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…
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MARY SOMERVILLE: A MATHEMATICIAN IN REGENCY LONDON: A TALK BY BRIGITTE STENHOUSE
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…
Mary Brodrick: Pioneer Egyptologist: A talk by Rosalind Janssen
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 now open for seminar ‘Sayers in the 21st Century
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…
Women’s History Network Book Prize Winners
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…
The ‘Secret’ Children’s Books of Marie Stopes – Morgan M. Miller
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…
12 0ctober: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: 3 talks and document display
Pascal Theatre Company announces 3 talks and document display on Saturday 12 0ctober 10-1.00pm: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: Talks by Claire Brock, Mary Chapman and Victoria Rea at The…
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: an online talk by Lucy Havard
Pascal Theatre Company announces an online talk: Monday 7 October: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: by Lucy Havard Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) is widely known as the first British woman who qualified as a…
The Petticoat Peril: Exploring women in Pharmacy History: A talk by Briony Hudson
Pascal Theatre Company announces A free talk on Friday 4 October 2024 at 4.00pm at Senate House Library ‘The Petticoat Peril’ exploring women in pharmacy history Today, over 60% of British pharmacists are women, and women’s involvement in pharmacy has…