Alastair Owens
@alastairhackney
Professor @QMULGeography. Chair of Trustees @The_GA. Researches Victorians, @UrbanVicarages, @StayHomeStories. Trustee @RaggedSchool. Likes figs. Own views.
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All Our Stories: Migration and the Making of Britain, opens this Thursday at the Migration Museum in Lewisham Shopping! #MigrationMuseum #AllOurStories Plan your visit here: bit.ly/3zKr68R And check out our feature in London On The Inside London On The Inside below 👇
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud is extraordinary meditative memoir on landscape and trauma. Stunning writing. Chapter on Orkney, visited with her mother, is particularly moving exploration of core themes of memory, patriarchy and colonial violence. One for (cultural) Geographers
We've launched our second call for Arts and Humanities Research Council #HiddenHistoriesofHome PhD proposals working with Museum of the Home! We're on the hunt for projects that critically engage with the museum’s collections to deepen and diversify understandings of home. museumofthehome.org.uk/explore/our-co…
Exciting news 📢 A major exhibition on mudlarking – Secrets of the Thames – opens London Museum Docklands in April 2025. I’m delighted to be involved in some of the planning, putting my research with QMUL School of Geography & MOLA to good use! Details👉 londonmuseum.org.uk/about/press/pr…
The Geographical Association are carrying out research into high quality geography fieldwork for all, as part of our wider advocacy work. To listen to our interim findings you can watch vid / view PPT on link below. Full report towards end of 2024 bit.ly/4e6daoZ
Organising the Institute of Historical Research Centre for the History of People Place & Community events series is one of the highlights of my job. We’d be delighted to see you at any of these events over the next academic year. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
Have you walked 'Dr Barnardo's East London' yet? A free audio tour - the product of a recent collaboration between QMUL School of Geography and Ragged School Museum Museum, created by student Inayah Uddin. Available via the izi.TRAVEL app or online: izi.travel/en/98c1-dr-bar…
Any heritage organisations that want to work with Queen Mary University of London students, do get in touch!