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Author: Julia Pascal

Events

12 0ctober: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: 3 talks and document display

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

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…

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: an online talk by Lucy Havard

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

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…

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The Petticoat Peril: Exploring women in Pharmacy History: A talk by Briony Hudson

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

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…

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Talk: MEDICAL SCIENCE IN THE WORKS OF MARY SHELLEY: BEYOND FRANKENSTEIN, INSIDE LONDON, BELOW THE SURFACE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOCIETY’ BY BETHANY BRIGHAM

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk on TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 6.00pm-7.00pm at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Bethany Brigham will take a broad look at Shelley’s body of work, particularly emphasising her novels beyond ‘Frankenstein’ and the way in…

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Calls for Papers

Sayers in the 21st Century

Geraldine Perriam / June 3, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS Sayers in the 21st Century 11 October, 2024 Proposals are invited for this one-day seminar to be held at the Institute of Advanced Studies (UCL) London, on the above date. The seminar aims to bring together early…

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The first annual Maud Sulter lecture

Deborah Cherry / May 9, 2024

Presented by Glasgow Women’s Library, Street Level Photoworks & Glasgow School of Art, the first annual Maud Sulter lecture will be given by poet and former Scottish Makar Jackie Kay.June 20 2024, 3pm Glasgow School of Art, Reid lecture theatre,…

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Women and Worlds of Learning in Europe: From the Medieval to the Modern Day – Registration Open

Elena Rossi / April 2, 2024

‘Women and Worlds of Learning’ is an interdisciplinary conference focused on the place of women within higher and further education. The event will take place in the History Faculty Building at the University of Oxford on Friday 12th April and…

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Calls for Papers

Women, Money and Markets Symposium, June 13th and 14th 2024

Emma Helen Henke Newport / March 27, 2024

Women, Money and Markets Annual Symposium University of Sussex, Brighton June 13th and 14th 2024 This year’s symposium will address themes including consumerism, shopping, global trade, domestic trade, markets (literary and otherwise), currency, and varying practices of exchange. Our annual symposium is…

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Book Announcements

NOW available: Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700-1830

Cristina S Martinez / March 21, 2024

Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700-1830, Cristina S. Martinez & Cynthia E. Roman eds., Cambridge University Press, is now available for purchase in hardcover and digital format. Celebrating the news and…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

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