘Om/Mother is a participatory project showcasing photographs taken by Palestinian women and girls from the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of Hebron, Palestine.…
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July 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Om/Mother exhibition | FOMU Antwerpen fomu.be/en/exhibitio...
CFP: Animals Inside: A History of Objects and Furniture for Pets in Domestic Interiors eahn.org/2025/06/call...
International Conference Animals Inside: A History of Objects and Furniture for Pets in Domestic Interiors | eahn
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July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
CFP: Animals Inside: A History of Objects and Furniture for Pets in Domestic Interiors eahn.org/2025/06/call...
Nicola Wilson: Recommended! The influencers who changed how we read research.reading.ac.uk/thebooksocie...
Recommended! - The Book Society 1929-69
The Book Society judges were the literary celebrities of their day.
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June 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nicola Wilson: Recommended! The influencers who changed how we read research.reading.ac.uk/thebooksocie...
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With all due cringe, but huge gratitude to Disha Karnad....
In todays episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Stephen Legg (@stephenlegg11.bsky.social) about his recent @ugapress.bsky.social book, Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi’s Urban Governmentalities.
Spaces of Anticolonialism: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Stephen Legg
by Disha Karnad Jani
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June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
With all due cringe, but huge gratitude to Disha Karnad....
CFP: Diplomatic Interiors International conference November 19-21, 2025 🤩 delbeke.arch.ethz.ch/news/calls-f...
Call for Papers: Diplomatic Interiors International Conference: November 19-21, 2025
International conference, November 19-21, 2025, hosted at the gta Institute (ETH Zurich) and CDHM (Geneva Graduate Institute). Organised by Andreas Kalpakci, Charlotte Rottiers, and Davide Rodogno.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CFP: Diplomatic Interiors International conference November 19-21, 2025 🤩 delbeke.arch.ethz.ch/news/calls-f...
Job: Head of School of Arts and Culture at Regent’s university London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM628/h...
Head of School of Arts and Culture at Regent's University London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Job: Head of School of Arts and Culture at Regent’s university London www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM628/h...
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The full book of abstracts for our online student conference 'Revisiting Design History: Global Cross-Cultural Interactions and Narratives' is now available to read.
Don't forget to sign up for the event taking place this weekend:
Don't forget to sign up for the event taking place this weekend:
Revisiting Design History: Global Cross-Cultural Interactions and Narratives - Events - Design History Society
Join us for our annual student conference, bringing together students, early-career researchers, and scholars from diverse backgrounds to present...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The full book of abstracts for our online student conference 'Revisiting Design History: Global Cross-Cultural Interactions and Narratives' is now available to read.
Don't forget to sign up for the event taking place this weekend:
Don't forget to sign up for the event taking place this weekend:
What an exciting opportunity 🤩
Job Alert! We're hiring a 3-year F/T Public Engagment Fellow based @lcflondon.bsky.social to lead our exciting programme of activities. We're looking for collegial & creative people with expertise in History, Galleries, Archives, Libraries, or Museums. Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI861/p...
Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) at University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion
Don't miss your chance to apply for professional services job openings, including the Public Engagement Fellow (The Victorian Hand Project) role, listed on jobs.ac.uk. Start your search now!
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June 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What an exciting opportunity 🤩
Pat Thomson on dealing with perfectionism patthomson.net/2025/06/03/d...
dealing with perfectionism
Some academic writers are crippled by the desire to write perfect prose from the very start. Even though they know that the first draft is always rough, they find writing rough difficult. They have…
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June 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Pat Thomson on dealing with perfectionism patthomson.net/2025/06/03/d...