Eleanor Cook

Thesis title:

At Home In Coventry 1945 - 1975

My research focuses on the social spatialization of home in post-war Coventry, examining the dialectic between public and private conceptions of home in the aftermath of The Second World War.

My thesis ‘At Home in Coventry’ – a project working in partnership with The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery – seeks to ascertain what ‘home’ meant to the diverse populations of post-war Coventry; querying the significance of public art, civic architecture, and material culture to the provisioning of home in the post-war period.

Research Area

Conferences

2020:

Midlands 4 Cities Research Festival 2020 (virtual conference): 'Space, Place and Power: The City as Heterotopia'

Public Engagement & Impact

The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Article by PhD Research Candidate, Eleanor Cook: At Home in Coventry

https://www.theherbert.org/news/179/at_home_in_coventry

I am a board member of Photo Miners: a Coventry based a non-profit organisation that work with the public and institutions to repurpose photographic collections to create new stories about people and place.

Other Research Interests

Identity
Diaspora
Nostalgia
Domesticity
Space
Place

Memberships

The Modernist Society
The 20th Century Society
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Doctoral Research Network
The Association for Art History Doctoral and Early Career Research Network