From parlour sing-songs to iplayers: Experiencing culture in the 20th and 21st century homes

自2002年以来，我组织了1次国际会议，4次国际研讨会和4次国际会议小组会议，在协调学术研讨会和会议方面有更广泛的经验。所有这些项目都在预算范围内进行，其中一些项目还产生了颇受好评的学术成果(例如，在利兹城市大学举行的为期3天的国际会议《妇女与工作文化》产生了《妇女与工作文化》（考曼和杰克逊主编，阿什盖特，2005年）和一期《妇女历史评论》特刊。2009年，我获得了欧洲科学基金会探索性研讨会资助（EW08-198），这是第一批获得此类资助的历史项目之一，目的是调查欧洲女权运动在运动中使用历史知识的方式，撰写必要的科学报告，确定关键发现，并指出需要进一步研究的重要领域。ESF讲习班被设计为一次性活动，类似于AHRC文化价值专家讲习班；尽管如此，从我的ESF研讨会中发展出来的网络成员继续在许多项目上合作，展示了这种探索性事件的持续好处。它的组织和科学报告受到了ESF的赞扬。我的专长是妇女历史。我在英国发表了大量关于女性和政治的文章，尤其是关于女性政治文化的文章。我的作品在媒体上得到了广泛的报道（例如，2013年9月，我在BBC R4频道为安·麦克尔沃伊的《英国保守主义之旅》撰稿，讨论了女性政治文化对确保女性参与的重要性）。最近，我一直在研究家居设计在塑造新投票女性政治身份中的作用（参见Cowman，“二战后英国的女性公民身份和性别化的家庭内部”，提交给2012年欧洲城市历史会议，目前正在审查中，并邀请重新提交给英国历史评论）。这导致了新的合作项目的参与，考虑到家庭中的个人场所-特别是客厅-以及它们与塑造性别身份的联系，这些正在进行中。（例如，2013年，科曼为“家庭之心”资助工作坊所做的贡献，罗马）。长期以来，家一直被认为是私人、亲密领域的一部分，往往被关注更广泛的公共活动的历史所忽视；最近的研究表明，它是许多文化和社会活动的形成和实践的关键场所，这些活动以前在这方面没有被考虑过（见下一页）。

I have a wider range of experience of co-ordinating successful academic symposia and conferences having organised 1 international conference, 4 international symposia and 4 panel sessions at international conferences since 2002. All have kept to budget and several have resulted in well-regarded academic outputs (eg Women and Work Culture, a 3 day international conference at Leeds Metropolitan University that produced Women and Work Cultures (eds Cowman and Jackson, Ashgate, 2005) and a special issue of Women's History Review. In 2009 I was awarded a European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop Grant (EW08-198) one of the first such grants to be secured for a historical project, to investigate ways in which European feminist movements have used historical knowledge in campaigns, producing the required scientific report that identified key findings and pointed to important areas for further research. ESF workshops are designed as one-off events, similar to the AHRC cultural values expert workshops; nonetheless members of the network that developed out of my ESF workshop continue to collaborate on a number of projects demonstrating the ongoing benefits of such exploratory events. Its organisation and the scientific report were commended by the ESF.My expertise lies in women's history. I have published widely on women and politics in Britain, especially on women's political cultures. My work has featured widely in the media (eg contributor to Ann McElvoy 'British Conservatism the Grand Tour' BBC R4 September 2013 where I discussed the importance of feminine political cultures to securing women's participation). More recently I have been looking at the role of home design in forging political identities amongst new voting women (see Cowman, 'Female Citizenship and the Gendered Domestic Interior in Post-WW1 Britain' presented to European Urban History Conference 2012, currently under review following invited resubmission to English Historical Review). This has led to participation in new collaborative projects considering individual sites within the home - notably the living room - and their connection to shaping gendered identities, which are ongoing. (eg Cowman, contribution to 'The Heart of the Home' funded workshop, Rome, 2013). The home has long been considered as part of the private, intimate sphere, and often overlooked by histories that are concerned with broader public activity; more recent work suggests that it is a critical site for both the formation and practice of a number of cultural and social activities previously unconsidered in this context (see next page).