Public seminars
The Centre for Suburban Studies seminar series is an interdisciplinary forum for current research on suburb-related matters.
The seminars are free to attend, and are open to Kingston University staff, students and the public.
Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4-6pm in room JG2002, John Galsworthy Building, Penrhyn Road Campus. Please contact Dr Martin Dines for more information.
Autumn 2010
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 27 October 2010 | Tim Foster (University of Nottingham), 'Escaping the Split-Level Trap: Postsuburban Narratives in Contemporary American Fiction' |
| 24 November 2010 | Cathy Gale (Kingston), 'Designing a manifesto for suburbia: how to visualise polite fury' |
Past events
Previous seminars include:
- Katrina Barnicoat (Kingston), 'Slightly Soiled and Not Nice to Know: Late Victorian and Edwardian Suburbanites'
- Will Brooker (Kingston), 'Everywhere and Nowhere: Vancouver, Fan Pilgrimage and the Suburban Imaginary'
