In September 2013, OCLW will hold its Inaugural Conference, on the subject of ‘The Lives of Objects’.

This conference will attract scholars from various disciplines, from across the world. It will be the first of a series of major triennial conferences organised by the Centre.

Everything from scientific instruments, technological artefacts, mementos, mundane and domestic items, and aesthetic creations such as sculpture and portraiture can provide clues to lives lived, and this conference will go beyond biography to investigate the lives of objects and the relation of those objects to human lives.

Details regarding the conference, the call for papers, registration and further information will be posted on this page in due course.