Event | Thinking Through Heirlooms: An Interdisciplinary Symposium - Day 1

University Of Brighton - Grand Parade, City Campus, Brighton, BN2 0JY
Thursday 5th November 2026

The Centre for Design History is delighted to offer registration for the first date of the  two-day international symposium, ‘Thinking Through Heirlooms’.

This  international event will bring together researchers and practitioners to examine alternative ways of listening to and reading heirlooms, deconstruct established ideas of what an heirloom is, and unlock new knowledge embedded within them.

Keynote: Prof Soumhya Venkatesan with Lydia Donohue (University of Manchester)

You can access the full programme here: Thinking Through Heirlooms Symposium

Refer to the Centre of Design History for full details on the Symposium here: Blog

Lunch and refreshments will be provided but we ask for you to book for each day.

Feature image -  ‘Ancestral Portraits of Descendants’, Kamal Badhey
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