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11th May 2022: Reimagining Space and Gender Histories: Creating the City of Women London

Don’t miss out on a very exciting seminar on the reinterpretation and reimagining of London’s iconic Tube map! Dr Leah Lovett, Dr Duncan Hay, and Montaz Marché speak about their project, centred at UCL’s Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), in collaboration with public figures such as Reni Eddo-Lodge and Emma Watson.

Wednesday, 11 May 2022, at 4pm BST/GMT+1

Sign up on Zoom here.

Reimagining Space and Gender Histories: Creating the City of Women London

The City of Women London map is a collaboration between Reni Eddo-Lodge, Rebecca Solnit, Emma Watson, cartographer Molly Roy, designer Lia Tjandra, and Haymarket books. The map renamed the stations of the London Underground after women and non-binary people who have made extraordinary contributions to London. Presenting a counter-history of London, it views the city through the lens of women’s history, and invites the viewer to imagine what its spaces might look like were the contributions of women to be foregrounded.

It was created in partnership with Transport for London, the Women of the World Foundation and University College London. The UCL team, Dr Leah Lovett, Dr Duncan Hay and Montaz Marché, were responsible for creating the interactive version of this map and in this seminar, they will outline the process of the map’s creation, its impact and its role in striving towards a more inclusive history of London.

About the Speakers

Dr Leah Lovett is a Research Fellow at CASA, Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London. She attained her doctorate at UCL in 2019.

Dr Duncan Hay is a Research Associate at CASA, Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London.

Montaz Marché is a current PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham. She completed her MA in History in 2019 at UCL.

Sign up now for a place in our Zoom webinar.

The seminar will also be livestreamed on Facebook and available for 24 hours.

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