The inaugural National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC) will be held at Bletchley Park on Wednesday 20 – Friday 22 November 2024. Jointly hosted by Bletchley Park Trust and GCHQ, the conference is open to all who have an interest in intelligence…
During my PhD research on the role of professional archaeologists on BBC radio, one of the first files I accessed from the BBC Written Archives at Caversham was that of archaeologist Dina Dobson. I quickly became a little obsessed with…
Pascal Theatre Company announces a free online talk: Dr Helen Boyle: Pioneer in Mental Health Care for Women by Mary Chapman Tuesday 26 November 6.00-7.15pm online Mary Chapman brings to life the experiences of women in psychiatry in the nineteenth…
Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk: Collective Emotions: Jane Harrison, a talk on the interplay of myth and ritual in Ancient Greece by Sue Blundell. Tuesday 19 November at 5.30pm at Senate House Library, Bloomsbury. Jane Harrison is part…
Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk: Mary Somerville: A Mathematician in Regency London by Brigitte Stenhouse on 12 November (6-7.30pm) at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre. Amongst the accomplished society ladies of early 19th-century London – with their…
Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk on Egyptologist Mary Brodrick (1858-1933) by Rosalind Janssen. 4 November (6-7.15pm) at Senate House Library: Brodrick, a pioneer Egyptologist and keen geographer, spent most of her life in Egypt associating with the likes of…
Registration is now open for the one day seminar ‘Sayers in the 21st Century’ Programme: Sayers in the 21st Century – One-Day Seminar Friday, 11th October, 2024 Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL IAS Common Ground G11, Ground Floor, South Wing…
We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia (Oxford University Press) There are joint…
Content warning: this blog post includes discussions of eugenics and racism which some readers may find upsetting. This blog post is a brief introduction to my research on Marie Stopes’ children’s books written under the pseudonym ‘Erica Fay’ between 1926…